community - Discipleship.Network - The Reimagine Network2024-03-28T12:34:37Zhttps://reimaginenetwork.ning.com/forum/topics/feed/tag/communityCityLife: Incarnational Prayer, Discipleship, Evangelismhttps://reimaginenetwork.ning.com/forum/topics/phil-miglioratti-the-reimagine-network-interviewed-gary-jennings-2023-10-09T02:04:49.000Z2023-10-09T02:04:49.000ZReimagine Curatorhttps://reimaginenetwork.ning.com/members/PrayerINC<div><p><span style="font-size:18pt;"><em><strong>CityLife: Incarnational Prayer, Discipleship, Evangelism</strong></em></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:14pt;"><strong>Phil Miglioratti @ The Reimagine.Network Interviewed Gary Jennings of City Life</strong></span></p>
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<p style="text-align:center;"><span style="font-size:14pt;"><em><span style="font-weight:400;">“I am praying today for the American Church for the foundations that don’t look like Jesus will crumble,</span></em></span></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><span style="font-size:14pt;"><em><span style="font-weight:400;">and as a result, a mighty army of disciplemakers will rise in obedience to see disciple making movements</span></em></span></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><span style="font-size:14pt;"><em><span style="font-weight:400;">sweep across our land from sea to shining sea.”</span></em></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:14pt;"><strong>PHIL>>> Gary, how does this statement fuel your passion for ministry</strong><span style="font-weight:400;">?</span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:14pt;"><strong>GARY>>></strong><span style="font-weight:400;"> Phil, I agree with this statement wholeheartedly. The only hope for the Church to fulfill the Great Commission is to obey Jesus’ final command to make disciples, not converts. Converts rarely make disciples. Disciples make disciplemakers. The bottom line for CityLife is to make and multiply disciplemakers in and through apartments. This is our role and responsibility to fulfill the Great Commission which will transform apartments from properties to communities. In other words, disciplemakers are world changers. They find out where God is working and join Him in His work, His plan to redeem the world to Himself. CityLife is our response to living a life of obedience in apartment living. </span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight:400;font-size:14pt;">The way we do that is to practice the principles of disciple making movements to first and foremost, pray and fast. Secondly, we serve with purpose and that purpose is to find apartment employees and residents who are Luke 10 persons of peace. We also start Discovery Bible Studies with lost people to disciple them towards conversion. Finally, we multiply everything we do. We call it “embracing multiplication.” </span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight:400;font-size:14pt;">We have to make paradigm shifts in our churches to fulfill the Great Commission through multiplication. </span></p>
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<p style="text-align:center;"><span style="font-size:14pt;"><em><span style="font-weight:400;">"How in the world can we build community in a place that is lost, fragile, needy, chaotic, unfriendly, and hopeless?"</span></em><span style="font-weight:400;"> </span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:14pt;"><strong>PHIL>>> Help us reimagine ... How would you coach church leaders to rethink "church?"</strong></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:14pt;"><strong>GARY>>></strong><span style="font-weight:400;"> Phil, we coach church leaders all the time to rethink or rewire their “churched up” thinking to a more Kingdom mindset. CityLife is not a church but we intentionally partner with churches, nonprofits and business leaders to create a “coalition of the willing” that my dear friend, Cecil Seagle, shared with me many years ago. The church should not be an “island unto themselves.” The Church is a living organism embodied by believers who call themselves Christians to obey the Mission that God calls every church to fulfill. We cannot fulfill Jesus’ final command by ourselves. We must cooperate, coordinate and collaborate to make and multiply disciplemakers. </span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight:400;font-size:14pt;">So, we