February 3, 2008
E.L. Russell”“A Pacesetter Without Prominence
By Brett Andrews I suspect one day in Heaven we will be treated to a long parade of the greatest leaders in history. And we won”t recognize most of their names. One of those uncelebrated but great leaders I wish you could have known was Eldreth L. Russell, minister of my home church in Meadville, Pennsylvania, for most of the 1960s and “70s. Under his ministry, the Meadville church grew, sent out ministers and missionaries, and became a middle-sized church with a megachurch influence. Setting the Pace with Joy Ministry taxes the strongest. Paul wrote of carrying the daily pressure
