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Urban Praise Interviews Dr. Matthew Smith
Erick David Townsend of Moody Bible Institute’s radio ministry Urban Praise, interviewed Matt about his passion of Reaching Your Community in Your Generation in late May. They also talked about Matt’s involvement in the Moody Pastors Conference. Urban Praise reaches … Continue reading
Mobilizing a Missional Heart
Artwork Credit: chuckk.sacreddigital.com When a church recently asked me to help them “mobilize their church toward a greater involvement in evangelism” I shared with them … Six Keys to a Missional Heart Evangelism is about relationship 95% of the time. … Continue reading
Posted in Leadership Blog, Multi-ethnic / Urban
Tagged Christian, church, church growth, evangelism, heart, missional
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Dr. Tom Cocklereece Talks About Simple Discipleship
Today we welcome Dr. Tom Cocklereece who serves as pastor of Shady Grove Baptist Church in Marietta, GA and as CEO of RENOVA Coaching and Consulting LLC providing values-based transformational ministry, leadership, executive, marriage, and life coaching. Tom is a … Continue reading
Help! Our Community Is Changing! (Part 2)
by Dr. Matthew Lee Smith (c) 1999 In part 1 we discussed the rise and decline of the urban church. We ended our Somewhere between the birth and the death of the local church selfishness took center stage, replacing self-sacrifice. … Continue reading
Help! Our Community Is Changing! (Part 1)
by Dr. Matthew Lee Smith (c) 1999 With tears in my eyes, I realized God had accomplished what He had set out to do among us. Our church now looked like our urban community, over 90% Hispanic. We had intentionally … Continue reading
Ed Stetzer Talks About Transformational Churches!
Churches committed to following Christ’s example want this world changed for the sake of eternity. While the supernatural piece of making that happen goes without saying, how does a body of believers do its part to be in that “sweet … Continue reading
The Paralysis of Fear
(Names have been changed to protect privacy.) (c) 1999 Dr. Matthew Lee Smith Every eagle leader knows the fear that comes when someone says, “I need to speak with you,” in that certain tone of voice. “What did I do … Continue reading
Posted in Articles
Tagged bullies, church growth, fear, Joshua, Leadership, ministry, pastor, pastoral ministry
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The Timeline of Transformation
by Dr. Matthew Lee Smith So you’ve decided to begin a new ministry in an established organization. You have high hopes that God will do wonderful things. As you unpack your things in your new office, it helps to know … Continue reading
Posted in Leadership Blog, Multi-ethnic / Urban
Tagged church growth, core leadership, Enthusiasm, realization, Solomon, Timeline, transformation, trepidation
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Philosophy of Ministry Directions (Part 2)
Mission: its what the church is all about. As we said in the last article, “Motion without direction is delusion.” In this article we will talk about how ‘the purpose of the church’ guides our philosophy of ministry. God longs … Continue reading
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Tagged church growth, mission, pastor, philosophy of ministry, purpose, results, tasks
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Endurance and Salvation!
Feel free to forward this to a friend! Declare your mission – and then live it! ~ Tom Welch This morning I visited our health care provider because Melodee, the joy of my eyes for these past 30 years, was … Continue reading
