Where the purpose of ministers, missionaries, entrepreneurs, professionals and churches meets provision.
The bridge between the passion of those who serve and the wisdom of those with marketplace experience. An alliance for the advance of the Kingdom of God.
In a few minutes
Why bivocational ministers?
A short video explains what started the Vocare Alliance and why this model matters today for the church in Latin America.
Narrated in English, with subtitles in English, Portuguese and Spanish.
Get involved
Where do you start?
Three ways to join the Alliance. Click each one to see its path.
Your marketplace experience as a legacy
Use what you have already built to lift up the hands of a minister and see the Kingdom advance even further across Latin America.
Become a mentor- LegacyYou help another leader grow and support the mission of Jesus.
- CommunityYou join an international network of mentors and missionaries, sharing experience with one another.
- A few hours a monthThe mentorship is designed to fit your routine, not compete with it.
- Your field, not theologyYou guide from your own professional experience.
- Supported through SphereThe structure and history of the mentorship stay organized on one platform.
A calling that gains support, a trade that gains purpose
You walk both tracks for 12 months, with a reference minister, an expert mentor and the Vocare Coordination by your side.
Apply to the pilot- Serve wholeheartedlyInside or outside full-time ministry.
- Be between 25 and 45 years oldThe age range of the pilot starting in 2027.
- Your church’s endorsementIt walks with you throughout the training.
Your church close to those in training
Your church appoints someone to walk closely with the spiritual journey of a candidate or minister in training.
My church wants to take part- A reference ministerAppointed by the church, walks with the ministry journey.
- Also from a distanceYour church can walk with a minister who has no one available in their own church.
- Matching by the coordinationThe Vocare Coordination connects churches and candidates.
The context
The challenge Vocare answers
Missionary sending from the West has been declining. In response, churches and mission societies are increasingly seeking to strengthen those who already serve locally: better prepared leaders, close guidance and stable support for churches and missionaries, in service of the advance of God’s Kingdom.
Source: Center for the Study of Global Christianity, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary.
Vocare contributes to this path: it develops, alongside the calling, a real professional skill.
Trend illustration, no numeric scale.
The model
Two tracks, side by side
It doesn’t matter whether you arrive through the calling or through a profession.
The calling gains strategy
Starting from the gift you already exercise day to day, whether caring for people, sharing the gospel or teaching the Word, Vocare helps you design a real strategy for ministry, where you are now or wherever you are called next.
The trade becomes viable
Alongside an expert mentor, you develop a viable professional activity, practiced 10 to 20 hours a week, able to generate independent income.
A week at Vocare
Hours given to each track, side by side.
The striped part of each bar is the range that varies from person to person.
Who walks with you
Support structure
The ministry journey
Reference Minister
Appointed by your partner church, walks closely with your ministry journey.
The professional track
Expert Mentor
A marketplace professional, in the field of your professional track, guiding career decisions.
The whole of the training
Vocare Coordination
The team that structures the program and follows the training as a whole.
Why Vocare
Vocare comes from the Latin "to call". It is the root of vocation, the calling behind everything the program develops.
Why Alliance
No church, mentor or coordination sustains this model alone: it is a network of churches and mentors united around the same purpose.
Where the model comes from
Paul, Priscilla and Aquila
The arrival
Paul arrives in Corinth exhausted and without resources
Acts 18:1; 1 Corinthians 2:3
The meeting
He meets Priscilla and Aquila, leatherworkers like him
Acts 18:3
Eighteen months
He works and preaches alongside them
Acts 18:11
Later
In Ephesus, a church meets in their home
Acts 18:18 and 19; 1 Corinthians 16:8 and 19
"We put up with anything rather than hinder the gospel of Christ."1 Corinthians 9:12 (NIV)
Paul calls them synergoi, co-workers (Romans 16:3), and says all the churches of the Gentiles were grateful to them (Romans 16:4).
Like Paul, Priscilla and Aquila, we join a passion for ministry with meaningful work. The trade does not divide the heart: it protects integrity and opens doors for the Gospel.
Purpose
The calling God has written into a life, before any strategy or structure.
Provision
It is not the goal of the program; it is what happens when a leader works for the mission, not for money.
Apply
Talk to the coordination
Three quick steps. Your details go only to the Vocare coordination, for screening.
- 1Your profile
- 2Your details
- 3A few questions
Who leads
Alliance Board
Leaders from six countries, from ministry and the marketplace, guide every stage of Vocare.
United States
David Pineda
Program Director
Brazil
Cayo Cesar
Program Coordinator
Canada
Colin Christensen
Advisor and founder of Sphere
Ecuador
Nelson Barreto
Bivocational minister
Spain
Donald Flores
Local church leader and remote professional
Panama
Radamés Villaverde
Local church leader and remote professional
Follow the Alliance
Pilot news in English, Portuguese and Spanish.