In North America, more than one-third of churches have bivocational pastors.

Bivocational pastors, in addition to responsibilities to the local church, must also maintain a full-time "secular" job to support themselves.

The ratio of bivocational pastors to full-time pastors only increases when we assume a global perspective.
Due to work, church, and personal obligations, it is extraordinarily difficult for a bivocational pastor to attend a traditional seminary.

The Sacred Roots Project provides resources for congregational leaders to learn alongside both living friends and "dead friends," whose wisdom we find in the Christian spiritual classics.