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"Urban Leadership" Course Open Enrollment!
Eagles In Leadership and Bible Believers Christian College and Seminary Are Announcing A Summer Term 2012 Course Urban Leadership Becoming a Biblical Leader For Your Urban Community Tuesdays, 6.30 – 9.30 pm June 12 – August 14, 2012 Course … Continue reading
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Tagged Bible, Bible student, Chaplains, Christian, Deaconnesses, Deacons, Evangelists, godly leader, leader, Leadership, Los Angeles, Ministers, ministry, Missionaries, pastors, qualifications, Scripture, servant leadership, spiritual leader, Teachers, urban
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Praying For Our City Leaders
By Dr. Matthew Lee Smith My phone rang yesterday afternoon. It was one of our city council members in El Segundo, California, where I recently accepted a lead pastor position. His kind words of welcome and thanks for my recent … Continue reading
Posted in Church Health, Leadership Blog, Missional, Multi-ethnic / Urban
Tagged care for the city, church, church growth, church health, city, ministry, mission, missional, prayer, urban
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Urban Churches Suffocate Under WWII Era Government Structures
It seems every time Eagles In Leadership is asked to come and help an urban church, one of the key issues strangling the life out of that faith community is their church governing structure. Notably, you will find the current … Continue reading
Transformed Interviews Shannon O'Dell About "Transforming Church in Rural America!"
In today’s episode, we want to explore effective ministry in rural areas. Matt would tell you that many of the truths in this episode apply equally to urban ministry as well. Shannon O’Dell has focused on vision, attitude, leadership and … Continue reading
Posted in Church Health, Missional, Transformed
Tagged Christian, church, faith, Leadership, ministry, rural, strategy, transforming church in rural america, Vision
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Do You Have a Dream for Your Church?
Artwork Credit: facebook.com Within the heart of most of the leaders of your church is a dream they long to see God fulfill in their midst. In reality, those dreams can fall into one of three categories. 3 Types of … Continue reading
Posted in Leadership Blog
Tagged christian leadership, christian ministry, church, church health, dream, dreaming, Leadership, ministry, ministry dream
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Transformed Talks Social Media With Brandon Cox
In today’s episode, we explore the amazing world of social media for the Kingdom of God. Matt’s guest today is Brandon Cox, who is currently a Pastor at Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, California, where he oversees the content and … Continue reading
Posted in Interviews, Leadership Blog, Resource, Transformed
Tagged Brandon Cox, Christian, facebook, Internet, ministry, social media, twitter, Twitter for Ministry
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Cross-Cultural Ministry (Part 2)
Pastors Matthew Smith, Jacques Francios and Rafael Maria (3 Languages, 3 Cultures, 1 Church in South Florida) We continue our two-part series today with more strategic lesson learned on the American “foreign field.” As Melodee and I followed God’s leading … Continue reading
Cross-Cultural Ministry Lessons (Part 1)
Melodee, Matt with Eddie and Jessica Torres (A 23 year friendship in ministry) Experience with Cross-Cultural Ministry Melodee and I are hard-wired to work in a multiethnic community. God started this in Matthew in High School. “My earliest encounter with … Continue reading
Posted in Leadership Blog, Multi-ethnic / Urban
Tagged cross-cultural ministry, lesson, ministry, multi-ethnic, multiethnic, urban, Urban ministry
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How Do You Get College Students Involved in the Church’s Mission and Ministry?
Recently I was asked, “What ways have you seen that are successful for folding college students or recently graduated college students into a larger fellowship?” Essentially, this person wanted to know, “How do you get college age students involved in … Continue reading
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Tagged care, college, college age, Drew Dyck, facebook, Generation Ex-christian, larry osborne, Leadership, media, ministry, mission, sticky teams, twitter
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Beware the Actions of a Successful Conspiracy (2 Samuel 15)
Clip Art Credit: tantrumtoddlers.com If you have been in ministry for more than 6 months, you are aware that not everyone wants to “follow the leader.” Agendas and motives can be self-centered, and, when acted upon, often bring hurt and … Continue reading
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Tagged Christian, conspiracy, conspirator, Leadership, ministry, rebellion
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