The Way of Jesus Is The Way of Love and Inclusivity

Sam Ochstein
9 min readDec 4, 2019
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I think love and inclusivity are the central virtues of Jesus’s kingdom vision. I’ve thought this for quite a while. And it’s a significant reason why I resigned from my post and surrendered my ministry credentials after 10 years as a lead pastor in a conservative evangelical denomination.

I reached a point where I couldn’t be the pastor I believed that God called and gifted…

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Sam Ochstein

Former Pastor | Reader | Writer | Walker | Whiskey Lover | Contemplative Extrovert | MMin, MATS