Wed. Feb 4th, 2026

How God Used a ‘Failure’ to Build One of the Largest AG Megachurches

Pastor John Lindell leads James River Church, a megachurch based in Springfield, Missouri, which is one of the largest Assemblies of God churches in the country. But before Lindell came to James River, he pioneered a church in the Kansas City area that couldn’t grow. He said he felt like a failure when it came to believing and trusting in God.

Lindell says, “Really, I’d lost sense of my calling, honestly, and it felt like such a failure.”

Yet God still had a plan for Lindell—and breathed on James River Church. Watch his interview on The Jim Bakker Show to find out what happened next.

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