The book was written over a span of the last 4 years. It started out as a way to express my own struggles and attitude with serving while helping to plant a church in Texas. Most of the early basis for the chapters were a result of meetings the Sunday service teams (i.e. ushers, setup, book table, hospitality) had in preparation and during the first 2 years of the church. We had a monthly leaders meeting to go over administrative action items and discuss issues pertaining to the Sunday service. However, we would also have a 1hr or so time of teaching and discussion on the Biblical application to servanthood because we felt that our church's service teams were more than precursors to worship, but  they were worship in and of themselves. We wanted to produce a church who saw serving as an opportunity to worship and glorify God. To do this, however, we needed to equip the people that served with not only the tools to serve, but apply the Gospel as well.

Early on I realized there was a great need for a cross-centered approach to servanthood.Having searched in vain for such a resource, I decided to write my own. I received tons of help from my pastors Pete Payne and Craig Cabaniss, with especially heroic efforts from Pete reading and giving me comments on every version. Also Igot tips,advice, and feedback from friend and author Elyse Fitzpatrick.Editor Kevin Meath, who editied The Cross-Centered Life by CJ Mahaney and When Sinner's Say I do by Dave Harvey, helped to me focus and rearranged the book.

Many of chapters and ideas came from those meetings, which I had the privilege of leading and teaching. Here are some of the Chapter headings,

Biblical Servanthood is:

• Grace Motivated ·
• Established by the Trinity
• Enabled by the Holy Spirit
• Magnifying the Gospel
• Glorifying God
• An Orientation to Others
• Joyful Excellence
• Humbly Noble
• Primarily Expressed in the Local Church
• Eternally Efficacious

 If you have an interest or struggle with Biblical Servanthood, please read my book and may God use it in your life and worship in the same way he did in mine. If you decide to buy and read it, please feel free to provide me with your honest feedback and constructive criticism. My desire is that the book serve as as pointer to the Cross of Christ for as many people as God desires it to be for.