challenge church leaders to get back to the one thing that we are all commanded to do and that is to make and multiply disciplemakers. I believe strongly and passionately in the 7 Realities of Experiencing God as an example of what we coach. We also coach church leaders to really evaluate and assess what is going on in their church and community. We ask the right questions of church leaders so they can discover on their own if they are on the right track of making and multiplying disciplemakers. </span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight:400;font-size:14pt;">Most of what church leaders do in disciple-making is knowledge-based discipleship. We embrace obedience-based disciple-making using simple, reproducible tools that anyone can use. </span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight:400;font-size:14pt;">Finally, we advocate that clergy is not the focus in fulfilling the Great Commission. What happened in the book of Acts never would’ve happened if it had depended on the clergy. We have to get back to equipping and empowering ordinary people to become disciplemakers who become world changers. </span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight:400;font-size:14pt;">CityLife models these realities in apartments which are micro mission fields. We also offer mission teams to come to “taste and see” so they can go back to their churches and communities to make and multiply disciplemakers in and through apartments or wherever God leads them. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400;font-size:14pt;">{ <a href="https://reimaginenetwork.ning.com/forum/topics/adopt-an-apartment-initiative-reimaginecities-and-you-will-reimag" target="_blank">Read more>>></a> about this miistry initiative}</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:14pt;"><strong>PHIL>>> Help us reassess how to make disciples in the 21st century. What question(s) do we need to begin with?</strong></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:14pt;"><strong>GARY>>></strong><span style="font-weight:400;"> Phil, the first question is what is a disciple? The answer is in God’s Word. I love the simple definition that a disciple team at LifeWay came up with several years ago which is a great summary of thoughts. A disciple… “is someone who thinks and acts like Jesus.” </span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight:400;font-size:14pt;">Other questions I use in making and multiplying disciplemakers are.</span></p>
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<li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;font-size:14pt;">Are you doing knowledge-based discipleship or obedience-based disciple-making?</span></li>
<li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;font-size:14pt;">Are you praying and fasting to find out where God is working so you can join Him in His work?</span></li>
<li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;font-size:14pt;">Are you disciple-making principles transferable to any culture? Socio-economic group? </span></li>
<li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;font-size:14pt;">Will your disciple-making “system” multiply? </span></li>
<li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;font-size:14pt;">What is the role of a disciplemaker? </span></li>
<li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;font-size:14pt;">Pastor, are you trying to disciple your church all by yourself from the pulpit? </span></li>
<li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;font-size:14pt;">How is your church and community being transformed by your disciple-making efforts?</span></li>
<li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;font-size:14pt;">Share with me how disciple-making in your church is fulfilling the Great Commission? </span></li>
<li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;font-size:14pt;">How do you make disciples who make disciples who make disciples?</span></li>
<li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;font-size:14pt;">Do you believe that God’s Word is as powerful as we say it is? </span></li>
<li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;font-size:14pt;">Do you see every person that you come in contact with as a potential disciple-maker?</span></li>
<li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;font-size:14pt;">Are you investing in the right people to make and multiply disciplemakers?</span></li>
