I was in the corporate world for several years before I followed God’s plan for my life to pastor. I had the opportunity to work for Navistar International and Rubbermaid. Both of these companies are large Fortune 500 companies and while I was with Rubbermaid, it was voted two years in a row, the best company in America to work for by Fortune Magazine.

I left the corporate world to pastor full time in 1995 and was unsure what a full time pastor did. As I have pastored over the past sixteen years (I pastored bi-vocationally 1990-1994), it has never been what I thought it would be. It has always been different, up and down, happy and sad. As you have possibly read in earlier posts, we are in the midst of a new adventure, starting a church from scratch. As I write this, it is getting closer to happening and I find myself getting more excited, but also anxious. There is a sense of anxiety I have as I start thinking about all of the tasks that have to be completed, the partners we need to make this happen, and will anyone show up when we start.

The is a level of comfort in pastoring an established church with an established budget and an established congregation. I have not questioned myself in the decision that I know that God directed me in nor have I questioned the what that I am doing. I am human, and I do have anxiety about this church planting adventure. Things haven’t always gone the way I wished they had and I wonder how all this will work, but my faith is in God, not me or those who will help me launch Bridge Church. God will provide and God knows what he is doing even if I don’t. The fact of the matter is, I don’t know what I am doing. I have never personally started a church. I have led the in the starting of a new church as sponsoring church.

We are getting closer to having services and I am getting closer to ulcers. We are going out into the community showing God’s love by doing random acts of kindness. We are also continuing prayer walking and recruiting people to help us launch the church. Lots of things happening to get ready for our first service. Keep us in your prayers.