The Suffering Church Planter

It is not easy being a church planter.  There are many ways church planters suffer.  The church planter we call the Apostle Paul suffered by being beaten, arrested, and imprisoned. He suffered crossing rivers and at the hands of bandits. Both Jews and Gentile mistreated him. 2 Corinthians 11:26 tells us that pretty much everywhere he went, he was in danger.

As a follower of Jesus, you may be asking yourself, “God, if you are with me and if I am doing your will, why am I suffering?” 

Paul believed his suffering had a purpose.