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J.R. Briggs is a husband, father, and pastor at Renew Community in Lansdale, PA. He’s a writer, and author of the book Fail: Finding Hope and Grace in the Midst of Ministry Failure.
He’s also the founder of Epic Fail Pastors conference, as J.R. says, “I simply longed for a space where no one was scared by the shortcomings of other sinners, even if those sinners were also ministry leaders.”
When he talks about success and the church he echoes what one of his long term mentors Eugene Peterson says about success and the church, “The biblical fact is that there are no successful churches. There are, instead, communities of sinners. . . . In these communities of sinners, one of the sinners is called pastor.”