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As a church leader, you may have begun ministry with dreams of making an eternal impact. But years of striving, stress, and strain have left you feeling defeated, disillusioned, and stalled. But there is hope, in this reading plan, Dale shares how God views you and your ministry regardless of size or any other typical measurement.
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Dale has experienced both the highs and lows of ministry. He’s experienced the joys of serving people, but also has the scars from a life spent in the church. This book was not written from an ivory tower but in the battle ground of ministry. As you read through this book you will find encouragement, authenticity, truthfulness, and the words of an experienced pastor who lived through the peaks and valleys of ministry and still loves people and the church!
I know Dale personally and I can tell you this – he loves Jesus, his family, and the local church. He has personally helped me in ministry. He spoke words of hard truth into my life when I was “stalled,” but also words of incredible refreshment. Less than a year ago spoke words of encouragement that blessed me and my wife immensely. This book will challenge you and encourage you!
I am so glad that Dale wrote this book to serve countless other pastors that need to hear and believe once again there is hope and it’s found in faithfully following and serving Jesus! If you’re a layperson buy this book for your pastor. If you’re a pastor buy this book for yourself and purchase a few more for your pastoral colleagues.
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People are ready to hear the Good News! They’re just as lost, lonely, and looking for answers as they ever were (maybe even more). And thanks to the communication shift that’s happened, it’s easier than ever to reach them—if you have a plan. It just requires a bit of a shift in thinking and a willingness to try something new.
It was easier not to rock the boat even if we knew the path we were on wasn’t leading anywhere.
No one will see the unrealistic expectations placed on us until we get honest about the unrealistic expectations that we put on ourselves.
Many times, we know we’ve heard clearly from the Lord of His plan for the church we are leading. Then, out of nowhere, He shuts the door.
It can be so reassuring when facing a fork in the road to have someone guide you through the unknown who knows the way forward.
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The hardest thing for me as a young leader was having to develop and grow in my faith in front of those that I was entrusted to lead.
Every leader who has ever led anything has times where they need to know what to do when they don’t know what to do. You and I aren’t the exception to this truth.
Truthfully, shutting things down for several weeks in a row has never been an option for me because the majority of my ministry experience has been in the small church.
The Enemy knows that exhausted leaders most likely will want to give up on running their laps in the relay race of our faith.
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Discouraged. It’s how every leader has felt at one point or another when we want to be somewhere we’re not. Dale navigated his own experiences of disappointment in himself and uncovered key truths about leadership in ministry that can anchor and guide us today.
Dale Sellers of 95Network believes this trend is largely due to discouragement among our pastors. Many church leaders begin ministry with dreams of making an eternal impact. But years of striving, stress, and strain have left them feeling defeated, disillusioned, and stalled.
Thankfully, there is hope that ministry can turn around for the discouraged pastor. As a former minister who’s been in the trenches, Dale Sellers reveals that:
In STALLED, you will discover your sweet spot and realize you are closer to being “there” than you know.
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