<li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;font-size:14pt;">What is the role of “discovery” in your disciple-making or are you just telling people what to believe? </span></li>
<li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;font-size:14pt;">Is prayer your highest priority?</span></li>
<li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;font-size:14pt;">Are you willing to consider paradigm shifts in transforming your church into a mission center? </span></li>
<li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;font-size:14pt;">Is your hope for your church dependent on you or the Holy Spirit and His Word?</span></li>
<li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;font-size:14pt;">Would you be willing to evaluate your church’s budget to see where resources are going to do church? What does your budget say about your church’s commitment to fulfilling the Great Commission?</span></li>
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<p><span style="font-weight:400;font-size:14pt;">Phil, these are some of the questions we share with church leaders as they come under our influence and coaching. We desperately want church leaders to discover God’s plan for fruitful disciple-making instead of giving them a plan. There are only a few times that we are prescriptive. The majority of our coaching is using methods that lead to discovery. We don't prescribe. We coach to discover. </span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:14pt;"><strong>PHIL>>> From our ministry time together I know you view prayer as vital/initial to church, ministry, everything ...</strong></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:14pt;"><strong>GARY>>></strong><span style="font-weight:400;"> Thank you, Phil, for observing that. Let me pause to say that you, Claude King, Shodankeh Johnson and my Mom are the four people in my life that I point to for inspiring me to be a man of prayer and to have a ministry of intercession. Thank you, Phil, for investing in me by living out your passion in front of me and thousands of others. </span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight:400;font-size:14pt;">I would hasten to say that I’ve always been a doer. Yes, pray and then do. However, the “do-ing” became a distraction. With good intentions, I have always been so grateful to the Lord for saving me so I want to work for Him. That resulted in me losing the opportunity to have an intimate love relationship with the Father. </span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight:400;font-size:14pt;">My dear friend, Shodankeh Johnson, who is a disciple-making movement leader in Sierra Leone, say that “prayer is the work!” I believe that is true. I practice that personally. I spend much time in prayer about everything so CityLife can be a part of His work and plan. Praying and fasting is a lifestyle because it is my fellowship with Him that is at the core of my life, family and ministry. Praying and fasting keeps me in the center of His will as long as I obey what He is saying to me or showing me in His Word. </span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight:400;font-size:14pt;">I love what E.M. Bounds says. <em>“Every mighty move of the Spirit of God has had its source in the prayer chamber.</em>” He also says… <em>“The story of every great Christian achievement is the history of answered prayer.”</em></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight:400;font-size:14pt;">I want everyday of my life to be filled with answered prayers from the God of the Bible!!!</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:14pt;"><strong>PHIL>>> Describe the difference between networking and partnering...</strong></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:14pt;"><strong>GARY >>></strong><span style="font-weight:400;"> I’ll try to keep this simple. Networking means that I have a pool of people resources that may be a solution to an issue or opportunity I or others have. Partnership is totally different. There are people in my life that I trust who will work with me to accomplish a goal in fulfilling the Great Commission. This is super simple but I believe it communicates that you have to have both in expanding God’s Kingdom. </span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:14pt;"><strong>PHIL >>> ... and explain why both are essential to effective ministry.