This excerpt comes from Marva Dawn and Eugene Peterson's book, The Unnecessary Pastor: "Long experience in this business [of being a pastor] makes us alert in detecting loopholes. The loop hole, in this case, has to do with becoming so diligent in being a pastor, working for Jesus, that it crowds out the personal life of LIVING FOR JESUS. The constant danger for those of us who enter the ranks of the ordained is that we take on a role, a professional religious role, that gradually obliterate the life of the soul."
In 1996 Dwayne had a clear call by God to develop a pastors retreat center. He and Rita ran a retreat center in Wisconsin for 4 1/2 years. With God's leading during this time they developed the self directed, 'non program' that is being used today.
From 2001 to the present the Hanon's, through Broom Tree Ministries, continue offering free retreats to pastor couples in various locations so that the leaders of the Church of Jesus Christ may be strengthened.
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