How Ministry Skills Help You Thrive in a New Career
Jan 21, 2025
Listen Time: 41:30
Show: The In-Between Podcast
Hosted By: Evan Doyle
Discover how to translate your ministry gifts into meaningful marketplace work, clarify your values, and navigate a pastor career change with confidence.
In this episode, Todd and Evan discuss:
Why so many pastors are considering leaving ministry and what that means for your future in the marketplace.
How to clarify your personal values and spot misalignment that may be causing frustration in your current church role.
Practical ways to translate ministry experience—teaching, leading, and caring for people—into jobs for former pastors that employers understand.
A simple framework for narrowing down job options by role type (people, information, or things) and by offense/defense style work.
The emotional and relational impact of leaving ministry on identity, marriage, and community, and how to process that transition in a healthy way.
Why doing inner work and discernment before chasing job titles is critical for a sustainable ministry to marketplace transition.
Next steps and free resources (guides, quizzes, and coaching) to gain clarity and momentum in your job search as a former pastor.