his head. Of the two skills necessary to succeed in a large church—leadership and a strong pulpit presence—he had only one. Before long, people began to leave, many of them parting with those famous last words, “I’m not being fed.” Dave was devastated. He’d seldom heard those words before. He’d been more than an adequate communicator in a smaller setting, where people could hear his words and watch his life. But in a setting where people knew only what they heard in the pulpit, he was in trouble.
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