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30 Leadership Lessons from 30 Years at the Same Church

My own "30 for 30."
30 Leadership Lessons from 30 Years at the Same Church

ESPN produces a series of documentary films entitled 30 for 30. They highlight important people and events in sports history. Well, I’ve never pitched in a World Series or scored a winning touchdown, but I want to share my own ministry version of 30 for 30.

I came to be the pastor of our church on Sunday, October 26, 1986. Before we began our third of the five campuses we now have at Cross Church, our church was called First Baptist Church of Springdale, Arkansas.

In September of 1986, I came to preach with the hope of being called as pastor. After an extended weekend, the church voted to call me as pastor. The vote was 905 for and 12 against. One month later, our very young family left our home state of Texas and arrived in Arkansas driving an old orange suburban. On the last week of October of this year, I will have served as senior pastor of Cross Church for 30 years.

Simultaneously, I began serving in all kinds of roles and with many responsibilities in the Southern Baptist Convention. ...

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