I have learned, in my forty-plus years of serving God and living in His kingdom, that there are recurring pressures and voices that try to convince me to wave the white flag. That is to be expected, because the values of God’s kingdom are not the values of this world.

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Adapted excerpt from “Burn the White Flag: How to Fight for an Abundant Life" by Pastor Charles Nieman (Fedd Books, August 2019). Used with permission from the publisher.

Charles Nieman is an author, speaker and the co-founder and senior pastor of Abundant Living Faith Center in El Paso,Texas.

Nieman founded Abundant Living Faith Center with his late wife, Rochelle Nieman. Their humble beginnings began in 1977 when they began teaching in a home Bible study with 12 people. Since then, their congregation has grown to about 40,000 people and is a multi-campus church in El Paso, Texas. The non-denominational church is a Hillsong Family Church and was rated as the No. 31 fastest-growing church and No. 41 in size in 2008 by Outreach Magazine.

Nieman currently resides in El Paso and his two children, Shannon and Jared, are also pastors at Abundant Living Faith Center. He has four grandchildren. For more information, please visit www.charlesnieman.com or www.alfc.com.