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Today we bring you a breakout panel titled Faithful Endurance

The Joy of Shepherding People for a Lifetime, with HB Charles, Dave Harvey, Richard Phillips, Jeff Robinson, and Juan Sanchez.

This conversation was originally held at TGC's 2019 National Conference in Indianapolis.

Welcome to this panel.

This afternoon we're here to discuss the issue of persevering in the

pastoral ministry. This is loosely based on a new book that's coming out from

Crossway in the Gospel Coalition that I have the privilege of being the co-editor with

Colin, along with Colin Hansen, our editorial director at TGC, called Faithful Endurance,

the Joy of Shepherding of people for a lifetime.

And indeed, we talk a lot about how hard it is, how difficult,

how the pastoral ministry is fraught with difficulty,

but it is indeed a joy, isn't it?

And so what we want to promote is the idea of staying in the game, of enduring when things aren't exactly ideal, which is probably never, right?

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