Waiting on God’s Timing: Lessons from a Small-Town Pastor’s Big Revival
About this episode
Pastor Greg Huguley of Forward Church in Amory, Mississippi, joins Philip Cameron to share hard-won wisdom on calling, patience, and building a thriving local church in a small town. Greg is the author of Dear Young Preacher, a practical guide for ministers navigating the early years of ministry, and his insights are as timely as ever. At the heart of the conversation is the danger of "birthing an Ishmael" — launching a ministry in the flesh before God's timing is right. Greg shares candidly: "You'll have opportunities to birth a ministry in the flesh, or you can wait on the promise." He recounts how closed doors at one church eventually led him to the right congregation in the same town, where Forward Church has now thrived for 14 years with around 600 regular attendees — remarkable for a community of just 6,500 people. Greg and Philip also dig into the importance of building the right staff team, avoiding the comparison trap, and knowing your place under spiritual authority. Dear Young Preacher is available now on Amazon. Learn more about Forward Church at forwardchurchms.com. If you know a young minister, this episode — and Greg's book — is a gift worth passing on.
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Quotes worth sharing
“Dear young preacher, if God has promised you a ministry, don't birth an Ishmael. You'll have opportunities to birth a ministry in the flesh, or you can wait on the promise.”
“Anything that you start by yourself, you've gotta maintain by yourself.”
“The waiting is not wasted. Never. And to wait for God to open the right door — you could even be happy doing a ministry that you birth out of your flesh, but you're never going to be fulfilled like you will if you'll wait on the Lord to open the right doors.”
What's Discussed
In this episode, Philip Cameron welcomes Pastor Greg Huguley from Forward Church in Amory, Mississippi, to discuss the importance of patience and divine timing in ministry. Greg shares his experiences of navigating closed doors that ultimately led him to establish a thriving church in a small town. He emphasizes the risks of 'birthing an Ishmael' by launching ministries prematurely and highlights the significance of building a strong staff team. The conversation also touches on the value of his book, 'Dear Young Preacher', which offers practical advice for young ministers. Greg's insights on spiritual authority and avoiding comparisons are timely for anyone in ministry.
- Impact of Recent Events on Ministry
- Navigating Closed Doors in Ministry
- The Danger of Birthing an Ishmael
- Building a Strong Staff Team
- Insights from 'Dear Young Preacher'
- Avoiding Comparison in Ministry
- Finding Fulfillment in God's Timing
Episode Transcript
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Intro
Philip:Hey, welcome to Daily Faith Today. My name is Philip Cameron, and I'm so glad that you have passed our way today. Well, hasn't the world changed in a weekend? How different things look today than they did on Friday? The most horrendous attack that I've ever seen in my life. I was busy doing something and someone said, Charlie Kirk's been shot. And I found a TV and literally the first part, and then I saw the whole event.
Philip:Let me tell you something, that young man is a martyr, just as sure as anyone else was martyred in the past. And I didn't know, to be honest with you, my thought process and thinking of Charlie Kirk was, he was a Republican activist that goes to colleges and, you know, is trying to win some of the youth vote back for the Republican party. That was the depth of my understanding of him. And in the last four days, I have spent hours and hours listening and learning about him.
Philip:And let me tell you something. He was a minister. He was a preacher. First, his gospel, the clarity of his gospel, that's what was resonating with the young people. That's what was moving young folk. So I have been praying. We spoke yesterday in a local church and 10 to 15 kids came to the Lord. And in your church, if you're a pastor, let me tell you something, you have an opportunity right now to share the gospel and reach out to this generation. My sons have been helping me just keep an eye on what's going on across social platforms.
Philip:And there are hundreds upon hundreds of young people that are on Facebook or whatever social platform saying, I'm going to church. I'm gonna start reading my Bible. I'm giving my life to Christ. Hundreds of them have made public testimony on these social platforms. I was watching last night at the Kennedy Center. They had a special service, a prayer and gathering in honor of Charlie Kirk.
Impact of Recent Events on Ministry
Philip:And Robert F. Kennedy went up and he said, my niece is going to England. And her mom walked in to check her. She was packing her suitcase. And right on the top of Robert F. Kennedy's niece's suitcase, there was a Bible. And her mother, who is Robert Kennedy's sister-in-law, he says, she said, what's the Bible for? And the young girl was going to London to study. She says, mom, I'm gonna start living like Charlie Kirk.
