The Blue-Collar Catholic Conference

Christendom needs a Blue-Collar Conference

Join us on October 17th, 10am-noon

Christian media has a white-collar bias

Its almost nothing but college educated dudes talking to other college educated dudes.

However, Jesus was blue-collar

The majority of the Apostles were blue-collar

It took me 30 years to learn this.

One evening, as I lumbered clumsily from my work van into my house after a long day, a thought struck me. Jesus got to choose His dad. The eternal God had a plan, looked down on little old earth, and pointed to Joseph, a simple, hard-working, blue-collar guy, and said: “him.”

Jesus didn’t want a priest, scribe, rabbi, merchant, or scholar. No worldly or religious esteem suited Him. He wanted a dad that came home tired with callouses every night.

Jesus knew by choosing His own dad, He was also choosing His own trade. The custom at the time was for a child to take on his fathers trade. This means Jesus wanted to be a carpenter.

Out of a world of possibilities, He chose a blue-collar job.

Philippians 2:6-7 clarifies that Jesus let go of being God and held on to us by being a carpenter.

Yet I’ve never heard the blue-collar Christ preached from the pulpit.

I grew up in church, first baptized at the age of five by Pastor Stevens at Northside Baptist Church in Charleston, South Carolina . My whole childhood, my family attended church every Sunday and Wednesday as we moved all over America.

I went to Central Christian College of the Bible in Moberly, Missouri. There, we had chapel twice a week and I still went to church on Sundays.

Later, I started a family, and eventually dropped out of Bible College. I found my calling as an electrician and have been taking my own family to church every Sunday and Wednesday. On top of that, I have been listening to a variety of Christian radio preachers nearly every time I sit in a car.

I’m sharing this so you understand I have listened to a lifetime of sermons. When I say I’ve never heard the blue-collar Christ preached from the pulpit, I hope it carries some weight.

It’s important that Jesus chose to become a carpenter when presented with a world of options. Christ showed using manual labor to support a family was a worthy calling, redeemed the trade of carpentry from idol makers, and extensively used blue-collar teachings and ministers to change the world.

This conference responds to a clear need in blue-collar discipleship: The preponderance of Catholic media, and Christian media more generally is targeted at white-collar audiences.

Blue-Collar Catholics are looking for practical guidance, trusted perspectives, and a place to connect around blue-collar and working class interests that aren’t being met elsewhere.

By bringing this conversation online, the conference makes access easier, expands reach, and creates a timely platform for education, visibility, and partnership.

Register now, and join us on Saturday Oct 17th, at 10:00am EST Lets get to work.

Come hear John Martignoni give a keynote on workplace evangelism and apologetics. He's worked as an apologist with Catholic Answers.

He’s hosted a show called, Blue Collar Apologetics on EWTN

That was based on his book by the same name, https://amazon.com/Blue-Collar-Apologetics-Catholic-Teaching/dp/1682781135/ref=sr_1_1?sr=8-1

His primary work is as founder of the Bible Christian Society, https://biblechristiansociety.com He's a great guy with a TON of knowledge to share.

The closing talk will be given by Kyle VanDuser,

He’s on X as @bluecollarPX

Kyle is the author of Blue Collar Catholicism, https://amazon.com/Blue-Collar-Catholicism-Investing-Eternity/dp/B0CFCQ1JGC/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0

He is a former Protestant Pastor's kid turned Catholic, it's a great testimony. He's usually on Instagram https://instagram.com/bluecollarcatholica and a registered speaker with Catholic Speakers.

He runs an executive coaching firm called Cyprus Island Enterprises, https://cyprusislandenterprises.com/our-team

He's a solid, approachable dude with a great story.

I'll be MCing the event and running a panel or two I really want to thank Bishop Michael Burbidge for his support in this endeavor. While he won't be able to join us due to other commitments, he has sent his prayerful support.

Register now, it's free but there are only 100 spots at this time.

Join us on October 17th, 10am-noon

Let's get to work.