The heart of Charles Pearce, the author, is to know that each reader will be encouraged to embrace their unique purpose within the local church. This manual traces the struggles and triumphs of a consecrated soldier of God. His personal struggles centered on his low self-esteem that began in childhood and worsened as he became an adult who compared himself to others. His ministerial struggles emerged from the discrepancy between his expectations for the people who frequently warmed the pews of his early churches and their perceptions of their Christian responsibilities.