Philip:That's the power of the moment. If you are a pastor, if you love Jesus, this is your moment to not be ashamed and to speak and proclaim the gospel. But if you're a youth pastor or a pastor of a church out there just now, there are millions, millions of kids in the valley of decision wondering, should I change my life? Should I be doing something different? And if the church is visionary enough to see this and opens its doors and calls out to these kids, hey, come here, we know this Jesus, we know Charlie Kirk's Jesus, we know that He's the answer, don't be surprised if a whole bunch of kids walk in your door.
Philip:It could revolutionize the church. The whole next generation of pastors and ministers and missionaries might be walking in through your door because of this tragedy. Let me tell you, what the devil means for evil, God turns for good. Every time the devil does something against you, whether it's on a national scale like Charlie Kirk or partially in the day-to-day running of your life, the devil doesn't know when to stop. And he keeps pushing and keeps pushing.
Philip:And he thinks, boy, I've got them on the ropes. I'm gonna push some more and then I'm gonna push some more. And eventually he pushes through you and hits God, and then God arises, and your enemies are scattered. And I'm believing God for America. But this is not just in America. They're having vigils all over the world. I believe on Saturday there were 37 different countries in the world that were having prayer vigils, celebrating and remembering Charlie Kirk.
Philip:On Saturday there was a massive demonstration in London. Three million people showed up against the socialist government and against illegal immigration and against Islam taking over Europe, which is happening. It's happening. Most of the major cities of England are now run by Muslim mayors and Muslim councils. It's unbelievable. And the British people stood up, and all through these throngs, I watched it the whole day.
Philip:I spent the whole day watching it. I was there in spirit. And all through these hundreds and hundreds of thousands of people marching with British flags, the stupid government said, you know, you're not allowed to wave the flag. It's a political statement. Yes, it is. We are British. We're British, and we stand up for what we believe. But all through these throngs of people, there were people holding up Charlie Kirk's picture chanting, Charlie, Charlie, Charlie.
Philip:And that's in a nation that is less than 1% people saved. This can, if the church is smart enough to not nitpick and fight and put all the small stuff to one side and say, listen, this is an opportunity. Use this disaster, and it's a disaster. There is no other voice on the right of politics that was so effective as Charlie Kirk. He sat with kids, thousands of kids, and let them come up to a microphone and ask him anything and disagree with him. And he wove the gospel into everything he spoke about.
Philip:I've never, as I'm saying, until he was shot, I knew of him, but I didn't take time to know him. And I am absolutely blown away at the testimony of a 31-year-old man that spoke to young folk and says, don't have sex before marriage. Have lots of babies, have more babies than you can afford. Your marriage is the most important thing. It's more important than a career. And it's just what I've wanted to hear and what we haven't said, and we need to start saying it. And I intend to start saying it.
Philip:So we are just praying for his wife, Erica, and those two beautiful kids. She was astonishing how she spoke on TV. The calmness of, only the comfort of the Holy Ghost can help that girl at this moment. And so take time to honor this young man. Speak about him to your young folk. Let them know, because most of them, they know. You just don't know. And you'll find that they love Charlie Kirk.
Philip:In fact, I was speaking to my guest today. I've got a dear friend with me. You're gonna love this man. He's doing incredible stuff in his church in a wee town in Mississippi. But he is reaching young folk like I've rarely seen. And his youth pastor knows about him, and his kids know about him. And it's just astonishing how many young folk know who Charlie Kirk is. And I think it's a moment that we can either succumb to the sorrow and the anger. I've been as mad as a bear this weekend, so angry.
Philip:The devil got to do this. But let me tell you, God's in control. God knows. And we've gotta speak clearly and talk the truth, because our young folk are not interested in all of the plastic stuff that the church lives with. Get all that stuff out of the way and be real with these young folk. And you are with them for Jesus. Well, there you go. I'm off my soapbox now. I'm delighted to have you with us. We're gonna have a great program. Greg Huguley is with us today, and he will bless you. He comes from Amory, Mississippi. I'll have to find out from him. I'm a Scotsman, what do I know? He comes from a tremendous church called Forward Church. Great church. You're gonna love this program. I'm delighted you're with us. Welcome to Daily Faith.
Navigating Closed Doors in Ministry
Philip:Hey, I am Philip Cameron. Welcome to Daily Faith. I'm delighted to have you with us. We have a mission work in a country called Ukraine and Moldova. We've been doing this for 35 years. It'll blow your mind. What happens with us is we take kids in that are at risk of being trafficked, and we share the gospel with them. And these kids that have come from the most hellacious backgrounds find Jesus and are turned into missionaries. And these kids are out on the highways and byways preaching the gospel. It's the most amazing thing.
