Pastor Larry Kaufman joins Dale on today’s 95Podcast to discuss lessons learned from decades of ministry. He has successfully launched several campuses from Grace Church in Berlin, Ohio, and hopes to multiply even more. Larry also heads up 5812Global, a ministry created to serve the vulnerable and marginalized in countries such as Thailand, Kenya, Uganda, and Haiti.
This conversation is filled with practical wisdom and help for anyone wanting to develop a healthy ministry to hand off to the next generation.
Links to Resources Mentioned or Related
- Website: Grace Church
- Website: 5812Global.org
- Email Larry
- Link to NEW! Soul Care Essentials Online: 3-Session Video Series
- Link to NEW! Soul Care Essentials Cohort: 6 Weeks of Guided Conversations for Post-Conference Groups
- 95Network – Soul Care Essentials
- 95Network – Healthy Church Assessment
- Read Stalled: Hope and Help for Pastors Who Thought They’d Be There By Now
- Watch Podcast on YouTube
Key Takeaways
1) Leaders carry so much pain. This is especially true for pastors and those of us in ministry leadership. We’ve mistakenly thought that we are supposed to internalize everything, which always leads to becoming unhealthy.
2) We hold strong to the message but are always evaluating the methods of how we engage in a specific community or area.
3) I’ve discovered that I don’t know how to grieve. My wife and I have had a really difficult season over the past year, which has brought this to the surface.
4) If I could change anything about how I have done ministry over the years, it would be to spend more time with my family. I was gone way too much.
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