In this episode, Dave is joined by Bryan Carter. Bryan is the Senior Pastor of Concord Church in Dallas, TX, where he has served as pastor for seventeen years.
3:45- Bryan talks about growing up with two older brothers, his disciplined father, and the ministries his parents had a heart for.
7:00- Bryan explains how he went to college to become a teacher planning to be bi-vocational because he hadn’t seen many pastors with full-time ministry jobs.
13:00- Bryan shares about the summer he graduated college, got married, moved to Dallas, and started teaching. He explains the challenges but also how he and his wife Stephanie were both named Teacher of the Year at their respective schools.
17:40- Bryan talks about his early days at Concord, the importance of being open to God’s own plan for your life, and how he just started serving wherever he could.
19:00- Bryan talks about how Dr. Bailey went about the succession process and eventually asked him to be his successor.
22:30- Dave and Bryan talk about the DNA of Concord and Bryan talks about building on the solid foundation that is already settled.
25:30- Dave asks Bryan to share about his Live Instagram Prayer time and Bryan talks about the impact of that.
28:45- Bryan shares his advice to other pastors and he talks about loving the people, teaching the word and having a plan.
To learn more about Bryan and Concord Church visit their website concorddallas.org
To learn more about the EK Bailey Preaching Conference visit the website ekbpc.com the 2022 conference will be held July 11th- 14th.
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To learn more about the Senior Pastor call mentioned in this episode contact Linda Stanley at linda.stanley@generis.com and mention “Invitation to Senior Pastor Call” in the subject.
