Liberating Ministry from the Success Syndrome

I highly recommend this book, which I just finished reading yesterday, by Kent and Barbara Hughes. In it Kent and Barbara use their own experience in an "unsuccessful" (number-wise) church plant to grapple with and redefine what success in ministry looks like. During the second part of the book Kent defines success as faithfulness, serving, loving, believing, prayer, holiness, and attitude over against our assumptions of numerical growth and influence. A must read for any young man considering ministry, as well as every pastor in ministry. Families of those in ministry and even caring congregants who want to know better how to support and pray for their pastors would also gain much from this quick read.