In this episode Jon and Les hear how one missionary family established additional streams of revenue to supplement their financial support from their regular donors.  Shawn Paul and his family have been serving as full-time missionaries for the past 9 years.  Before going into vocational missions, Paul sold a successful construction company.  

Years later he would find himself leaning into his entrepreneurial skill set from the mission field as he discovered a way to build income streams teaching others how to succeed in the world of aquaponics.  In our interview you will also hear how Shawn is learning to ride a “new wave of opportunities” and getting ready to launch a new service online in which he will be establishing yet another stream of revenue for his family.

Connect with Shawn Paul:
Website: https://www.morningstarmissions.org
Email:  [email protected] 

In this episode Jon sits down with Austin Brooks for a powerful conversation about ministry beyond the four walls of a church building.  Austin not only grew up in the church, but in the home of a pastor.  As a third-generation pastor’s kid, Austin had a heart for ministry, but from a young age discovered a heart and passion for entrepreneurship that would take his ministry outside of the church and into the marketplace.  

Austin currently serves as the Executive Director of the Midland Institute for Entrepreneurship which is the provider of the CEO (Creating Entrepreneurial Opportunities) program.  Over the past 13 years, the CEO Program has helped communities all over the United States invest in thousands of young people and make radical impacts on their communities. If you want to learn more about how the CEO program’s transformational experience changes the lives of students in communities all across the country, visit Discover CEO.

Get in touch with Austin:
Website: Discover CEO
Email:  [email protected] 

In this episode Jon and Les have a conversation with Eric Hoke about his service to pastors called: I Help Pastors Get Jobs.  Eric serves as a church planter in the Bronx.  Early on in his church planting endeavor, Eric recognized the need to be a co-vocational pastor as a way of making ends meet financially.  He has worked in a corporate setting as a management consultant for many years and understands the needs and culture of corporate America.  

Recently, Eric saw an opportunity to help other pastors apply for and get hired into similar corporate roles.  He has launched IHelpPastorsGetJobs.com.  Eric has had a great level of success helping other pastors write a resume that highlights their skill set from pastoral ministry into language that is attractive to a corporate setting and as a result, land good-paying jobs that fit well with their ministry rhythms and schedules.  

Get In Touch With Eric:
Website: https://www.ihelppastorsgetjobs.com
Email:  [email protected]

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In this episode Jon and Les will introduce you to another amazing entrepreneurial pastor.  Alex Klimchuk and his wife Tanya are the founders and Lead Pastors of New Life Church in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.  Alex immigrated to the United States from Ukraine as a boy back in 1990.  Having a life-long dream of owning his own business someday, Alex started a tree-trimming company while he was still in his late teen years.  That business has grown significantly over the years and is now one of the largest tree trimming operations in the region.  

While Alex had a love for the Lord and a desire to serve his church, he also never saw himself in the role of a pastor.  Yet, that is exactly what God called him to many years ago.  In this interview you will hear Alex unpack how he came to terms with the reality that God had called him to operate in both the priestly and kingly roles.  Some of the other highlights of our conversation are:

• Learning to be content in whatever season of church growth God has you in.
• How to develop a team of people around you to allow you to be effective in both business and ministry.
• How to cooperate with the rhythms of ministry and business instead of striving for the allure of “balance.
• Understanding there are so many opportunities for ministry in the marketplace.
• How your church can be positively impacted through your business.
• The importance of regular seasons of rest to stay fresh in both ministry and business.

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In this episode Jon and Les discuss five common obstacles pastors face as they’re thinking about jumping into some kind of entrepreneurial pursuit in addition to their pastoral ministry.  Here’s the list that Jon and Les address in this podcast:

• “I’m called to ministry…not business.”
• “It’s not ok for me to be wealthy.”
• “I don’t have permission.”
• “I don’t have any skills that could be rewarded in the marketplace.”
• “I’m scared.”

If any of these roadblocks are standing in the way of YOU taking action and becoming an entrepastor, we invite you to reach out to Jon and Les for a conversation to help get you unstuck and moving in the right direction.

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Success leaves clues. It’s possible to study the lives of others whom we look up to in order to discover some of those clues and then model our own thinking and actions accordingly if we desire to grow in a similar direction.  In this episode Jon and Les talk about some of the commonly shared traits among pastors who are thriving in their pastoral ministries and business ventures.  Here’s an overview of the big ideas you’ll hear about in this show.  Some of the common traits of successful entrepastors are:

• They have a growth mindset.
• They exercise gratitude regularly.
• They are habitual learners.
• They are generous.
• They are disciplined.

