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After 50 Years of Ministry: 7 Things I'd Do Differently and 7 Things I'd Do the Same is unavailable, but you can change that!

“If I had my entire life to live over, I’d choose to be a preacher again. It’s been extremely rewarding and gratifying. But I could do ministry a lot better if given a second try. As I look back on my forty years at Southeast Christian Church in Louisville, KY, I wish I had a mulligan. This book lists seven things I’d do differently and seven I’d do about the same. They are written in hopes...

“When God calls us, we cannot refuse from a sense of inadequacy. Nobody is worthy of such trust.”1 I imagined staying for five or six years and helping the church grow to 300–400 people. Today when people visit our campus that has a million square feet of buildings, and they witness more than 20,000 people attending worship services every weekend, they often say to me, “You must have had an incredible vision for this church.” I often jokingly respond, “Well, thanks, but we’re actually a little behind