How does your view of spiritual gifts - and what they're really for - impact your health and longevity as a pastor, especially if you're co-vocational, and help your church become more sustainable in accomplishing the mission God has given it? We'll talk about that with special guest Chase Rashad in this episode of the More Than a Pastor Show.

Links for Today's Show

• Blog post/show notes for this episode with Chase Rashad
• Chase Rashad's Book: Seamless: What Your Spiritual Gifts are Really For
• Chase Rashad's Website: www.UnisonGR.com
• Want to Support the Show? Buy Me a Coffee

I'm so excited to have my friend Chase Rashad on the show today. Chase and I served together back about 10 years ago with Kentwood Community Church, a large multi-ethnic church located in suburban Grand Rapids, Michigan. In 2013 we had the privilege of launching the church's first multi-site campus.

Two years later, in 2015, Chase went on to launch Unison Christian Church, a multi-ethnic church in urban Grand Rapids. In addition to serving as lead pastor at Unison, Chase is a gifted musician as well as a racial equity coach for many schools, churches, and businesses.

In this conversation...

• Chase and I talk about planting churches in a multi-ethnic context.
• I ask Chase about his journey as a co-vocational pastor, including a question he's never been asked or thought about before.
• And we discuss his new book, Seamless: What Your Spiritual Gifts are Really For, exploring the background on why he wrote the book (his answer may surprise you), what the church has often gotten wrong about spiritual gifts, and how a proper understanding of spiritual gifts is needed today more than ever amidst a rapidly changing church landscape.
• And lots more!

And now let's get to our conversation with Chase Rashad.

Is John Wesley’s Encouragement to “Make all you can, Save all you can, and Give all you can” Good Advice for Pastors Today? We’ll talk about that in this episode of the More Than a Pastor Show. Let’s get started!

Hello my friend. Welcome to the More Than a Pastor Show. I’m Rich Avery, your host. This is the show where we help pastors, missionaries, and other ministry leaders grow your income and build financial security.

We help you take your skills, experience, and ministry know-how and leverage them into sustainable income outside of the church, through a business or side hustle that’s right for you. So you can serve God and provide for your family, no matter what.

Links for Today's Show

• Blog Post for This Episode: Episode 68
• My Last Post: How God Can Turn Income Obstacles into Boundless Opportunities
• Want to Support the Show? Buy Me a Coffee

If your church or ministry could no longer afford to pay your salary, and you had to find a way to earn income outside the church, would that feel like a major disappointment and personal failure to you?

What if, instead, it’s a God-ordained opportunity to use your skills in new ways to impact people you wouldn’t otherwise meet and provide a financial blessing for your family?

Today we’ll hear Wayne Richards’ story of how he experienced a 70% decrease in income and how God transformed that loss into amazing new ministry and financial opportunities.

And we’ll learn how Wayne helps churches and ministries raise funds for missionaries and ministry projects through buying, renovating, and flipping houses, in this episode of the More Than a Pastor Show. Let’s get started.

Hello my friend. Welcome to the More Than a Pastor Show. I’m Rich Avery, your host. This is the show where we help pastors, missionaries, and other ministry leaders grow your income and build financial security. We help you take your skills, experience, and ministry know-how and leverage them into sustainable income outside of the church, through a business or side hustle that’s right for you. So you can serve God and provide for your family, no matter what.

Get the blog post/show notes at www.morethanapastor.com/67