</strong></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:14pt;"><strong>GARY ></strong><span style="font-weight:400;">>> Phil, allow me to answer your question with an illustration. I was in the leasing office of an apartment complex one day when he asked me to help him do the Angel Tree Project for kids in his apartments. He told me they would not have much of a Christmas if he didn’t do something to provide a good Christmas for them. First of all, the manager is in my network. Now, he just became a partner. I was his solution to making this happen. He was a solution (more of an answered prayer) to get the Gospel to children and their families. We are now partners in the mission of making and multiplying disciplemakers by serving families at Christmas time. </span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight:400;font-size:14pt;"><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}12244741253,original{{/staticFileLink}}"><img class="align-left" src="{{#staticFileLink}}12244741253,RESIZE_584x{{/staticFileLink}}" alt="12244741253?profile=RESIZE_584x" width="475" /></a>This illustration goes deeper in having networks and partnerships. My first step was creating a spreadsheet of the needs/wishes they shared. Then, I shared that spreadsheet with folks in my network of friends, churches and family. God answered our prayers through our networks who became partners in the goal of providing Christmas gifts at The Flats Apartments. Here are the results…</span></p>
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<li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;font-size:14pt;">91 kids from 38 families were served</span></li>
<li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;font-size:14pt;">7 churches partnered with us to meet this need.</span></li>
<li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;font-size:14pt;">8 delivery drivers shuttle almost 80 large bags of gifts and 21 bikes. </span></li>
<li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;font-size:14pt;">We had $4000 given to this project on top of the gifts. We decided to give each family a Christmas food bag as well. </span></li>
<li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;font-size:14pt;">We had around 80 people involved in this one project who gave time, Christmas gifts, money and drivers to make this happen. </span></li>
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<p><span style="font-weight:400;font-size:14pt;">It was a network of relationships that provided the partners to serve these 38 families at Christmas time. That has made an impact on the lives of everyone involved. We have been able to partner with many of those same volunteers since then because they believe in God’s mission to love people to Jesus. </span></p>
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<p style="text-align:center;"><span style="font-size:14pt;"><em><span style="font-weight:400;">"CityLife works with apartment management companies and teams to serve the holistic needs of their residents."</span></em></span></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><span style="font-size:14pt;"><em><span style="font-weight:400;">"Part 1 - Building Relationships • Part 2 - Building Trust • Part 3 - Build Community"</span></em></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:14pt;"><strong>PHIL >>> Tell us about your current mission:</strong> <strong><em>"serving apartments | building communities" </em></strong><span style="font-weight:400;">... and how churches/ministries can apply the core concepts that drive the vision.</span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:14pt;"><strong>GARY >>></strong><span style="font-weight:400;"> Phil, that tagline was the result of prayer in trying to provide a handle for both apartment management and CityLife partners and friends to understand that we are there to stay. Our “customer” is the apartment manager and/or team. We intentionally work with apartment management because they have a business model that is supposed to provide hospitality to keep their residents from leaving. They lost a LOT of money when their residents leave. They keep losing money if that apartment if they don’t put another resident in that same apartment. So, their business model is to make lots of money through retention. </span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight:400;font-size:14pt;">We come along to build a relationship with apartment management by asking two fundamental questions. The first one is <em>“how can we pray for you?”