This week marks my twelfth-year anniversary of pastoral ministry at Pray’s Mill Baptist Church. Through the years, as I reflect upon my time here as pastor, I am profoundly grateful to our Lord for what I’ve learned and how God has been gracious to us as a church family.
I recall the day I was sitting at lunch with our young family at the table on a Sunday afternoon when I expressed my broken heart for Pray’s Mill Baptist Church to my wife. I had just finished preaching and I had learned of the current pastor’s resignation. I had a massive burden for the church where my wife and I both grew up as children.
On Monday morning, I received three different phone calls. Each one was from someone connected to Pray’s Mill Baptist. In each call, the person asked if I would be willing to submit my resume for consideration in the days to come as the church organized an effort to search for their next pastor. That would begin a 12-month process that would eventually result…
