If you are in business – especially if you have an online business – it is almost 100% guaranteed you need a website. In this day and time, a website is the “business card” of just about everyone.

I remember back the late 1980’s when I had my own business… I knew I was professional looking because I had a great business card! Amen! I know I’m showing my age – but if you were doing business back then – you were right there with me! Amen!

If you were pitching a client or prospective client, almost to the person, they would ask, “Do you have a business card?” You better have one… otherwise, you were considered untrustworthy…

Anyway – fast forward 40 years and here we are today! If all you have is a business card, you are running way behind the crowd today…

If you are pitching your services to someone, what are they going to ask in today’s business climate? “Do you have a website?” If you say, “No, but here is my business card…” Well, that’s about as far as you are going to get…

Let’s talk about websites… There are some places that will give you a free website (and it looks like)… there are some places that will use AI to build you a simple website – but good luck trying to personalize to your clients liking…

Then, there is the “do it yourself” crowd out there… and they are really limited in the professionalism and ability to create something spectacular by their own technological limitations. Amen!

But, Brother Bob, those pretty websites may look… pretty… but do they draw in the type of clients I am looking for? Will they convert visitors into clients or will they just be, “pretty?”

To help us tackle this difficult subject, our guest today is the founder of a revolutionary agency that can, not only help you build a website, but build out the other facets of your business, too! You see, just a good looking website is not enough… you need to have a marketing strategy… you need a customer service strategy and other things… and ALL OF THESE need to work together. If one part breaks down or one part is not doing what it is designed to do – your business suffers. Amen!

Wayne Mullins is the founder of “Ugly Mug Marketing!” I love that name… Wayne and his team focus on helping you achieve YOUR desired results. Not just a nice website – that’s just the one aspect. They will help you marketing, social media, events, SEO and the list goes on and on.

Wayne Mullins and his team are “results oriented” in everything they do! This why they believe “Ugly Mug Marketing” can help you build the business of your dreams, too. Amen! Wayne is also the author of the book, “Full Circle Marketing,” as well. Amen!

Help me welcome to the program, Wayne Mullins! Wayne, I’ve been looking forward to this interview and can’t wait to hear all about “Ugly Mug Marketing!”

First question I always start with is, other than that brief information I just shared, can you tell us in your own words, “Who is Wayne Mullins?”

Let’s start with the big elephant in the room… why name your business, “Ugly Mug Marketing?”

What makes you different from other marketing support companies out there?

What are the...

Having been in leadership positions since the ripe old age of 21 when I was in the military… as an E-4 put in charge of a squad of five men… responsibility, leadership, motivation and accomplishment of the mission has been instilled in me for over 40 years.

Having answered the call to ministry in 1995 and working for a major national music ministry, handling everything from scheduling, to travel to stage management and production, I soon learned the leadership training in ministry was not something taught in Bible School. I praise God that I had the background in leadership because it served me well in those first few years I was involved in large scale ministry operations.

Because of my leadership background, I was quickly identified as a “leader” while at the police academy – and then rose fairly quickly into leadership positions on the department.

Once I retired and entered full time ministry on my own – those skills help to keep me focused, on target, and managing my “team” under me. Although not a church – I still have four others that help me do what we do in ministry. Even though we are not in the same building, but connected all around the country via the internet, it is still up to one person to make sure the job is accomplished… on time, every time and all the time. Me.

Having said all of that, what does things look like when leaders do not know how to lead?

I can sum it all up in two words, “confusion” and “failure.”

In ministry, that can be fatal… not just for the church or ministry, but think about the end product… the accomplishment of the mission (if you want to call it that)… What is that? People are not hearing the Gospel. People are not being ministered to. People are not being saved.

Why? Lack of leadership…

Having said all of that as introduction, our guest today specializes in helping pastors and ministry leaders to excel in something not usually covered in Bible Schools or Seminaries. I bet you can figure out what it is… LEADERSHIP in Ministry! Amen!

The “Faith and Trust Leadership Academy” seeks to fill this gap. Many Pastors today have been thrust into management roles instead of taking on the responsibility for leadership. What has the result been? Over 40 million people have left the evangelical churches. Over 15 million just in the last four years.