</em> This is super important for them to know that we are a faith-based nonprofit (not a church) that believes that prayer is essential. Over time, the apartment management (non-Christians and believers) see and hear about how God answered our prayers for them personally, their jobs, their families, and even their residents. </span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight:400;font-size:14pt;">The second question we ask apartment management is<em> “how can we serve you?”</em> One of our goals at CityLife is to make the manager and his/her team to be the heroes to their residents. Apartment management has to provide some type of hospitality to their residents to keep them happy, engaged and enjoy apartment living. Honestly, they are not very creative in their planning and they are terrible in executing their plan. CityLife has 40+ years experience in event planning so we know how to make things happen for their apartment community. In most cases, the apartment management sees us as partners in building a community. They see us as chaplains, community development specialists, event coordinators, and prayer warriors for their employees and residents. </span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight:400;font-size:14pt;">We know that the only way that an apartment becomes a real community is to make and multiply disciplemakers. We build lasting, authentic friendships with management so they trust us with just about everything including allowing us to walk with them in their business model. The crazy thing is that when we have their trust they give us a blank slate to do just about anything we want to do. The apartment management team publicizes every event we do in partnership with them. They give us access to meet, greet and build relationships with their residents. This allows us to become partners with the management team which takes care of multiple issues including loitering restrictions. They even invite us to go around to knock on doors to publicize our events. Just the other day we had a mission team from South Carolina that prayer walked one of our apartments. I went in to meet the assistant manager who is now a close friend to tell him that we are on the property prayerwalking. His response was so encouraging. He said, “thank you for praying for us!” </span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight:400;font-size:14pt;">To summarize, we do all kinds of hospitality and serve events in partnership with apartment management because they trust us. In some cases early on, they didn’t really trust us but they were desperate in providing hospitality to their residents. Those experiences led to deep trust because we executed the plan with excellence and love. </span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight:400;font-size:14pt;">CityLife cares holistically for each employee and resident of an apartment. That allows us to do all kinds of things/events that will benefit their residents. We are currently partnering with a nonprofit that does an after school program for K-4th graders on Monday-Wednesday in one apartment. We are currently doing a beginner computer class for adults on Fridays in partnership with a nonprofit that will give them a laptop at the end of the 6 week class. We have done summer children’s reading programs, summer camps for kids, summer VBS, and many other things that are ALL in partnership with the apartment management company and team. We even have one apartment management company that invites us to serve their apartment management employee company picnic each year. All of these “access ministries” give us the opportunity to find persons of peace and start Discovery Groups. </span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight:400;font-size:14pt;">Our CityLife commitment to serve apartments also provides churches, nonprofits, mission teams and business leaders to do Kingdom work together in partnership to fulfill the Great Commission. