Carrying the Cup with Pastor Chuck Lewis
Every leader wants to build the wall. Almost no one wants to stay a cupbearer.
Long before Nehemiah picked up a trowel, he carried a cup, faithfully, in obscurity, carrying a burden he didn't choose and couldn't yet explain. Carrying the Cup walks through Nehemiah's story to uncover a different kind of leadership formation: one built in waiting rooms and unglamorous seasons.
Organized around the acronym C.A.L.L.E.D. (Constructor, Affirmative, Launcher, Life-Giver, Entrusted, Devoted), this book is for the leader just discovering their calling and the leader further down the road who is ready to help someone else discover theirs.
You are not behind, and you are not finished. You are being formed, and so is the leader God is asking you to help form. Carry the cup well. The wall will come
Pastor Chuck Lewis
Chuck serves as a location pastor at Elevate Life Church in Jacksonville, Florida. He also leads Wellspring Wellness, an organization dedicated to strengthening churches and leaders. Through this work, he comes alongside churches with consulting and leadership training. Having planted a church in 2006 and then served churches in revitalization work, he now serves at one of the fastest growing multisite churches in America.
He is known for teaching that blends Scripture and practical application, and for helping people step into what God has called them to do. He has authored multiple studies and resources on leadership, stewardship, assimilation, and parenting. His newest book, Carrying the Cup: What Nehemiah Teaches Us About Becoming the Leader God Already Sees, releases this October.
Chuck and his wife, Leigh, are partners in ministry, and a heart for the church runs through their whole family. Their daughter Meredith and son-in-law Justin serve as missionaries with the International Mission Board, planting a church in Spain. Their daughters Emma and Lydia serve in their home churches, and their son, Eli, is studying ministry at The Baptist University of Florida.