Stalled: Hope and Help for Pastors Who Thought They?d Be There by Now

Churches in America are closing at an alarming rate. Dale Sellers of 95Network believes this trend is largely due to discouragement among small-church pastors. Many church leaders begin ministry with dreams of making an eternal impact. But years of striving, stress, and strain have left them feeling defeated, disillusioned, andstalled.   Thankfully, there is hope that ministry can turn around for the discouraged pastor. As a former minister who?s been in the trenches, Sellers reveals that ?God is not keeping score,it?s impossible for a pastor to let God down, anddoing ministry from Jesus, not for Him, is a pastor?s key to a thriving church.Review?Ministry is challenging. If you?re grieving because of loss of a dream, discouraged because of comparison, dissatisfied because of your current situation, it?s easy to become isolated and depressed. Dale Sellers brings encouragement, insight, and hope to the pastor who?s stalled by delivering biblical wisdom, pastoral empathy, and clear-cut leadership to the real-life trenches of ministry. Read this book! Get one for ?that? friend! Don?t go through this alone!? -- David Chrzan, pastor, Saddleback Church?Dale Sellers tells how his desire for success stalled his life and ministry. He was trying to get another leader?s results and was not leading the way God made him. Every fulfilled and effective spiritual leader I know has to work through this leadership developmental challenge. I am grateful we have Dale?s road map to help us through to the faithfulness, freedom, and fruitfulness on the other side.? -- Haydn Shaw, author of Sticking Points and Generational IQ?Discouraged. It?s how every leader has felt at one point or another when we want to be somewhere we?re not. Dale navigated his own experiences of disappointment in himself and uncovered key truths about leadership in ministry that can anchor and guide us today.? -- Carey Nieuwhof, bestselling author, podcaster, speaker?This is a great leaders? handbook that you could refer to over and over again. With practical and spiritual principles to apply to your everyday life, Dale offers truths on how not to get caught in the trappings of the enemy and how to propel yourself to the success the Lord has sovereignly planned for your life. A must-read for every church leader!? -- Kimberly Boschman, executive director of Gateway Resource LibraryAbout the AuthorDale Sellers is the executive director of 95Network, a nonprofit ministry designed to help small to midsized churches through content, conferences, coaching, and consulting. He travels extensively leading 95Network?s one-day conferences as well as serving as a facilitator for VisionDay. Dale and his wife, Gina, live in South Carolina.