I was wrong about thisโฆ ๐ญ๐ญ
I used to say, โChris and I left ministryโฆโ but the truth isโwe didnโt. It just looks different now. Chris was in seminary to be a pastor. Third-generation preacherโs kid. His dad pastors a historic apostolic church on the west side of Chicago. Me? I didnโt have that same call to the pulpit, but I was down to serve right alongside him. At 22 and 24, we were young and marriedโlearning, growing, doing street ministry, feeding folks, running youth programs. We loved the people and the purpose. That heart to serve never left. It just evolved. When we started Speak Your Way To Cashยฎ, we thought we were stepping away from ministry. Turns out, God was just giving us a new platform. Now, every event we host cording to @yolanda_k_churchwell feels like โbusiness church.โ People tell us they feel different after attendingโand thatโs because love, faith, and service are built into the DNA of everything we do. Our whole familyโs involvedโChris, my mom, my brothers, my baby girl, my nieces and nephews. Itโs a full-blown family mission. Ministry didnโt end. It expanded. So if youโve ever felt called to serve but thought, โIโm not supposed to be in a pulpit,โ hear meโministry isnโt confined to a stage. Itโs anywhere you love, lead, and lift people higher in the name of Jesus. Itโs wear you surrender your plans to the guidance of the Holy Spirit. And hear me on this; whatever you put your hands to do youโre supposed to work as unto God. That means learning and executing in excellence. That includes investing to be the best at your craft and putting in as much time as it takes to be great. If your business is a gift from God treat it with the respect such a gift deserves. God can use your voiceโright where you are. Maybe more of us are in ministry than we think. ๐