I’ve had the unusual opportunity to have done church from both sides of the pulpit.
A few years ago, our church was left without a pastor and I became responsible for the preaching every Sunday and leading the church.
It was an incredible experience, which I do not care to repeat but will never regret either. I learned why churches grow and why they fail.
I learned that the success of a church has a lot less to do with a pastor’s so-called “anointing” than his leadership.
I learned to see churches from a pastor’s perspective, a perspective I now realize far too few churchgoers understand.
There was an ad in the 1990s where Dallas Cowboys owner, Jerry Jones, watches Deion Sanders make a spectacular play and Jones turns to the camera and says, “Hot dang! If I had 11 men like that I could rule the world!”
If your pastor is a leader and has a vision for the church, he’s wishing he had a church full of Deion Sanders. Here’s three traits he is looking for in you: Continue reading “3 Traits Your Pastor Wants You To Have”