Our guest today is Don Pardum is a graduate of the Lancaster Bible College, has attended the Westminster Theological Seminary and the Dallas Theological Seminary. He has been trained under some pretty big names in ministry, Professor Howard Hicks; Chuck Swindoll and others..

To share all about the importance of leadership training in today’s ministries, help me welcome to the program, Don Pardum!

Don, thank you for taking the time to join us today!

I apologize for that long introduction… I guess you can see how passionate I am about leadership, leadership training and all of that…

First question I always ask is this… other than that brief information I just shared, can you tell us in your own words, “Who is Don Pardum?”

Why did you decide to form “Faith and Trust Leadership Academy?”

As far as ministry goes, what is the difference between “leadership” and “management?”

You share information on the max exodus from churches. What does the data say about the reasons WHY people are leaving the traditional church?

Why do you believe pastors are avoiding or ignoring their own leadership development? It seems like it would be something they would want to pursue…

How does the “Faith and Trust Leadership Academy” fill this void?

Leadership training is not a “check the box” – “I did that already” – type of training. It is a continual process. In the military, it starts in your unit… proceeds to the “Primary Leaders Develop Course” then the NCO Academy, etc. Not to mention the four...

Can there be any doubt that we are living in, what the Bible describes as, “The Last Days?”

What is especially concerning to me is how the entire world is coming against Israel right now – when all they are doing is reacting to an unprovoked, barbaric attack on innocent civilians. The United Nations is even trying to impose their authority over Israel’s sovereignty! Just over the last day or so, the UN has “demanded Israel stop all attacks on Rafa and withdraw from the area.”

Three nations came out and “demanded” a “two state solution” – in effect, telling Israel to “surrender” to Hamas.

In addition, there is the radical leftists in Congress who also want Israel to surrender and give land to the terrorists…

In case you haven’t read your Bible, this is the exact scenario depicted in the Book of the Revelation that will take place in the End Times.

If there was ever any doubt that we are living in the last of the last days – what we see happening right now should prove it! Amen!

Scott Wright is the author of the “God Centered Concept Journal” and has a unique insight into prophecy and the end times.

Help me welcome back to the program, Scott Wright! Scott, it’s great to have you back on with us today!

If there was ever a doubt that we are drawing closer and closer to the soon return of Jesus, I just don’t think any rational person could doubt it any longer… do you?

As we are recording this today, the jury will receive the case to deliberate in the third world trial of Donald Trump. There are hundreds of tornadoes that swept across the United States these last few days, killing and destroying, in some cases, entire towns in their wake. We have inflation running rampant; crime in the streets; emptying of prisons, what is right is called wrong – what the Bible says is wrong is called right…I could go on and on…

Bottom line – really, truly, in my opinion, the ONLY thing we can look forward to IS the “Return of Jesus” at this point… what do you think?

With that being said, we do have a promise given to believers by Jesus Himself… in Revelation 3:21, we read, “To him that overcomes, I will grant to sit WITH ME on MY THRONE, even as I overcame and have sit down with my Father on His Throne.”

Share how all of this relates together and what we will be able to look forward to in the very near future (according to this verse)…

How does all of this relate to what we opened with – the “End Times?”

Abraham Lincoln once said, “All the armies of Europe and Asia...could not by force take a drink from the Ohio River…No, if destruction be our lot we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of free men, we will live forever or die by suicide.”

I think the rope is already around the neck of this nation and we are teetering on the edge of the chair – right now.

You’ve heard me say before, it really does not matter WHO wins this next election…in my opinion, and this is just my thoughts on the matter – if Biden wins, the USA will become a third world nation… if Trump wins, I believe World War 3 is on the horizon… and one EMP, well placed, will throw the United States back into the 1700’s lifestyle in just one day… and we will be forever cast off. I truly believe that is the reason the United States is not mentioned as an end time player in the Bible… Again, just my opinion… but there it is…

BUT – it’s not ALL doom and gloom… why? Because WE have a promise… that promise is Eternal Life. It may not be “happy days are here again” – but it will be “Happy Days” when we get to...