The bivocational pastor has more opportunities for personal witnessing. Because of time constraints it is less likely that the bivocational pastor will succumb to the temptation to become lazy. The bivocational pastor does not have time to become involved in convention controversy. The bivocational church is more apt to allow their pastor to be real. The bivocational pastor s family often as a more flexible social life.
Bivocational pastors are more often able to plan and work toward reasonable goals.
The fully-funded pastor has more time for sermon preparation, visitation, local ministry, and family related activities. The vocational pastor is able to focus entirely on the ministry of the church. The vocational pastor has opportunity to attend convention, retreats, conferences, fellowship meetings, training events, etc. The vocational pastor can respond more quickly to a crisis need in the church. There is much more involved in moving from bivocational to vocational status then simply increasing the salary of the pastor a few thousand dollars.