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Francis James M.M. & Francis Leslie J:(eds) Tentmaking:  perspectives on self-supporting ministry (Leominster Herefordshire pub: Gracewing 1998)
The compilers of this English compilation have brought together a diverse collection of articles to create a reader on self-supporting ministry. The section headings indicating the range of coverage are:
  1. Biblical perspectives
  2. Historical perspectives
  3. World-wide perspectives
  4. Denominational perspectives
  5. Social perspectives
  6. Theological perspectives
  7. Personal perspectives and
  8. perspectives on local non-stipendiary ministry.

Includes an article by the formidable Owen Chadwick who wrote about 'supplementary clergy' in the British journal "Theology" in 1951.
Bruce Gilberd provides a contribution (pp 127-135) to reperesent the situation as he sees it in New Zealand.
Keith Rayner refelcts on the theology of ordained ministry in secular employment" in pp 287-295
Trevor Pitt considers the spirituality of the minister in secular employment in pp 296-8