Introducing Our New Author
Kevin Wells
Dr. Kevin Wells knows what it feels like to stand in the pulpit wondering if you’re truly making the difference God called you to make. After more than three decades in ministry, he’s wrestled with the same question that keeps many pastors awake at night: how do you prepare others to take on ministry tasks without compromising excellence or authenticity? He discovered the answer isn’t doing more—it’s equipping others. That revelation became the foundation of The Forward Thinking Pastor and the driving force behind his life’s work.
Kevin holds a Doctor of Ministry in Leadership, along with master’s degrees in Leadership & Discipleship and Pastoral Counseling/Life Coaching. As a Certified John Maxwell Coach, Speaker, and Trainer, he helps pastors move past the myth that success is measured in numbers alone, toward the deeper fulfillment found in multiplication. “I’ve met too many pastors who are drowning in good work while their families wonder if they’ll ever come up for air,” Kevin says. “God’s design for ministry was never meant to crush the minister.” Through proven strategies and stories forged in real pastoral challenges, he shows leaders how to build churches that thrive—not because the pastor does everything, but because the pastor empowers everyone.
The Forward Thinking Pastor
Pastors were never called to merely survive Sunday after Sunday. Yet too many faithful leaders find themselves exhausted and overextended, carrying a congregation that receives ministry but rarely steps into it—slowly becoming the ceiling of their church’s future. Drawing from more than three decades of ministry experience, Kevin Wells challenges pastors to move beyond maintenance mode and rediscover their biblical calling as equippers of God’s people, showing them how to build churches strengthened by disciples, leaders, and systems rather than dependent on one person’s capacity.
With biblical insight and practical wisdom, Wells helps pastors read the times without losing the truth, raise leaders who raise leaders, equip the whole church for ministry, and build sustainable rhythms that protect both the mission and the minister. This is not a book about chasing trends—it’s a roadmap for pastors who refuse to let exhaustion define their calling. Your church has untapped potential sitting in the pews, and your calling is still clear. The future of your ministry may depend on one courageous decision: stop carrying the church alone, and start equipping it to move forward.