Why Do You Choose to Stay in the Church?

When i started the church at 25, i i publicly stood up and announced that i would give forty years of my life. That was a dumb thing. You shouldn't just announce a time, because it wasn't a time from god. But what i should have said was, guys, i'm here to stay, lord willing. I'm not going to walk out on you when it gets tough. There's more'n one way to grow a church. And if you're growing to church, i like the way you're doing it, whether it's my style or not. It takes all kinds of churches to reach all kinds of people. The longer a pastor tends to stay,