09/05/2026
Nick Gatzke never planned to become a pastor.
Growing up, he struggled to connect with church. But at 16, everything changed when he began attending a Bible-teaching church.
๐ฃ๏ธ โThe Lord just gave me a hunger for His Word.โ ๐ ๐
By junior year, Nick says, ๐ฃ๏ธ โThe Lord impressed upon me that I would not be satisfied doing anything but serving Him with my life.โ
At Moody after he preached his first sermon, a profess asked Nick, โHow are you going to like being called Reverend someday?โ That conversation helped Nick recognize a call to pastoral ministry. โช
Today, after years of ministry Nick pastors Old North Church in Ohio where heโs seeing something encouraging among college students and young adults:
๐ฃ๏ธ โTheyโre asking questionsโฆ The Lordโs definitely doing something.โ
Nickโs story is a reminder that God can take an unexpected beginning and use it for a purpose far greater than we imagined.
Sometimes the path you never planned is the one God has been preparing you for all along. ๐
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