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400;font-size:14pt;">A final illustration of what this means comes from a conversation that I had with a brand new assistant manager of an apartment close to my house. I was introduced to him by his manager because one of his roles as the assistant manager is to be “resident-relations.” I shared with him what CityLife does, which is to work directly and intentionally with apartment management teams to help them serve their residents well in building a community. I also shared with him that we are faith-based and we want to make him and the team the heroes to his residents. He loved that. My final introductory remark was that although we are faith-based we were not there to take people to church. CityLife is committed to bring the Church to the apartment. I was shocked at his response. “Gary, isn’t that the way it is supposed to be?” YES!!! That conversation was back in April 2023. He and I hug each other every time we see each other. He loves God and is very active in his church here in Hendersonville, TN. He is an answer to prayer for us to work together as partners to get the Gospel to every resident in his 364 units. Only God!!!</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:14pt;"><strong>PHIL>>> One more thing ... tell us about your vision of prayewalks in cities and communities across the United States. </strong></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:14pt;"><strong>GARY>>> </strong></span><span style="font-size:14pt;">The vision of a National Apartment PrayerWalk Day is to mobilize the Church in teams of two’s and three’s to prayerwalk apartments near where people live, work or worship. </span></p>
<p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:14pt;">It is our prayer that a National Apartment PrayerWalk Day will raise awareness with individuals, churches, faith-based nonprofits and Christian business leaders that 50% of the population in the United States lives in an apartment community. The staggering stat is that 95% of those who live in apartments are lost without Christ as Savior and Lord. Every apartment complex is a mission field without a doubt and it is harvest time! </span></p>
<p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:14pt;">The reality is that apartment communities are not only “mission fields” but they are spiritual warzones! We firmly believe that prayer movements precede disciple making movements. A day set aside to prayerwalk is an expression of the ministry of intercession and is the best opportunity we have to push back against spiritual darkness that exists in apartments. </span></p>
<p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:14pt;">We know from God’s Word that prayer is the foundation for everything we do so we desire for apartment communities to be flooded with prayer teams to cover as many apartments in the US as possible with His power, protection and conviction. We also pray that God’s people will pray and obey to hear what God is already doing so they can join Him in His plan to transform apartments by making and multiplying disciplemakers.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:14pt;"><strong>PHIL>>> Gary, write a prayer we can each pray that will help us be open to rethinking by the leading of the Holy Spirit.</strong></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:14pt;"><strong>GARY>>> </strong><em><span style="font-weight:400;">Dear Lord, oh God of all creation, the Author and Finisher of our faith. Would you stir the hearts of every believer to be an obedient follower of Christ who thinks and acts like Jesus in their life, family, work and community? God, awaken the soul of the Church to re-establish their commitment to fulfill Jesus’ final command at all costs in and through the relationships and influences we have on people in our lives as well as those we meet. May Your Church be a house of prayer to always be in the center of Your will, not to get God on our agenda. I pray, dear Father, that our churches help people discover the God of the Bible and not just tell people what to believe. I also pray, Lord, that churches would be more Kingdom-driven to work together with like-minded churches, nonprofits and business leaders. Finally, O God, I pray that every believer would become a disciple-maker who makes and multiplies disciplemakers and that they become great storytellers of how God has transformed their lives to our lost world around us. Your will be done, Lord!!!</span></em></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:14pt;"><em><span style="font-weight:400;">I pray this with urgency and in the strong and holy name of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, Amen!!!