with people you consider loyal is not Christian ministry—that’s the mafia. We are building the Lord’s kingdom, not our own. And a ministry that lasts beyond you requires that you develop young leaders to whom you can hand the baton at some point. Paul wrote, “You then, my child, be strengthened by the grace that is in Christ Jesus, and what you have heard from me in the presence of many witnesses entrust to faithful men who will be able to teach others also” (2 Timothy 2:1–2). There are four generations