During his first weeks as senior pastor at Skyline Wesleyan Church near San Diego, John s schedule was packed. Nevertheless, he agreed to meet with Bill Klassen, a layman he did not know.
Pastors are the single most occupationally frustrated professionals in America.
And the reason I came here today was so that I could pray for you. Klassen was steadfast in prayer for Maxwell, and during the next 14 years, Skyline Wesleyan tripled in size, and Maxwell became a national leader in the church growth movement. A similar scenario took place centuries ago. Around A.D. 47 the apostle Paul embarked on his first missionary journey. Because Barnabas stood with Paul through shipwrecks, stonings and rejection.