Philip:If the trafficker gets one of these girls, they're worth $300,000 a year to the trafficker. So if he can find three girls, he's making a million dollars a year, and a McDonald's Happy Meal and a beating and some drugs keeps them controlled. And it's an easy way for them to make money. It's one of the biggest industries in the world today. And this amazing place in the city of Chișinău called Vara Village, it's a village of six homes right on the lake you're looking at right now.
Philip:And our kids come to that place, we put them back in school, and that becomes a hub, a center of outreach. And all across Moldova during the summertime, we have youth camps. In the wintertime, we go and we minister to widows and broken families. And every girl you're looking at right now, if the trafficker could get her, she'll be worth $300,000. We've just taken in over 20 brand new kids. And they sent us a video of girls coming into Vara Village for the very first time. Watch this.
Philip:The Bible says, come unto me all ye that are weary and heavy laden, and I will give you rest. And those kids come to us with a small bag. Sometimes they come with nothing at all, broken from horrendous family situations, abuse like you can't even comprehend, knowing that they are worth $300,000 a year. And someone will offer them a bogus job in Germany or Italy or whatever, and they get in the back of a car and they're gone forever. They're used 30 to 50 times a day until there's nothing left of them.
Philip:And we have an amazing opportunity. We have a home in Odessa, Ukraine, right in the middle of the war. We have a home with beautiful girls there that we protect. My wife Chris and I were coming back from Romania, from Moldova one time, coming through immigration in Atlanta. And the immigration officer said, where have you been? I said, Moldova. And he was about to stamp my passport. And he stopped. And he says, where? I says, Moldova. He says, man, this is insane. This is crazy.
Philip:And I thought, wow. He says, I've just been transferred up from the Caribbean. He says, and we intercepted a container ship. And one of the containers had 38 Moldovan girls sent from Ukraine, from Odessa, Ukraine. And I was stunned. And when Chris and I, my wife, without the baggage claim, we're standing there, and my mind was just spinning. And she says, are we going to Ukraine? I says, yes, we are. And I went straight back to Ukraine and found a beautiful home.
The Danger of Birthing an Ishmael
Philip:And our kids there are safe, and they can hear the bombs go off in Odessa. And we are on a hair trigger to get them out. We've got a van that's continually filled with diesel. If the Russians land and start, I mean, Odessa's on what's called the Pearl of the Black Sea. It's the most beautiful city you've ever seen, and it's being destroyed every day, every day. It's horrendous. But if the Russians land, they'll land on the beach. And we have a van that is full of diesel, as I'm telling you right now, pointing out of the driveway.
Philip:They won't even have to reverse out. They'll drive straight out and get on the road up to Moldova, Chișinău, to where Vara Village is. And so we need you to pray for protection over our kids. We've just taken in these 50 girls. And what happens, my wife here in America makes great big Rubbermaid tubs. And in those tubs, there's a whole wardrobe. Winter clothes, winter shoes, winter boots, jeans, underwear, makeup, umbrellas, everything, everything they need. And they have a party called a Welcome Home party.
Philip:And kids that have been abused and beaten and have never heard a kind word. The video you just saw, the house mother walked in with the girls. Her name is Gina. I found her 15 years ago. And she had never ever been hugged, cuddled. One time I gave her her very first hug, and now she's married with a couple of kids. And to watch her now do for others what we did for her, we need your help. We are growing. We are about to open two new homes for little kids between the age of four and 16.
Philip:Our girls at Vara Village are from 16 onwards. And a horrendous thing happened to us. We took a young girl in at 14 because of the uniqueness of the abuse in her family. And they found out that we had an underage girl. And they made us put her back to the village where she came from. And she was gang raped. And her name is Maria. And God challenged us through that pain to get these houses that you're looking at right now.
Philip:These fancy beds and stuff will be gone. We'll change the colors of it. But this piece of property has about 15 acres of land, and there's two homes and a barn. And that great barn you see in the background, we're gonna turn it into a youth camp. And we're looking for folks. We are in the process of buying it as we speak. We need folk to help us. If you could give us a one-time gift, a capital gift, that would be marvelous. But we need, there are two homes, we need 300 people to give us a dollar a day to help us keep these buildings open and allow us to open them for the gospel and rescue 50 kids.
