In today’s world of ministry, where words like: church planting, missional, or organic are all the buzz, I totally appreciate when a guy gets a calling from God and follows it through who he is, rather than who he thinks the ministry world wants him to be.
Joe Hunter is going out and ministering to truck drivers and keeping it real--He is being true to who he is. He’s not out on speaking tours talking about how to be the next big church model or claiming that he knows how God is doing a new work. Nope. He’s just digging into his home at a Georgia truck stop, sharing his life story, and asking others to come to know Jesus in a real and personal way.
When most people would disregard his ministry based on what they think works today, Reverend Joe is doing things in an old school way and he’s making a difference with truck drivers. He’s being a missionary to a group of people that couldn’t fit within a traditional church because their work keeps them on the road. He’s being light in a place that no one else has thought about ministering at.
Thanks Reverend Joe Hunter for staying faithful to God’s calling on your life and for caring about some people that not many of us understand or could be relevant to. May we all someday receive and embrace our calling in such a clear way, even if it isn’t chic or trendy.
Read more of Joe Hunter’s story as reported by CNN: http://www.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/wayoflife/09/23/truck.chaplain/index.html?eref=rss_topstories
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Dave I agree with you. Jesus was just real with people and met them where they were. This is just a practicle example of that!