Co-vocational Church Planters: Necessary Evil or Preferred Strategy?

Financial resources for church planting never seem to go far
enough. In this episode, Rev. Todd Kollbaum, Director of Rural and
Small Town Mission, joins hosts Rev. Dr. Steven Schave,
Director of LCMS Church Planting, and Rev. Dr. Mark Larson, Manager
of Church Planting in the Mission Field: USA initiative, to explore
the challenges and benefits of a church planter holding a job in
addition to planting a church. Rev. Todd Kollbaum About Rev. Todd
Kollbaum: Pastor Kollbaum currently serves as Pastor of Trinity
Lutheran Church Madison, NE as well as Director of LCMS Rural &
Small Town Mission.  He was installed at Trinity on July 28th
of 2019 and has served as Director of  LCMS Rural & Small
Town Mission since April 1, 2013.  Prior to that call, he
served as Senior Pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church in Cole Camp,
MO.  Pastor has been happily married to Angela Kollbaum for
over 30 years.  They are blessed with five children, three of
whom are now married. Zachary (Clarissa), Jordan (Stephanie) and
Emily (Dylan), Ryan (a Senior at Concordia University Nebraska) and
Abigail (a Sophomore at  Lutheran High Northeast in Norfolk,
NE).  They are also blessed to be grandparents to 2 year old
Theodore Andrew born to Jordan and Steph and one year old Calvin
Edward and 4 month old Elliot Neil born to Zach and Clarissa. Sign
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