In this episode of the 5 Leadership Questions Podcast Todd Adkins and Barnabas Piper talk with Jack Graham, pastor of Prestonwood Baptist Church in Plano, TX. He is the author of several books and can be heard worldwide through his ministry, PowerPoint. Graham has led Prestonwood for twenty seven years, and the conversation covers faithfulness, maintaining energy and focus, learning from younger leaders, and more.

BEST QUOTES

“I’ve seen too many pastors treat the ministry like a career instead of a calling.”

“Some of us who are older can learn a lot from the guys coming behind us.”

“The minute we stop learning and growing is the minute we stop living.”

“There’s incredible joy in giving your ministry away.”

“You pay attention to the depth of your ministry and God will pay attention to the breadth of your ministry.”

“What do you with a dead horse? You dismount. But we ride dead horses in the church for years and years.”

“Over time the mission turns into ministries which turn into maintenance which turns into monuments.”

“Churches get old just like people get old.”

“The challenge as you get older is to stay young and vibrant in your thinking.”

“Keep giving your life away and God will keep pouring His spirit into you to enable you to do it.”

“There are two big obstacles in ministry: entitlements and entanglements.”

“You can either use people to enhance your ministry or use ministry to enhance people.”

“Our children need to know us as ‘daddy’ not just as the pastor.”

“Never be satisfied, but always be content.”

 RECOMMENDED RESOURCES

A Man of God

PowerPoint Ministries

Be Light by Samuel Rodriguez

Worship Leaders, We Are Not Rock Stars by Stephen Miller