Special guest: Stanley Patton

Pastor Stanley Patton of Victory Church shares lessons from leading a multicultural, multigenerational church plant on Florida’s Space Coast during a pandemic.

0:18 Lee Stephenson introduces special guest Stanley Patton, pastor of Victory Church, a church plant in Melbourne, Florida.

0:53 Stanley gives a brief history of his church and talks about why he decided to plant in Melbourne.

1:33 Lee asks Stanley if he thinks Florida is part of the Bible Belt.

2:40 Stanley shares lessons he’s learned from leading a multicultural, multigenerational church during the pandemic.

5:04 Stanley talks about how COVID-19 has impacted his church’s Victory Kids Sports ministry.

6:54 Stanley shares how Victory Kids Sports created a virtual experience for its sports programming.

8:50 Stanley talks about how his church has been able to not only survive but thrive financially during the pandemic.

10:21 Stanley says as a pastor or leader, it’s OK not to have all the answers. "It doesn’t mean that I have apathy in that moment. It doesn’t mean that I don’t care. It’s just the fact that I don’t have clarity."

12:23 Stanley reminds us that seasons of difficulty are not new. "I just believe that that the God I serve, he loves me enough that he’s not going to leave me in my mess and leave me in mediocrity. He’s going to help us rise out of this meteorically in a new season."