Dan Miller

Dan is the pastor of Back Mountain Harvest Assembly in Trucksville, Pa. He grew up in Selinsgrove area of Central Pa and grew up in a farming home. He ended up in the ministry because of visions and dreams where God told him that he would preach. He also was prophesied over that he would preach. He was 19 when he was married. He helped start a church. He went back up to Millersville with Glenn White.

"Never go against a man of God unless he is doing something immoral. Always support a man of God."
If you can't serve, you can't lead. Do not ask someone to be subordinate if you can't be. Serve your superior even if they are wrong, unless they are doing evil.

He then goes to Trucksville to Back Mountain Harvest Assembly, the church at the time was dying. 8 of the 16 that were there left.

"Hang your hat at what you're good at."
"Some comes to your door; love them. If they leave; love them."

Work yourself out of a job. If someone is better at you  than preaching, put them into a position to preach somewhere.

Be among sinners. If you can't be among sinners, you will not get saints. (He does state that if you are a new Christian, it is not a good idea for them to be with sinners because they may be tempted.)

The are currently running about 650 on Sundays.

Instead of a new church building, they built The Rock. It's a recreational center for the public. They are community driven. "It's about those that aren't us yet [Christian]." About 1000 people use the The Rock.

They also have free eye glasses, free legal, and a bunch of other ways to reach out and love on the community!

I really like what Dan Miller is doing in NEPA. I am from the area though so I may be biased but there are really strides being made. I like that the church is community based because I feel that sometimes we are more about souls and less about their lives. We need to meet their needs in order for them to be able to hear about what we have to say. We need to genuinely care for them so that see that we care about them and are not just another "notch in our belt." In other words, what Dan Miller is saying and doing... really resounds with me. I pray God continues to bless them and they continue to bless others.

[This blog is really all over the place because everything Dan Miller is saying is so good and solid. Please excuse the messiness and the disorganization.]