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Megachurch Pastor Jonathan Stockstill recently released his debut book
Stockstill, a pastor s kid who is now Lead Pastor of Bethany Church in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, has been a ministry leader since he was 17. Since 2011, he has opened five new church campuses across Louisiana, started Bethany College, and partnered with the Surge Project to plant 3,400 new churches worldwide.
As he expands the church across the world, he told The Christian Post that he penned his new book to “put the person of Jesus Christ back in the center of what it means to be a Christian.”
“People commonly confuse their church attendance, spiritual habits and good deeds as a sufficient substitute for their own faith in and relationship with Jesus,” he explained, noting how, in his book, he pushes back on religious rituals.