Art Endsley, 60, grew up attending church in Excelsior Springs, but after high school and joining the tire business he said he “walked outside the church for a while.” Once he got married and moved into the home his great-grandfather E.M. Endsley built in 1857, Art started attending the Orrick Christian Church.

Nine years ago, the church pastor left and a search committee was unable to find a replacement. The congregation honored and surprised Art when they asked him to be the new pastor. Now, Art splits his time between his family, his congregation, a tire company and the 1,100-acre farm his great-great-grandfather established in 1831. Art does not believe he is a busy man and insists he is “only doing what God asks.”

“You gotta let God use you, and sometimes he will use you in ways that humble you,” he said.