My Story At Propel Women
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My husband and I have been in full-time ministry for almost 18 years with 15 of those being associate pastors. A little over 3 years ago we felt God calling us to leave our comfort zone of the south and move our family to Pennsylvania for our first lead pastorate.
While there have been trials, we’ve really been living the dream the past 3 years. Our church and staff are healthy and we’ve been experiencing explosive growth. Hundreds of people have come to know Christ and I’m getting to do the things that God placed in my heart many years ago.
I started our women’s ministry just 2 months after arriving on staff and God began to do incredible things. In 2015 we started our own women’s conference and also launched a Propel Chapter for the women in our community.
Momentum was strong and lives were being changed. Women were coming to church and encountering Jesus for the very first time. I felt like I was on this wild ride with God and was in awe of all that He was doing.
Life was really good, yet for some reason I found myself feeling numb and my passion was beginning to wane. Self-doubt and the lies of the enemy were beginning to creep in. Lies I hadn’t dealt with in such a long time like “who do you think you are?”, “you aren’t qualified”, “someone better than you could preach, teach, lead the church, etc.” “this is too good to be true”. I felt myself beginning to shrink back.
My life message is freedom and while my heart’s cry had been to lead other women into the freedom I’d experienced, I began to feel not so free anymore.
When I saw that Propel would be coming to Canton, Ohio I knew it would be a great opportunity to take a short road trip with our pastor’s wives and women pastors. It was reasonably priced and only about 3 hours from home. The speaker lineup was a huge selling factor too. I knew this would be a great bonding experience for us as a staff and I’d get to connect with fellow Propel Chapter leaders.
If I’m being totally real, I also soak up any opportunity to attend something that I didn’t plan. I don’t have to be Pastor Kim and can just be another face in the crowd. And honestly, that’s where I was at, I wanted to just “be”. I didn’t expect to come to Propel to get much more out of it than that.
God had something else in mind for me that day. Every speaker was dynamic and had a word from the Lord and the worship was heartfelt. Overall it was an empowering day, but there were a few key moments that changed everything for me.
Christine opened the day up with a powerful message. One of the first things she said was “There is no arriving this side of heaven. We have to keep going and keep pressing”. Yes Lord, I’m listening. I leaned in and took pages of notes.
The day was wrapping up and Lisa Bevere took the stage to speak. I felt like God said to me “sit up and listen, this is for you”. “There is no one that will represent God on this earth like you will”. “Stop comparing and start consecrating yourself. I need you to be all in.”
I felt like those words Lisa spoke were directly for me. God began to reveal to me that I was letting my insecurities and inabilities overshadow who He says I am. He didn’t ask me to be a better version of someone else, He asked me to be me and only me.
At the end Lisa prayed and I know this might sound weird to some, but my belly began to burn and tears began to run down my face. The numbness began to melt away and passion was being restored. All of a sudden I remembered a prophetic word that Lisa had spoken over me at a women’s conference I had organized many years before. Those words were coming back so loud and clear. They were words that I had put aside and even forgotten. I had let self-doubt creep in and put that word on a shelf because I felt it was too big for me.
God showed me at Propel that while I was beginning to live out the dreams that God had purposed and planned for me, I was still limiting Him and what He desired to do in and through me. He had indeed called me and purposed me for something that was unique to me. It was time to take the limits off and press in like never before. This was only the beginning.
Kim Masengale
Kim is a 38-year old wife to Mel, and mom to two beautiful girls ages 14 & 11. Together they pastor Summit Church in Indiana, PA. Kim enjoys leading Summit Women and the local Propel Chapter. Kim's heart is to help women of all ages discover their worth in Christ & the freedom that only He can give. Born and raised in Texas, Kim loves Tex-Mex, a good cup of coffee, and spending time with her family & friends.
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