B.H. Clendennen said in one of his sermons featured here on SI that a businessman can preach, but a preacher should not be a businessman, though he can be a tentmaker.
This resounds with my spirit. I am in the ministry of preaching, but I need to support myself because the church is too small.
Does anyone of you have first-hand experience on this or know of any teaching resources on tentmaking?
Why don't you take a look at Denny Kenaston and the saints associated with Charity Fellowship.
I really miss Denny Kensington. He spent a lot of time in the prayer room
He was really down to earth. My dad used to run a landscaping business and run a church at the same time.
Morgan a pastor we know used to work for a phone company and run a church.
I always wanted to be a missionary in Israel but I think I have more chance of landing on the moon
I've heard Zac Poonen talk a lot about full time pastors supporting themselves with working. He requires all his church workers to support themselves and take nothing from the church.
I would recommend him although I don't know what sermons to point you too, unless a search will yield a sermon exclusively on that topic (might be one, you could try searching youtube).
Mennonite preachers - who are on the Conservative spectrum - work at an occupation. The church will take a love offering once a month that will be apportioned out to the leadership team. In our case it is two pastors and one deacon. All three are self-employed. When we have someone come in for special meetings we will take an offering to help him defray his expenses plus give him extra for the time he was off his job.
According to the Didache pastors were to work at a trade as well.
Sandra
"Don’t you know that those who serve in the temple get their food from the temple, and that those who serve at the altar share in what is offered on the altar? In the same way, the Lord has commanded that those who preach the gospel should receive their living from the gospel." 1 Corinthians 9:13,14
Also I find Matthew Henry's commentary on 1 Corinthians 9 pertinent on this matter:
"Those who seek to do our souls good, should have food provided for them. But he (Paul) renounced his right, rather than hinder his success by claiming it. It is the people's duty to maintain their minister. He may wave his right, as Paul did; but those transgress a precept of Christ, who deny or withhold due support."
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