After listening to this episode, we encourage you to take an inventory of how you might level up in one or all of these areas in your own life.

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In this episode Jon and Les talk with Ryan Reger about how he has and continues to lean into the specific skills God has given him in the area of business to support and further the spread of the gospel around the world.  Ryan has been extremely successful in not only building his own ecommerce business, but has also helped hundreds of other people launch online businesses of their own.  

In addition to his ecommerce success, Ryan is also the founder of Legendary Virtual Assistance Services.  He has a passion for connecting talented VA’s with pastors and other kingdom-minded entrepreneurs who could benefit from the services they provide.  

Most recently, Ryan has also launched the Kerusso Podcast Network, a service that helps pastors, missionaries, evangelists, or anyone else who is trying to get the gospel message out to the world through their podcasts.  We’re confident you will be inspired by Ryan’s heart for the kingdom as well as the resources he continues to create to support those in ministry and business.

Connect With Ryan:
Email: [email protected]
https://wingmanvas.com/pastor
https://www.kerussopodcastnetwork.com/ 

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In the backstage portion of this episode Ryan talks about why it’s so important for God’s people (especially pastors) to have a right mindset around the subject of money and building wealth.

In this episode Jon and Les talk with Dr. Ivan Parke about the release of his new book “When Life Meets the Soul: Everyday Lessons from the Book of Job.” Dr. Parke is a professor at Mississippi College who has studied the book of Job extensively throughout the past two decades.  He has turned his writings over the years into a book that is the first to be published through EntrePastors Press.  Some of the themes we talked about in our conversation include:

• It’s awesome to get paid to do what you love!
• Dr. Parke shares his passion for the book of Job and the need he saw to create a book that is written for regular people…not just an academic text book.
• Whereas many commentaries on Job focus on the angles of human tragedy and suffering, Dr. Parke wanted to write from the perspective of helping us recognize God sees the big picture in our lives and knows what is ultimately best for us.
• Dr. Parke discusses his desire to impact the lives of people far beyond the borders of the academic setting in which he serves.
• We talk about what the experience was like working with EntrePastors Press and being published through Morgan James Publishing.

Where you can find Dr. Ivan Parke:
https://www.ivanparke.com/

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In the backstage portion of this episode Dr. Parke talks about how God has been working behind the scenes for many years to prepare him to write and publish this book about Job.

In this episode Jon and Les have a powerful conversation with returning guest Wayne Prevett.  Wayne was first featured on the EntrePastors Podcast in episode #55.  Born and raised in Canada, Wayne has witnessed first-hand what it is like trying to do church in a culture that is growing more and more secular.  About 20 years ago, Wayne and his wife Rosanne transitioned their role as traditional pastors to more of a marketplace ministry that specializes in serving people in some major life celebrations and rites of passage such as marriage, funerals, and child dedications.  Some of the big ideas discussed in this episode include:

• As the culture turns more secular, there are great opportunities to meet and serve people who do not normally attend any church if pastors are willing to take part in these major life celebrations.  This requires a major paradigm shift in which pastors see weddings and funerals as precious opportunities instead of dreaded obligations.
• People naturally have a “God-consciousness” in the midst of life celebrations such as weddings, funerals, and new birth.  This reality offers pastors a great opportunity to bring into those major crossroads of life.
• There is a right way and a wrong way for pastors to engage people around these life celebrations.
• Jon and Les announce that they are teaming up with Wayne to launch Life Celebration Ministries in the very near future.  LCM is a non-profit organization that will train and equip pastors and others to officiate life celebrations with love, professionalism, and excellence.  

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In this episode Jon visits with Kay Helm about how her passion and heart for missions has turned into an entrepreneurial opportunity to serve missionaries all around the world.  After taking part in a life-changing mission trip back in 2005, Kay used her background in photography and television broadcasting to transition into “story telling from the mission field.”  She also began to help other nonprofits in their storytelling efforts for the purpose of fundraising.  Recently, Kay has launched Missions Writers, a course and community that helps missionaries learn to share stories of transformation rather than just information to their ministry partners.

How you can find Kay:

• https://kayhelm.com/entrepastors 
• https://www.facebook.com/KayHelm 

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In the backstage portion of this episode, Kay shares her strategies for how to “find the story” in everyday situations and then share those stories instead of just information.