I first met Steve at a Midwest Minister’s Fellowship retreat at the Tan-Tar-A resort on Lake of the Ozarks in Missouri. It would have been 2001 or 2002. Although I was serving in my second full-time ministry role, it was the first time I had served as a solo pastor and in my late 20’s, I was still very green. At the end of one of the retreat sessions, pastors in attendance were invited to come forward where ministry veterans would be poised to pray over pastors. Not knowing any of the veterans personally, my wife and I randomly picked… Read more: A Tribute to Dr. Steve Carpenter