Why I Serve - Coleton Segars

In 2017 I was ready to step away from ministry and do something else….anything else. I was tired. Weary of churches more interested in systems and growth and lulled to sleep by the status quo of southern, cultural Christianity; claiming staunch fidelity to the scriptures but denying the very scriptures that tell us there's power available in prayer, the Spirit, and the gospel.

That death and resurrection thing Jesus did broke the world and then healed it at the same time. Death's reign ended, sin's shackles fell off, and darkness cried for mercy as Jesus walked out of that grave. That's wonder. I wanted that. I wanted to be around people who believed in impossible things: that God hadn't run out of miracles; that people can be transformed by the gospel, the power of salvation and not by trendy church strategies. I wanted people who believed that, maybe, if we asked, He'd do those famous acts of old, in our time.

So God sent me to Living Hope and I've had the privilege to serve with people like Shawn and Kyle and Hannah and Emma and Banker and Terri and Diane and Troy and Ben and the list goes on. An expectant people. A people willing to pray til the promises come true.

I serve because I get to serve with them.

I serve because Jesus continues to outdo our prayers.

I serve because I'm filled with awe of wonder of what He might do next.

- Coleton Segars, Student Pastor