DORA, Alabama – Every Monday at 7 a.m., Mike Ward, a former pastor himself, sends out a devotional email with a note of encouragement to hundreds of pastors across the United States, Guatemala, the Philippines and Africa. The email is provided as a free service, and new pastors are added to the list on a weekly basis.
For Ward, the time when the email gets sent out each week is intentional and important.
“There is an old saying that almost every pastor either quits or considers resigning on Monday morning, because of something that went wrong or didn’t go right on Sunday,” Ward said. “Many pastors will respond back to me throughout the day on Monday about how the message helped them.”…