At TGC we have a goal to be the best friend to church leaders. We want to write and speak with sympathy for the challenges and joy for the privileges of ministry. When you read TGC articles or listen to our podcasts, we want you to recognize yourself and God’s patient, never-ending love for you. After all, most of our content has been produced by church leaders. And our editors also serve in leadership of local churches. When it comes to pastoral practices and spirituality, we hope TGC is your go-to source.

So as we close out a long and painful 2020, we want you to know how much we appreciate your labors. They are not in vain. The Lord sees, and the Lord loves you more than you can understand or perceive this side of heaven. We don’t know what 2021 has in store, but we can depend on God’s faithfulness, just as we did in 2020. We can rest assured that the gospel goes forth and accomplishes everything that God has intended.

Take heart, church leaders. We hope not in this world but in the God of eternity—the God of unmatched glory and undying love.

“For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison, as we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen. For the things that are seen are transient, but the things that are unseen are eternal” (2 Cor. 4:17–18).