“The only thing harder than waiting on God
Is wishing you had”
Wow! I’m not sure who said that originally, but someone shared the quote with me last week, and…
Wow!
What past experiences in your life cause you to say amen to that?
Your first marriage?
The bad business idea?
The mortgage payment that is eating you alive?
The thing you [...]
I’ve been asked before if there are any “secrets” to success that I’ve discovered as a pastor.
I used to roll my eyes: “What a silly question… ”
But it turns out, there is one. It’s something I’ve been doing for a while now, and it’s become so routine to me that I never even thought to [...]
I found out today that about 6 months ago, a prominent pastor in town made fun of me and our church from the stage during their worship service.
First of all: props to my staff, who handled this without me ever knowing about it, because God knows I’ve got better things to do than find out [...]
Sunday at Elevation I read the testimony of a young lady named Teri. Teri gave her life to Christ at our Union campus a week ago, and wrote a (very long, very awesome) email to me telling me all about it.
It’s worth a 5 minute investment of your time.
Remember, behind every statistic there’s a story.
Oh, [...]
You’ve only been doing this a short time. How do you stay fresh as a leader?
They were both a part of the biggest day in the history of Elevation!
We kicked off our 80s Rock series in grand fashion today, with 2812 people in attendance! God is doing something wonderful in our city, and we’re just getting started.
The best part: 23 people gave their lives to Christ today.
I really can’t explain [...]
One of my friends has this habit that drives me crazy. He only puts $5.00 of gas in his car at a time. This means he’s perpetually in danger of running out of gas. (And he has a few times.) It’s not because he can’t afford the gas. I don’t know why it is, actually. [...]
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Pastor Steven Furtick is the Lead Pastor of Elevation Church in Charlotte, North Carolina.
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Creative Pastor, Larry Hubatka: Writing really good copy is hard to do. If you find someone who can do it, they're worth their weight in gold.
Project Manager, Lisa Shea: Can I clarify I finished the book last night at home. I am too busy projecting to read here!
Children's Director, Jessi Welch: Working on set-up procedures for Sunday.
Worship Pastor, Wade Joye: Had a great lunch with Matt Kelly. He gave me a crash course on different styles of music and how to work them into our worship context.
Assistant to the Lead Pastor, Lori Black: Just finished a video shoot with the Furtick family!
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