Q. Why is your ministry called The Mordecai Project?

A. Mainly because I did not want to call it the Lee Grady Evangelistic Association. In our culture, religious-sounding names can be a turn-off to people who have had bad experiences with the church. So I picked something a bit more mysterious.

Mordecai was a godly man who played a major role in the book of Esther in the Old Testament. He lived in ancient Persia (modern Iran) during the time that the Jews were living there as exiles. Mordecai discovered that the wicked bureaucrat Haman had convinced the king to kill all the Jews living in the country.

Meanwhile, Mordecai’s young cousin Esther had been abducted by the king and was in line to become part of his royal harem. Mordecai realized that God had allowed this so that Esther could expose Haman’s plot and stop the planned genocide. So Mordecai went to Esther and commissioned her to act courageously.

I identify with Mordecai more than any other character in the Bible. I believe God has called me to prod many Esthers into bold action. Christian women have been destined and positioned to make a huge impact on the world, yet the church has told them that they don’t really have a significant role to play. Not true!

I believe my divine assignment is to rally God’s women and to commission them for service. That is the primary purpose of the Mordecai Project.