Pastor's Circle - Todd Hudnall

Todd Hudnall is the pastor of Radiant Church in Colorado Springs, CO. He joined the Pastor's Circle to discuss the "insignificant" ministry that God often uses. Here are the "CliffsNotes" of his interview.

Have you noticed across your career that seeming "insignificance" can be very significant?

Certainly things that seem like they're not very important at the time can turn into something quite fabulous.

Like you said, the ultimate example is the baby born in Bethlehem.

Can we make a difference?

I certainly believe that we can, or we wouldn't be doing what we're doing.

Throughout Scripture, something that strikes me is the juxtaposition, that again and again God tends to upend human ideas and concepts about what is important.

What a way [for Jesus] to start a movement that would transform the world, with these 12 peasants from Galilee.

What are the spiritual dynamics of these types of ministry?

As I go through the Bible, I can't help remembering the story of Gideon. He was gathering an army, but God kept saying, "You've got too many."

It ended up just being a very small number of men going up this huge army, and God got all the glory.

Just like in church, with the things we enjoy like technology. If you see that as what the church is about, you're going to keep your eyes on those things.

Does a small thing like a prayer ministry make a difference?

It makes all the difference. I've done ministry when you didn't have any prayer support, and I've done it when you've had a movement of prayer.

It's a difference you can't imagine. It's the thing that drives the ministry of what God's doing.

What are other small things that make a difference?

I would say that again, getting back to the insignificant things, it's just caring about people where you're at.

 And I see this all the time, where someone invited someone, or did some active kindness toward someone, or shared their faith when they felt a little uncomfortable. And you hear the stories down the road, when that made a huge impact kingdom-wide.

The end results are quite extraordinary.