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Some time ago a ministry friend from another state told me about a like-minded church outside of Milwaukee that was searching for a new Senior Pastor. This pastor colleague of mine was friends with Lake Country's Youth Pastor via his finance who was a member of this shepherd's church He recommended I connect with the Pastoral search committee. Are you confused yet? In God's good Providence this human connection was God's initial means to eventually transition us from Illinois to Wisconsin. What things led Andrea and I to accept the pastoral call to a ministry setting outside of suburban Milwaukee?
Here is a list of 10 Factors:
10) I immediately connected with the initial contact person from LCBC. Long time member and PSC chair (Jason Valentine) quickly became a friend. The more he expressed leadership team's heart for gospel ministry the more compatible we appeared to be. Though at the time LCBC did not have a lot of young families, the fact his sweet family was the same age as ours was also a providential blessing.
9) Lake Country Bible Church clearly knew what kind of shepherd-expositor and lead pastor they were looking for. One of the things that discourages me the most about the American church today is how so many Word-dominated and biblically qualified pastors have such a difficult time finding full-time ministries. I have many friends (that are much better men than me) who have been unable to find ministry work. I was impressed that the founding pastor and elders at LCBC had a good grasp on what the priorities of a local church are (Col. 1:28-29; Eph. 4:11-16) and therefore they also knew what kind of lead pastor they were looking for.
