A beautiful thing has happened over the past ten years. Church planting has grown in popularity, with more individuals and churches fulfilling the Great Commission by starting new churches. This is biblical, and this is great.
It’s been thirteen years since we planted a church with a plurality of pastors. Over those years our plurality has taken many different forms. In the beginning it looked like two co-pastors shepherding and leading a church
Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 I am a highly emotional person who has battled anxiety and depression for most of the last two decades. As such, managing my emotions has been one of
Part 1, Part 2, Part 4 In concert with my 25th anniversary of pastoral ministry is my 30th anniversary of marriage to Carolyn. Like pastoral ministry, marriage is a wonderful calling with seasons of
Part 1, Part 3, Part 4 I have five friends I call my “Pentaverate” (an homage to an early Mike Myers movie). These five guys are the ones I bare my soul to. While some
Part 2, Part 3, Part 4 I celebrate God’s goodness this year as I look back at a quarter of a century in pastoral ministry. When a pastor friend asked me how I did
I blinked back shock as I listened to an elder-candidate’s wife complain about the “sudden” absence of her husband from their home Sunday mornings. She had no idea he had to be to church earlier
Dear Readers, 2019 was an amazing year for Am I Called. In July we relaunched the site with a vision to serve current and aspiring ministry leaders to help them live, love, learn, and last
Dear Am I Called reader, As the end of the year approaches, I ask you to consider financially partnering with and supporting the work of Am I Called Ministries. The leaders of AIC, of which
“Knowledge is power,” or so they say. It’s a good saying, except for the fact that life is much more complex. Sometimes knowledge empowers; other times it corrupts. Since the beginning of time, people have
AIC exists to help both current and aspiring pastors, ministers, and leaders to live, love, learn and last in ministry.
