In this episode of the EntrePastors Podcast Jon and Les talk with Whitney Johnson about how she is finding opportunities for ministry everywhere as a result of her service-based business. In recent years, Whitney has launched her own cleaning business with a focus of specifically serving the elderly. She shares how this is a community that is often taken advantage of and how she is meeting a very real need by providing trustworthy in-home cleaning services. Whitney’s work in this arena has paved the way for a new membership community she is developing called Silver Linings in which she will teach people how to serve their aging parents and loved ones.

Guest Info/Links:

• Website: https://www.facebook.com/WhitneySilverLinings

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• Tell us more about where you’re feeling STUCK in your entrepastor journey.
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In this episode of the EntrePastors Podcast we share the story of our friend Tyson Priest who has been on an incredible journey over the past few years. Tyson planted and led a church in rural Indiana for a season, until it became apparent that the time had come to close the doors of the church. While on one hand this certainly represents the death of a dream and the disappointment that so many pastors can identify with when the thing we are asking and believing God for does not happen the way we hoped it would, Tyson shares an amazing story of how God is writing a new story of arguably even more fruitfulness for the kingdom that is happening in the marketplace. Through some truly supernatural opportunities in recent months, Tyson has led many people to Christ, helped them take a step of obedience through the waters of baptism, and is now discipling these new believers in an online forum. His story stands as an awesome reminder that just because you may no longer be in vocational ministry, your work and calling to pastor others is just as relevant, and arguably even more effective, through marketplace activities.

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• Enroll in EntrePastors Night School
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In this episode of the EntrePastors Podcast we are celebrating the powerful question of “Why?” Jon shares how so often we simply accept the status quo as it is because it’s what has been handed down to us and no one has really challenged the old paradigms by asking WHY. But when we pause long enough to ask the question of WHY, we can open our minds to new ideas and ways of breaking old paradigms that are no longer serving us well. In this episode Jon will invite you to think through questions such as these:

• Why are we doing ministry like this?
• Why is it normal for pastors to have such unrealistic expectations placed upon them by the churches they serve?
• Why are pastors expected to have professional degrees, yet be compensated so poorly?
• Why are we seeing thousands of pastors leaving ministry every year?
• Why are pastors' families often silently suffering?
• Why can’t we come up with a better and healthier model in which pastors are thriving?

We believe it’s possible that your greatest breakthrough might lie just on the other side of WHY questions like these.

Call to Action:

• Enroll in EntrePastors Night School
  • https://www.entrepastors.com/nightschool