Pastor Privileged Monthly: Problems with Church Planting Pep Rallies, the Quiet Power of Pentecost, and Renouncing Satan
Pastoral Reflections from May 2026
This is Pastor Privileged Monthly, where you get an insider’s end-of-the-month view of what it takes to be a Pentecostal pastor theologian.
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👉 In May 2026: My concern for church planters’ unbridled enthusiasm, the administration of Pentecost, and bringing it all back to baptism (again!).
Church Planting Pep Rallies
Church plants are extremely difficult. That’s what I tell every person who asks me about discerning the possibility (which seems to be happening with greater and greater frequency). They take a long time, a lot of resources, and require incredible fortitude for the inevitable season(s) of what Eugene Peterson called “the doldrums”—times when there’s no wind in the sails of ministry, and no sign of the wind returning any time soon.
