Leon G. spent years praying for a bigger platform. He'd been a faithful associate at his church for over a decade, but the dream — the one he barely said out loud — was a ministry of his own. “I kept waiting for a door to swing open. A building, a budget, a title.”
Working through the Discover Your Purpose Workbook on Faith & Purpose Street, one exercise stopped him cold: List what you already have — the people, gifts, and burdens God has already placed in your hands.
His list was short and clarifying: twelve men from a Tuesday Bible study who kept asking deeper questions. A gift for making Scripture practical. A burden for fathers who felt unequipped. “I stared at that page and realized I'd been pastoring my ministry for two years without recognizing it.”
Instead of a building, Leon started with a living room. The Tuesday group became a mentorship ministry for fathers — structured, intentional, with the Vision Planner mapping each season. Twelve men became thirty. Thirty became two more living rooms, each led by a man from the original twelve.
“The workbook didn't give me a new dream,” he says. “It gave me eyes for the one already in the room. Start where you're planted. The stage, if it comes, is just a bigger living room.”
His advice for anyone wrestling with calling: do the inventory before you do the dreaming. “Write down what's in your hands. God rarely skips a step.”
“Purpose isn't one big answer you find. It's faithfulness in the season you're in.”
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Pastor's journey started on Faith & Purpose Street. Yours can too — the guides, planners, and community are waiting.