</span></em></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:14pt;">CityLife works with apartment management companies and teams to serve the holistic needs of their residents.</span></p></div>At Work. On Purpose. Collaboration Across Greater Cincinnattihttps://reimaginenetwork.ning.com/forum/topics/at-work-on-purpose-collaboration-across-greater-cincinnatti2023-10-05T18:18:29.000Z2023-10-05T18:18:29.000ZReimagine Curatorhttps://reimaginenetwork.ning.com/members/PrayerINC<div><p><img src="https://img-cache.net/im/4727257/0ec9563eeed63f77480eaef07e08b22e74ab6012a5261b6630af1f369a0cef70.jpg?e=jej17U4drXLzJapnNswTrK9xtPzCjjJcR1T6krtbmMSBw-VDhu6GcKdkHFTlxrALGoRnosmE5mnaqHZNh9cafNjGnkHHP6nb7cFI3KHSWrIuq477mycq7jjTDUm2Vshd_YM2nl-6te5xO9ed1TZOT4jFCsogUng5bUqTU-1TkA5KnJQS9rd4SGTRuEtfAUkcknZTvB2iC9qgsl1JJDOFu9t30ePiFOjXOmx_b0_t8kSHBiU1cuI" alt="0ec9563eeed63f77480eaef07e08b22e74ab6012a5261b6630af1f369a0cef70.jpg?e=jej17U4drXLzJapnNswTrK9xtPzCjjJcR1T6krtbmMSBw-VDhu6GcKdkHFTlxrALGoRnosmE5mnaqHZNh9cafNjGnkHHP6nb7cFI3KHSWrIuq477mycq7jjTDUm2Vshd_YM2nl-6te5xO9ed1TZOT4jFCsogUng5bUqTU-1TkA5KnJQS9rd4SGTRuEtfAUkcknZTvB2iC9qgsl1JJDOFu9t30ePiFOjXOmx_b0_t8kSHBiU1cuI" width="600" border="0" /></p>
<p><strong>News and Views</strong><strong> </strong>October 2023</p>
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<p><strong>News and Views</strong><strong> </strong>October 2023</p>
<h2 class="default-heading2">20 YEARS OF CITYWIDE WORKPLACE MINISTRY</h2>
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<p>For 20 years, God has been cultivating a citywide model for workplace ministry through At Work on Purpose.</p>
<p>There are workplace ministries in every city, but it is rare to find a citywide community of working Christians. </p>
<p><a href="https://86hlv.r.a.d.sendibm1.com/mk/cl/f/hfpBjKSekAFTioxKZ5Br5HUoGHhuWLd669vySy0Uy3iqrgYD4O4MIXzWItNTyzLQyOXwHON-vJ8MsGN3SUFtP-xjVeNRkpBDu-ptXydWqubMbWg6GDumXF9sUw7ImqRe1FS6R2KwFvJvsJmZMxJAZCeBsJj4UNsECDbS0oCPscZMCedxYO0L1EzG9swIwEvInMI-4h6bAIwgadlTUoqd1rB-l6U6TukUOgGPwHo3DIvYvt3zCYpxxWN5FAxDF5gTNfP8ysRZdN8JP3nZjwhBo62T-3Z0yQEpng6ORFJ7AMi1VaYICPk9NXcLI06eBtSaZYMmeVO25mT2U4TEci3Eb1Yr3tdGeOnGQ_-NMbXQYw" target="_blank"><em>Watch</em></a> as Chuck Proudfit shares the “origin story” of At Work on Purpose, and the promising future for citywide workplace ministry worldwide.</p>
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<p>When it comes to discipleship, outputs are activities but outcomes are life change.</p>
<p>For over 10 years, Charlie Self, Jamé Bolds and Johan Mostert have been pioneering a powerful framework for a healthy disciple.</p>
<p>Captured in their book <em>Life in 5D,</em> this discipleship approach develops spiritual formation, healthy relationships, personal wholeness,</p>
<p>vocational clarity and work/economics. Learn more at <a href="https://86hlv.r.a.d.sendibm1.com/mk/cl/f/BBgB5EqXPLBx1T8z6v7VA95N7lhg8b_rYG253Kh91oTx2ZFlSaPmDGF0fqiXCYLi1ZxajCVq7zpwan_OVNi3Yk6IXbmYCRoA8xYVHdQG_LrU6BRA1GpQv_ybjbSFVc_6eZuB71nqrnacxXWy0wNZe7IXKcQjz33TH7mf61_lhRvMQ078g751ahW3oQYUJn5QD9zoqQHySiErQXzctNz5xuzA1UUQg51c-PR1aQa0lbh9kxr8JwU_NFh7-87gpb5FSsUXEBaVWLrv2_wTrk1vlBI7NuG5KIKnDnQ8DT_h201Q2Q" target="_blank"><em>www.discipleshipdynamics.com</em></a>, and <a href="https://86hlv.r.a.d.sendibm1.com/mk/cl/f/KUC-QqRTVaZtyFgt7CWmkCgPYcZFzdlrvH2Rl6uppJU0yi24bUJo82AMCQoHi1gwD_e2-MMIUswj2XZ2GxxbmHpLrcV8p-m0ZiOAEZ6I4PViRFDVzp7vFxH96xpPKdgp2EYJx1H6PLEcMoxiAHlnc_PRHUf8Sy8gizBi6wCTRGsQSi6t0jeq2jPQ-DUI9_lPoB86YfjPwEctAfR9aRa9YuMJVzKH-MDZpESN7mFXQVY9HLeJVAdVKHiFzKxWJ6epFVx4qsp-GgwmdzpDqPj-SGfldpfZJNeXMmeigA" target="_blank"><em>watch</em></a> as these “three amigos” share their inspiring discipleship story.</p>
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<p>With co-host Laura Jackson and production director Stacy Doose, At Work on Purpose founder Chuck Proudfit is celebrating ordinary working</p>
<p>Christians making extraordinary contributions to the places and spaces where we work and live. Buckle up for some podcast stories that will</p>
