Weeping with Gang Members

How God used my vulnerability to soften the toughest

By Paco Amador

Eight years ago, when I became a full-time pastor, I could never have imagined how many tears I would shed over people—or how God would use those tears.

A good friend who has pastored for almost three decades in one of the most violent neighborhoods in our country introduced me to what he calls “Jesus’ ministry of tears.” “Coach,” as everyone knows him, is one of the most vulnerable pastors I know. “A week does not go by in which I do not weep aloud with people at their brokenness,” he told me. 

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