The Adventist Pastor That Preaches On Sundays
Pastor George Shaver loves sharing Jesus with people. As a committed Seventh-day Adventist, he believes and preaches the Three Angels Message, but in a way that people see Jesus in him.
Shaver ministers to four Adventist churches in South Dakota Yankton, Mitchell, Hurley, and Platte. He drives over 200 hundred miles just to go around his district once. But he is never too busy to respond to an opportunity to share Jesus.
In the town of Parker, the local Methodist Church eventually found itself without a minister. Attendance had dwindle to just four members. Instead of searching for a minister of their own denomination, they had noticed Pastor Shaver’s Christlike love for others and his knowledge of Scripture, and thought he could help them grow.
They asked him: “Would you be willing to serve as our pastor?”
“Sure,” he said, “but I do have some limitations.”
“What are they?” they wondered.
“I believe the Bible teaches 28 major lessons. That is what I know, and that is what I can teach you,” he shared, thinking about our fundamental beliefs.
The Methodist members were happy to accept his “limitations,” and off to the church they go each week to learn the Bible from their new pastor, the Adventist minister. Attendance is now ten, and growing.
But it doesn’t end there. The United Church of Christ of Springfield heard about this wonderful Adventist minister, and they also approached him. They were in transition, waiting for their new pastor. They wondered if Pastor Shaver could come and preach to them on Sundays until the new pastor arrived. Of course, he was happy to oblige.
And what are the prospects for the Methodist Church? Shaver shared that he is hoping for the group to grow to 100, and then, they’ll become an Adventist Church!
Pastor Shaver lives by a simple rule of life: to serve Jesus with all his heart. “There is nothing more exciting,” he says, “than to minister to people, and to see them make decisions for Jesus.”
This can happen with you too. With Christ, all things are possible (Phil 4:13).
Pastor George Shaver loves sharing Jesus with people. As a committed Seventh-day Adventist, he believes and preaches the Three Angels Message, but in a way that people see Jesus in him.
Shaver ministers to four Adventist churches in South Dakota Yankton, Mitchell, Hurley, and Platte. He drives over 200 hundred miles just to go around his district once. But he is never too busy to respond to an opportunity to share Jesus.
In the town of Parker, the local Methodist Church eventually found itself without a minister. Attendance had dwindle to just four members. Instead of searching for a minister of their own denomination, they had noticed Pastor Shaver’s Christlike love for others and his knowledge of Scripture, and thought he could help them grow.
They asked him: “Would you be willing to serve as our pastor?”
“Sure,” he said, “but I do have some limitations.”
“What are they?” they wondered.
“I believe the Bible teaches 28 major lessons. That is what I know, and that is what I can teach you,” he shared, thinking about our fundamental beliefs.
The Methodist members were happy to accept his “limitations,” and off to the church they go each week to learn the Bible from their new pastor, the Adventist minister. Attendance is now ten, and growing.
But it doesn’t end there. The United Church of Christ of Springfield heard about this wonderful Adventist minister, and they also approached him. They were in transition, waiting for their new pastor. They wondered if Pastor Shaver could come and preach to them on Sundays until the new pastor arrived. Of course, he was happy to oblige.
And what are the prospects for the Methodist Church? Shaver shared that he is hoping for the group to grow to 100, and then, they’ll become an Adventist Church!
Pastor Shaver lives by a simple rule of life: to serve Jesus with all his heart. “There is nothing more exciting,” he says, “than to minister to people, and to see them make decisions for Jesus.”
This can happen with you too. With Christ, all things are possible (Phil 4:13).
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