Philip:If I could take you there to these houses and say to you, for a dollar a day, I can save 50 little boys and girls and keep them safe from alcoholic fathers that beat them and do worse than that. If I could say I could do all of this for $1 a day, I know you would. If I can find 300 people, there are two houses. If I can find 300 people to give $1 a day, it'll give us the ability to open these houses, hire new house parents, buy new vehicles, start the whole process over again, in a different part of Moldova.
Philip:I just need you, please. I need you to pray. You can help us. You can make a check out to the Orphan's Hands. That's the mission organization, the Orphan's Hands, PO Box 25 in Clinton, Tennessee, 37716. You can also call us. There's a live real person, not a bot, not an AI person, a real person waiting to take your call. 833-Daily Faith. Just dial 833-Daily Faith, spell out Daily Faith on your phone. And it will ring. And someone will say, thank you for calling Orphan's Hands.
Philip:And you can say, I wanna be one of the people that Philip's talking about right now, and I would like to give a dollar today. We could do this today. And there are enough people watching this program, or who will watch this program as it is being replayed. You can change a life for $1 today. And please pray and ask God to help these kids that come to us so broken. You have no idea the tales they tell us of where they've come from. And God has put us there and God has put us here in your life to change theirs. So let the Lord speak to you.
Philip:And if you would like to give a one-time gift to help us buy these buildings, the whole cost just to buy the buildings and the barn and the land is $600,000. And that's not finishing the buildings. Let the Lord speak to your heart. I'm delighted to have this great friend. We've known Greg for many, many years, and he has a church in Amory, Mississippi, I think that's how you pronounce it, Amory, Mississippi, the Forward Church. It is fabulous. It is a rocking, packed house every time they open the doors. And Greg is with us. Greg, thank you for joining Daily Faith today, my brother. Tell us what God's doing amongst your young folk.
Greg Huguley:Well, thank you so much for having me, man. Like you said, I think the first time I met you was probably about 1993 or '94.
Building a Strong Staff Team
Philip:Oh my goodness. We're getting old, you know.
Greg Huguley:We've been friends ever since.
Philip:Yes, we have.
Greg Huguley:Love what you guys do, and thank you for what you do with the orphans.
Philip:Oh, we love it. It's been amazing.
Greg Huguley:But yeah, man, we're just thrilled about what God's doing. We had a big youth service last night, a once-a-year thing, had over 300 students there just worshiping the Lord.
Philip:That's amazing. I believe the last I heard, 40 teenagers gave their life to Jesus.
Greg Huguley:So good. And explain how big a town is Amory.
Philip:Amory is about 6,500 people. So you got 300 kids out of 6,500 people in your church last night.
Greg Huguley:Yeah, that is ridiculous. About 600 people come to our church on Sundays.
Philip:That's just amazing. You imagine if you're watching from a big city, what kind of church that would be. If you were in a city of 3 million, it would be one of the biggest churches in the world. And this man, because of his passion and his lovely wife, he's got an amazing wife, Tracy. And they are killing it. They are doing amazing things for God in that wee town. God's put something in your heart, and I really believe that this is a season. With this Charlie Kirk thing happening, God caused you to write a book.
Philip:And a lot of times when we are living our lives and developing as a church, as individuals, God calls us to do something. But a lot of times the vision is lost because we don't know what to do and we don't know how to act and how to carry ourselves in the calling. And you've written a book, which I think is really important. And if you're watching today, get a pen, a piece of paper, or text it. See, I'm an old guy. I'm still a pen and paper guy. All of you are looking for your phone.
Greg Huguley:Yeah, I'm a dinosaur. That's what I am.
Philip:But you've written a book called Dear Young Preacher. Tell us what God caused you to write there.
Greg Huguley:This has been going on for probably three years. Just thoughts would come to me about ministry, pastoring, and different things like that. And I would jot those things down. And over the years there's quite a few of them. So I put them all together in a book. Just one real quick, it starts out, dear young preacher, if God has promised you a ministry, don't birth an Ishmael. You'll have opportunities to birth a ministry in the flesh, or you can wait on the promise.
Philip:Boy, that is true.
Greg Huguley:Just practical advice for young men, because when I started out, I looked for any empty building anywhere around to start a church in. And if it had not been for my wife, I would've probably done that and missed the opportunity that God had for me.
Philip:The good is always the enemy of the best.
Greg Huguley:Yes. That's for your language. Absolutely. Use that.
Philip:And what happens is in life, I have had some ridiculous opportunities in my life. I could tell you something that you would not believe in a million years, and God shut the door. God stopped it. And if I had been left up to my own devices, my ego would've thought, you know, one of them, I was told by many people that there was a nationwide ministry that I had gone to help. And I was there literally raising the funds to keep it alive. I was the spiritual point of it. And folks started coming up, famous preachers were calling me and saying, God showed me this. And God protected me from what I wanted.
