Seminary Dropout 57: JR. Briggs, Author of 'FAIL: Finding Hope & Grace in the Midst of Ministry Failure'

J.R. Briggs serves as Cultural Cultivator of The Renew Community a Jesus community for skeptics and dreamers in Lansdale, PA – a suburb of Philadelphia, which he helped start. He is the founder and director of Kairos Partnerships an initiative that partners with leaders, pastors and church planters during significant kairos moments in ministry. As part of his time with Kairos Partnerships, he serves on staff with The Ecclesia Network and Fresh Expressions U.S. In addition to these responsibilities he speaks regularly, writes, coaches pastors and church planters and consults with Christian colleges, non-profits, mission agencies, churches and other Christian organizations. affiliate link “J.R. Briggs has something to say to pastors about our American obsession with ‘success.’ He holds to the Jesus-endorsed notion that those in ministry are called to faithfulness, not success, and that sometimes faithfulness takes the peculiar form of failure. Fail dares to tell the truth and will bring much-needed clarity and comfort to a multitude of ministers who, though faithful, have drunk from the bitter cup of failure.” -Brian Zahnd One announcement I forgot: Father Factor: American Christian Men on Fatherhood and Faith will be available in 4 days! If you liked this episode then you might also like… Seminary Dropout 46: ‘Slow Church’ Authors Chris Smith & John Pattison 5 Ways To Be Unsatisfied With Your Church Subscribe/Rate/Review Seminary Dropout in iTunes