For Pastors Worldwide
To the pastor reading this in Lagos, in Manila, in São Paulo, in Nairobi, in a village in northern India, in a city in the Middle East where preaching the Gospel costs something I’ll never know — my brother, you are seen.
I’m Pastor Rodney Coe. I’ve spent more than 30 years behind a pulpit in the United States. I’ve preached on Sundays when the church was full and on Sundays when I wondered if anyone heard a word I said. I’ve buried members I loved. I’ve baptized children I’d later watch graduate high school. I’ve sat with families on their worst day and laughed with them on their best.
And the longer I serve, the more I’m convinced of two things: the work of shepherding God’s people is harder than most people will ever understand, and the call of God on a pastor’s life is the most important call a man can answer.
This corner of my website is for you.
📖 Free gift — download “10 Devotionals for Pastors” (PDF): Ten devotionals from this page collected into one printable booklet you can read on the bus, share with a brother in ministry, or print out for the men in your church.
Why this page exists
Most of what gets written for pastors online is written for American pastors who have books, conferences, study leave, and seminary degrees within reach. But the church is growing fastest in places where the pastor walks to his pulpit, sometimes for miles, with one Bible, no commentary, no salary, and a congregation that depends on him for both their theology and their bread.
If that’s you — or even close to you — I want you to have a brother in the West who prays for you, writes to you, and treats you not as a project but as a fellow shepherd.
What you’ll find here
- A free weekly devotional in your inbox. Short, story-driven, rooted in Scripture. Written in plain English so translation tools work cleanly. Sign up below.
- Devotionals written for pastors. Posts on faithfulness in ministry, fighting discouragement, the cost of obedience, and the long obedience of shepherding a flock that doesn’t always see what you carry.
- Stories of pastors who kept going. Stephen Grellet preaching to an empty camp. Francis Asbury riding 270,000 miles on horseback. The Cane Ridge Revival of 1801. Men who served when no one was watching and changed history without knowing it.
- A place to send your prayer request. If you write to me, I read it. I pray over it. And I reply — sometimes slowly, but I reply.
Subscribe — a word of encouragement, every week
One short email a week. No fundraising. No selling. Just one Scripture, one story, one pastor encouraging another. Free, forever.
Send me a prayer request
If your ministry is heavy right now, or if your church is going through something only God can carry it through, I want to pray with you. Send me your request — your name, your country, and what you’d like me to lift before the Lord. I read every message. I pray over every one. And I reply.
Write in your own language. If you can read this page through Google Translate, I can read your message the same way. I’ll respond — sometimes through a translator, slowly, but I’ll respond.
Devotionals for pastors
These are a few of my devotionals written with you in mind. Share them. Forward them. Translate them. Read them aloud to other pastors. They are yours.
- The Sermon No One Heard. Stephen Grellet preached to what he thought was an empty lumber camp. Decades later he learned who was listening. For the pastor who feels invisible.
- Did You Quit Too Soon? Trusting God’s Timing. Eisenhower felt like a failure at 51 — then came D-Day. Your breakthrough may be closer than you think.
- 3 Ways to Fight Discouragement. Three biblical perspectives for the week the wind got knocked out of you.
- Circuit Rider Preachers and Francis Asbury. The men who preached from the saddle. 270,000 miles on horseback. No church building. Just a horse, a Bible, and a calling.
- The Cane Ridge Revival of 1801. Twenty thousand people on the Kentucky frontier in brutal heat — and God showed up. Revival is born of desperation, not comfort.
- Do You Want to Be a Teacher? (James 3:1). The weight of teaching God’s Word and what accountability looks like for those of us who do it.
- Following God’s Calling Without a Roadmap. Peter Marshall left Scotland for America with no plan — and became chaplain of the U.S. Senate.
- Burn the Ships: Move Forward in Faith. Cortés in 1519. Paul in Philippians 3. Why moving forward sometimes means burning the way back.
- Can God Still Move? Praying for Revival Today. A pastor’s call to pray for revival in our generation.
- Poured Out: Obedience That Costs. Philippians 2 and the kenosis of Christ. For the pastor whose obedience is costing more than he thought it would.
A blessing, before you go
“Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.” (Galatians 6:9)
The harvest is coming. Keep preaching. Keep praying. Keep showing up. God sees you — and so does a brother in the United States who thanks Him every day for what you carry.
Grace and peace, my brother.
— Pastor Rodney Coe