“All my life I had felt worthless, and I had been looking to others to give me significance.”

Do you ever feel like you’ve never had help in ministry? Do you feel like you’re just holding out for a better season? Do you struggle to implement structures and systems in your church?

Friend, we have an encouraging episode for you today. Steve Smith has such a heart for pastors. He is the founder of Church Equippers and has a long history of pastoral leadership and coaching. Today he shares the journey God led him on to heal him from anger, his insight into revitalization and transformational discipleship, and some encouragement directly to your heart as a leader.

Listen in!

 

Key Takeaways

1) “Revitalization is a spiritual journey with God. If God is not doing it, nothing eternal will come out of it.” We say it all the time, but God wants to reach your community more than you do. Change that is not led or directed by God is change without power or direction.

2) There’s a hidden internal struggle many pastors are facing. As Steve says, “God let me come to the end of myself.” Pride is often the roadblock that keeps us from coming clean or opening up in leadership. When we “just hold out,” we’re bound to go down an unhealthy road. Like Jesus asks in Scripture, “Do you want to get well?”

3) We need to move from audience thinking to army thinking. An army doesn’t think of what they can receive from something; they think of how they can prepare for the mission ahead. Which of these better define our congregation?

Links to Resources Mentioned or Related

• Church Equippers
• [Book] Church Gamechanger
• Read Stalled: Hope and Help for Pastors Who Thought They’d Be There By Now

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