Greg Huguley:Boy, that is so true. Yeah, the Ishmaels. The same thing. I was sending a resume to a church. I'm not gonna call the name of the town, but I live here. And they would not interview me for the job because I'd let my license with the organization lapse, because I was in a different direction, and I was in the process of getting my license back to go to that church. And it was just closed door after closed door. And out of nowhere I get a call from the same town saying, hey, we need a pastor. And I met with him and we've been here 14 years. Different church, same town.
Insights from 'Dear Young Preacher'
Philip:And you know, it's like God closed the door to where I thought I was supposed to go and opened the door to the right place. And I often find that if the devil can't discourage you, he'll distract you. The end result is the same. If the devil can make you run down rabbit trails, he'll keep you running down rabbit trails all day and all night. I mean, he doesn't care how he stops you. He just will stop you. And sometimes he will divert you, because it's less trouble to be diverted than to be confronted. And he'll just nudge you off somewhere and get you busy on stuff. And my mother always said, the good is always the enemy of the best.
Philip:And whenever something good comes along into your life, don't just jump, don't grab it. Wait. They that wait on the Lord shall renew their strength. They're the ones that are gonna fly. The ones that have the discipline, waiting is like someone standing at the table with a white cloth over his arm waiting for you. That's how we gotta wait on the Lord. And that's how we apply.
Greg Huguley:Well, the waiting is not wasted, for sure. Never. And to wait for God to open the right door, it's like you said, you could even be happy doing a ministry that you birth out of your flesh, but you're never going to be fulfilled like you will if you'll wait on the Lord to open the right doors.
Philip:That's for sure. Anything that you start by yourself, you've gotta maintain by yourself.
Greg Huguley:Oh, that's for sure. That's a lot of work.
Philip:That's right.
Greg Huguley:But we've been here 14 years and it's just been great, man. I'm telling you, God has blessed us with some of the best people in the world. And we have six people on full-time staff. That's crazy. And we've got all the right people in the right seats of the bus. Our worship leader, student pastor, kids' pastors, they're all the ones that we believe God ordained to be here. And it's like when you get all that in place with the right people.
Philip:And that really, that's something that we don't talk about. The days of it being a one-man show is long since gone. That bus has left the station. You are only as good as the weakest member in your team. If you will choose not to have millions of dollars in the bank and invest that in your staff, the church will go forward and God will take care of the need.
Avoiding Comparison in Ministry
Greg Huguley:And we've done that, and I learned that from my pastor. Don't worry about having a stockpile of money sitting in the bank. Invest in people. And because you do that, people are going to come to your church. So it all works out. Absolutely. But you can't neglect, like you said, a one-man show. It would be sad if I had to do it all by myself.
Philip:Isn't that the truth? What's the saying? One man can successfully pastor 80 people?
Greg Huguley:I think it's less than that now.
Philip:The day we're living in, I think it's less than 80 people, as needy as folk are these days. Maybe five people.
Greg Huguley:Yeah, maybe five. But it has been good. And Amory, like I said, it's about 6,500 people. And God's just blessed, man. We're right in the middle of a couple of larger cities. But it's been good. Now I say larger, larger don't mean the same here as it does other places.
Philip:I've been there. Larger, I'm talking 15, 20,000 people.
Greg Huguley:Yeah. But it's amazing how God puts you. The old saying, bloom where you're planted. A lot of people tell God where they wanted to be planted. And He said, I'll build my church. He's gonna build His church. And the key is to get in sync in timing. When Samson, when Delilah said to Samson, the Philistines be upon you, the Bible says that Samson shook himself as at other times. And that was almost a musical reference, that he got himself in tune with the Lord again. And a lot of times in our lives, God does the planting. We don't plant. He plants. We bloom and blossom. And to find that place of being in the right place at the right time, that's when the blessing of God begins to be poured out.
Philip:And I want, give me the name of this book again, because I want to put your address up on the screen and let folk know how to get ahold of it.
Greg Huguley:It's available on Amazon. It's called Dear Young Preacher.
Philip:I don't think we've got a copy to show the folk.
Greg Huguley:There you go. Yes, we do. There it is. Dear Young Preacher, it's a red cover and you can see it there. You can go on Amazon right now and buy it.
