There is a road that leads straight to the center of God's will. It is not a hidden road. It is not a complicated road. It is the road of the Word of God, the road of faithful service, and the road of walking in the authority that God has given every believer. But somewhere along the way, a lot of good people got off that road. They did not mean to. Nobody wakes up in the morning and says, Today I am going to drift away from God. But it happens. Little by little, step by step, the road gets harder to see. And before long, a believer who once burned bright for God is standing on the shoulder of the highway wondering how they got so far from where they used to be. Dr. Buddy Bell has spent more than four decades sitting with pastors, training church volunteers, and traveling the world with one message burning in his heart: the local church is the most important institution on the face of the earth, and every believer has a place in it. He has sat in living rooms and back hallways with pastors who were exhausted. He has talked with volunteers who started out excited and ended up empty. He has watched people run from meeting to meeting, voice to voice, and experience to experience, only to find themselves more confused and less planted than when they started. He has heard the same words thousands of times from thousands of different people: I wish I could get back to where I was with God. This book is his answer to that cry. Staying on Track with God is not a book about what went wrong. It is a book about how to get back on the road and stay there. It is not written to condemn the people who drifted. It is written to show them that the road is closer than they think, the Word still works, and the church still needs what they have to offer. Dr. Bell writes the way he preaches, with warmth and humor and a pastor heart for people. Every chapter feels like a conversation with someone who has walked a long road himself and wants to help you find your footing again. The foundation of this book is a question that stayed with Dr. Bell for years. In First Corinthians chapter twelve, the Apostle Paul gives a list of the things God set in the church. Apostles. Prophets. Teachers. Miracles. Gifts of healings. Helps. Governments. Diversities of tongues. Then Paul begins to ask questions. Are all apostles? Are all prophets? Are all teachers? Are all workers of miracles? He moves right down the list. But then he does something that troubled Dr. Bell.