When people look at a growing church, a successful crusade, or a powerful sermon, they often see the fruit, but not the price. The life of Dag Heward-Mills is a testimony to the reality that behind every anointed ministry is sacrifice. His story is not one of ease or instant success. It is a journey marked by long hours of prayer, painful trials, misunderstood decisions, and costly obedience.
From the earliest days of his calling, Bishop Dag made the choice to follow Christ without looking back. He walked away from a medical career—not because he lacked talent or opportunity, but because he valued obedience more than personal ambition. He left behind comfort, recognition, and worldly success to serve the Lord fully. That choice was not romantic. It was real. And it came with a price.
The long nights, the early mornings, the endless travels, the personal losses, the misunderstood moments, and the seasons of intense spiritual warfare—these are all part of the hidden side of ministry. Dag Heward-Mills has walked through them all without allowing bitterness or discouragement to take root. He has stayed focused on the call, not the cost.
The Cost of Caring for Souls
Caring for souls is not light work. It is spiritual labor. It is emotional weight. It is the willingness to be poured out again and again for the sake of others. Bishop Dag has shown through his life that true ministry is not about being served, but about serving—even when it hurts. Even when it costs everything.
He has spoken about times of betrayal, times of financial strain, times of deep loneliness—all while still pressing on with the work of the Lord. These experiences have not hardened him; they have humbled him. They have shaped a minister who preaches not from theory but from experience. He knows what it means to love people who do not love back. To build when others tear down. To give when there’s nothing left.
And yet, in all of it, he has found joy. Joy in obedience. Joy in seeing souls saved. Joy in watching churches rise from nothing. Joy in hearing testimonies of changed lives. Because sacrifice, when offered to God, becomes a sweet aroma. It is never wasted. It is never forgotten.
Dag Heward-Mills continues to pay the price—not for applause, but for impact. Not for comfort, but for souls. And his life reminds every minister that behind the pulpit must be a heart that has been broken, surrendered, and fully given to God.