Don't Quit Your Church: What you Must Know Before Leaving Your Current Ministry

Before You Quit is hope for struggling ministers. Like no other book before it, it does not offer promises of large congregations, strong pulpits, smooth committees or anything like that. This book focuses on the ministerial reality of how painful and yet rewarding the ministry can be and how it is worth it in the end.

Through this journey of finding answers and evaluating where he is and what he needs to do, the pastor is offered both clarity and encouragement. In chapters one and two, some profound and essential questions are asked. “Is God finished with me?” is the foundational question followed by an investigation of what a biblical exit would look like. These are essential considerations toward finding some clarity in a very confusing time.

In part two, the reader sees that through utilizing Paul’s Militus speech in Acts 20, a path to hope is found. In this farewell address, the Apostle shares a minister’s heart that gives a good sketch for what all pastorates ought to use as the foundation for their ministry. The major points become the subject for chapters 3-8. Paul had a special ministry among the Ephesians, one that is worth aiming and working for.

As a bridge between parts 2 and 3, there is a brief transition entitled Selah that is designed, like the musical instruction in the Psalms to instruct the reader to pause and reflect before moving to part 3.

In the final section of the book, the pastor is given advice to move toward a healthy ministry and healthy church. By focusing on Paul’s advice to Timothy and a call to prayer and a Spirit-filled ministry, the final chapter encourages the minister to move to a deeper level of personal understanding in theology, methodology and calling. The result is a minister with a new perspective, a new hope and a promising future.