I grew up in the church. You can count on one hand the number of Sundays I wasn’t attending a church service for the first 18 years of my life. Sunday morning, Sunday night, Wednesday night services, Friday evening youth group, small groups, and the occasional Saturday church event.
After high school, I attended a Christian University, hoping to enter the illustrious world of full-time ministry. My dream came true as I took a full-time church gig immediately after college. That moment led me down a path to giving the next 14 years of my career to the church.
From the outside, being a Pastor seems like the highest calling one could receive. I use the word receive because the language inside the evangelical church implies God must call you to ministry.
One does not simply choose to be a Pastor.
This idea of calling was pervasive throughout my adolescence. Rick Warren released his book, The Purpose Driven Life in 2002, square in the middle of my High School years. And that idea of purpose became so embedded in the evangelical church world that it was inescapable.
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