David was not the only one who had mighty men surrounding him. Pastor Hattey has learnt a spiritual principle there. When it comes to ministry, raise up atleast ten men to do his job.
He knows the difficulty of finding a replacement when a young man is sent off to plant a church from his church. But now he has a steady stream of young men who are in informal training around him. They are the first ones to reach a midweek meeting site. They are the ones who reach a predetermined spot to pray into the night or to just prayer walk in the evening. In fact, for most part of the day, he has these men surrounding him.
Pastor Hattu, as he is lovingly known is known to release believers into new regions so that church growth can happen there also. In the last three years, they have effectively started nine new congregations. And each of them has a leader who was trained by Pastor Hattu.
He says “If I release them to do their own thing, this is what they will do.” “I have to train them and show them what is ministry and then they can handle any amount of pressure.”
Pastor Hattey has been arrested couple of times and cases are still pending in some of those cases. But he does not care. He prays hard, works hard and enjoys God’s favour hard.
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