Philip:And let me suggest something to you. If you have a young pastor, a young minister that you know of, it would be a tremendous, timely gift to give him this book and say, listen, I was with a guy on Facebook or TV the other day and they were talking about this, and I thought it'd be a good thing for you just for information purposes. And if one of these thoughts sinks in and changes the pastor's or the preacher's life, it is the greatest investment you've ever made in anyone's life. And so I honor you for writing this.
Finding Fulfillment in God's Timing
Philip:Now, how do we get in contact with you guys at Forward Church? Put up the address there.
Greg Huguley:It's Forward Church. We're on Cotton Gin Port Road in Amory, and the website is forwardchurchms.com, for Mississippi.
Philip:And I just feel that God is gonna use this book to focus young folk. We're just watching these terrible events with Charlie Kirk, 31 years of age, and the world has paused. So if you're watching and you're a young man, a young woman that God's calling into the ministry, equip yourself. Get a book like this to give you some frames of reference. How to act and how not to act, when to speak and when not to speak. Know your place.
Philip:Yeah, know your place. My dad, I traveled with my dad, Greg, and he would say to me, if there are pastors there and I'd try and speak as a 15-year-old boy, he would say, Philip, shh, not a novice. Of all the pastors, shh, not a novice. And I'd get whipped like a dog in the corner. Thank God he did, because it taught me and trained me how to honor men in authority and how to know my place in authority.
Greg Huguley:Yeah. You know, I pastored the first church I ever pastored, I'd only been a Christian four years. Oh my goodness. So I had not preached anywhere except the home church where I got saved, a few Wednesday nights. And so I was really green. Spent almost five years there doing that. And the Lord dealt with me that I needed to step away and learn. So I was able to do that and serve as a student pastor for almost 10 years under someone that I feel like had a lot of wisdom. And I learned a lot, and of course would not be here where I am today had that not happened.
Philip:The progression, you know, if you don't follow the progression. So this book is out of all these years of learning.
Greg Huguley:Yeah. Wow. Learning stuff that I had to learn. Nobody told me. So I had to learn it. But a lot of things like comparison, you know, comparing your church to somebody else's church is deadly. That kind of stuff will wear you out.
Philip:Deadly. Yeah. It is, it's deadly. Yeah. I came to America when I was 13 with my dad and traveled with him. And my education came from one of the greatest men of God I've ever known in my life. And I was trained by Simon Peter Cameron. And now as an old man myself, thank God for it. I've been in the ministry for 56 years now. And so I need to be writing a book about this as well. Listen, Greg, our time's gone. Thank you so much for being with us today. I pray blessing upon your church.
Philip:If you're anywhere near Amory, Mississippi, you need to find Forward Church. And I'll promise you this, these guys will blow your mind with their worship, with their ministry. And if you've got a young person looking for somewhere to go and get plugged into Holy Ghost kids, this is the church. Thank you for being with me today, Greg. God bless you. Tell Tracy I said hello, and we'll see you all again on Daily Faith. Thank you for watching us. God bless.
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Common questions
What is Greg Huguley's book about and who is it for?
Greg's book, 'Dear Young Preacher,' is a collection of practical lessons about ministry and pastoring that he jotted down over roughly three years. It's aimed at young men entering ministry — covering things like avoiding comparison with other churches, knowing your place under authority, and waiting on God rather than launching something in your own strength.
What does Greg mean by 'birthing an Ishmael' in ministry?
Greg uses the Ishmael analogy to warn young preachers against forcing a ministry into existence before God's timing. He says you can be happy doing something you started in the flesh, but you'll never be truly fulfilled the way you would be if you waited for God to open the right door.
How did Greg end up at Forward Church in Amory, Mississippi?
Greg had been trying to get hired at a different church in the same town, but kept hitting closed doors because his ministry license had lapsed. Out of nowhere, a different church in Amory called him, he met with them, and he's been their pastor for 14 years — a clear example, in his view, of God closing one door and opening the right one.
How big is Forward Church relative to the town it's in?
Amory, Mississippi has about 6,500 people, and Forward Church draws around 600 people on a typical Sunday. Greg also recently held a once-a-year youth service that brought in over 300 students — numbers he describes as 'ridiculous' for a town that size.
What does Greg say about building a church staff instead of going it alone?
Greg says the 'one-man show' era of ministry is over, and that a pastor can only effectively care for a very small number of people by himself. He learned from his own pastor to invest money in people rather than stockpiling it in the bank, and credits getting the right people — worship leader, student pastor, kids' pastors — into the right roles as a key reason Forward Church has thrived.
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