Winner or Loser?!?
In ministry, it’s not always easy to measure whether you’re “Winning or Losing.” One of the trickiest parts about being in ministry is developing the gauges that can tell you from month to month whether or not you’re taking ground and being successful.
The common guages of “Bucks, Budgets & Bodies” are a pathetic measuring tool for Pastors, because they just don’t tell the whole story… at all!
So today, I sat down for a few minutes and reflected on the last 30 days of Matt Keller’s life. Here’s what I realized…
• This month I helped a guy raise $15,000 for his Church Plant (www.YourPlaceChurch.com)
• I was the catalyst for a feeding the hungry campaign that will feed several hundred people for a month! (www.FeedingFortMyers.com)
• I also inspired over 100 people and families to walk across the street and invite their neighbors to a part where they can know their names and start actually building a relationship with people that live within a few hundred feet of their front door. (www.FeedingFortMyers.com)
• I inspired a Church Planter in Youngstown, OH to keep going, to keep believing and dreaming and going Up-the-Middle, and yesterday they had 7 new visitors and 2 people are no longer going to hell because of it. (www.LifewayCommunity.com)
• This month I got to have a 12 hour conversation with 50 pastors in Minnesota because the Assemblies of God bought them all a copy of my book. (www.UptheMiddle.com)
• This month I got to inspire a woman in IN & a pastor in Estero, FL to get their churches to start spending time daily in God’s Word w/ SOAP! (www.nextlevelchurch.com/SOAP)
• This month I taught a girl in our Last-Saturday SOAP Group to SOAP for the 1st time.
• This month I spent 2 hours teaching a Pastor in Lehigh how we think about church.
• This month I inspired 50 leaders to see Young Leaders in our church and create space for them.
• This month I gave our worship team permission to stretch themselves and lead our church into a more experiential expression of who God is that we worship.
• This month I had a great date night with my wife
• This month I had a great Boys day at the ballpark with my 2 boys, Will & Drew, at the Rays Game!
• This month I SOAPed everyday!
What a great month! I like my new filters for success…
Matt