242: The Case for Co-vocational Ministry

November 18, 2025 | Dr. Brad Brisco |

This episode explores the growing movement of co-vocational ministry, a model that intentionally integrates one’s everyday work with missional engagement in both local churches and global contexts. Dr. Brad Brisco joins the conversation to unpack the theology of work, clarify the differences between bi-vocational and co-vocational ministry, and share why this long-term approach can strengthen church planting, missionary sustainability, and missional imagination.

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Brad is currently the Director of Multiplication Strategies for the Send Network at the North American Mission Board. He holds a doctorate in the area of missional ecclesiology; his doctoral thesis was on assisting existing congregations in transitioning in a missional direction. He is the co-author of Missional Essentials, a twelve-week small group study guide, The Missional Quest: Becoming a Church of the Long Run, Next Door As It Is In Heaven, and author of Rethink: 12 Missiological Principles for Church Multiplication and Covocational Church Planting. 

Resources:

Connect with Brad at missionalchurchnetwork.com

Explore co-vocational church planting webinars, testimonials, and more with the Send Network at covochurchplanting.com

Find Brad’s “Rethink: 12 Missiological Principles for Church Multiplication” at https://www.missionalchurchnetwork.com/blog/rethink-12-missiological-principles-for-church-multipli…

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