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Those who have read about his life and ministry know that the Apostle Paul, not wanting to be a burden on the congregations he was establishing, took a job making tents in order to provide for his own needs. The term “tentmaker” has since come to describe any minister who does not make their living from ministry. Larry Plank and Tanya Fernandes are lay ministers serving Navarre Presbyterian Church, both are tentmakers. Fernandes has a full-time job, and Plank is retired and was available to represent the ministry of Navarre Presbyterian and to describe his own call to ministry.
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