Featured Story · Territory A. Stuck Pattern
At 42, He Grew His Church 126 Percent by Doing Less. Not by Preaching Harder or Praying Longer.
Pastor David Reyes had spent four years and over $12,000 trying to grow his church. Then he watched a video from a Texas pastor he had never heard of. One counterintuitive sentence broke a four-year plateau in 90 days. This is what happened.
By Rebecca Whitman · January 2026 · 16 min read
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