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<p>As the years have passed, our At Work on Purpose membership has grown increasingly close-knit. I’ve treasured the experience, and recognized that it’s a sign of cultural health for the ministry. I’ve used the word “community” to describe us, but our emerging Gen Z contingent has pushed further. These young professionals call us a “spiritual family”, and view the older generations as spiritual parents. Reflecting on all this, I see three qualities that have forged our connectedness: (1) trusting relationships – we treat each other honorably, so that people feel “safe” to be themselves; (2) shared commitment – we see the workplace as one of the most important places for all of us to serve; and (3) catalytic experiences – we journey together, and we grow together, through the “ups and downs” of life at work. Our contemporary society is more connected than ever through technology, and yet more isolated and lonely than ever. By cultivating “spiritual families on mission at work” we restore one of the most precious qualities that made the Early Church so dynamic.</p>
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<h2 class="default-heading2"><strong>Customized Service:</strong> At Work on Purpose assists in the development of work life ministries that best meet the needs of each congregation.</h2>
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<p><strong>Diversified Prototypes</strong><strong> </strong>showcase the range of opportunities available to local churches for work life ministry: <a href="https://86hlv.r.a.d.sendibm1.com/mk/cl/f/6Y3iw4-KsDTEsL1QbcVmgiv-OV9Fu3-tpJhgyOwwtiXaHMZVaz7onrqbmn4LeWvR8SRjlzcWZZGC5zoHO-PvvNBiDW1uZC1XeaMyGQmioXtObfeQevshkPDoofJ8zfNvUl1LAPuOX63JSb0rixUVJ_tYQ2yqUz-37bBWbOD8cPFvZdEAxsYWzOahslRM1G3IThoPxxO9xZfZnbsSFnzwXjFtTOhCbiBpkN26LIaqCb7FeNVoZsK_UVIjjtoUv85ktwnreD5dRS0kSM-uTNUj2Qy-zbFP8DBly4blW-KdMNW-TtdTReew5dmKuQWnbg8T-NlqZkuQhDsKuK35LxFVNsq5zOUiWw" target="_blank"><em>Explore Work Life Ministry Prototypes</em></a><br /> <br /> <strong>Specialized Support</strong><strong> </strong>for activating and contextualizing work life ministry within unique local church environments. Available through <a href="https://86hlv.r.a.d.sendibm1.com/mk/cl/f/Zg0wWHAdIAcNPhqmR7lOzHg6n6HUTD4v8Huuz_kFCz3hcX3t1O2Qa2jTQKVl8gkj5_SKrSlOpxWO00hn__TvaD18CJu2TFJIR-TZufRpYB5r--rJdOt6m7wVXsOn-S4GdnvEkmZsgh2pHh6euwN0JHK817qQPzQeRXXvaMt8yPKhdxUx6ZrzAB6JKPGkS61EqJTDdv1hdrWG8ru1G9LLn9xL7OUrpaqdfGVrRtpwd3aHon3v3pqBQBOFvrfhicd-VU6ZuVAsh_3n0qHX5wi9uu8l4M8Si1GA2oJhtBQdDvUXCDPwNj3nsy2ojpODdQMuGEBlV-H5-So" target="_blank"><em>www.biola.edu/talbot/about/resources/cfwe</em></a>. <br /> <strong> </strong><br /> <strong>Learning Communities</strong><strong> </strong>connect local church leaders to best practices and ministry resources. For more information or to get involved, call 800-513-9580, or send an email to <a href="mailto:info@atworkonpurpose.org" target="_blank"><em>info@atworkonpurpose.org</em></a>. <br /> <br /> <strong>Assessment Insights</strong><strong> </strong>guiding local churches to better equip working Christians for faith, work and money are available through theChurch Integration Inventory™. To learn more, or for your local church to take the Church Integration Inventory™, contact Helen Mitchell at <a href="mailto:helen.m.mitchell@biola.edu" target="_blank"><em>helen.m.mitchell@biola.edu.</em></a></p>
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<p><strong>Made to Flourish</strong><strong> </strong>is a national partner with At Work on Purpose, empowering a growing network of pastors and their churches, to integrate faith, work and economic wisdom for the flourishing of their communities. For more information, visit <a href="https://86hlv.r.a.d.sendibm1.com/mk/cl/f/PEyh0r0P-AslcvCKCpZQ7ovKReh0W8pdVV6exUWwvtZoTAmqWv55YhKRoX7RpEZKqBLyhmsSvMqoKW-HLUVaE-iMpgP8lPJ0qp4FtSNMu5R_gnoFNGMqASO6c6Vs1Dw0dIwZ8j8SWvRyS0uTo34MqbTVKXQeWSdsioztaqJXj_VFZ1i8-T662oT8psxX4u_dujpkeQmOuNdjiFL3SWk68oCQuzZxuH-NxbPer_wahOx2SG67XuD0k8TiNxTX4RP2gOTub9xI1VMfTxLF8e8O0IJ6ywDoC1Ch5q-RQKc" target="_blank"><em>www.madetoflourish.org</em></a>. </p>
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<p> </p></div>Pray. In Your Community. For Your Community.https://reimaginenetwork.ning.com/forum/topics/pray-in-your-community-for-your-community2023-03-06T17:28:36.000Z2023-03-06T17:28:36.000ZReimagine Curatorhttps://reimaginenetwork.ning.com/members/PrayerINC<div><h2><span style="font-size:14pt;"><img class="m_575926102837903448mcnImage CToWUd a6T" src="https://ci3.googleusercontent.com/proxy/6yCd5_dBOWdhVdlEYTYGNIg9pAxtkAsPL7nShf9YiPdrA4FUyL9sj2MydkYGcu5PhmyFjyb5ag2Pt3aNmQ7JBg4Jyz_e6Y_MRdDAxzqhsDcDaubcsfpcTYFFeTFAfpo5lpBafr1OqmA8r_l4cnEb2VniMlgWMXEu6Co=s0-d-e1-ft#" alt="6yCd5_dBOWdhVdlEYTYGNIg9pAxtkAsPL7nShf9YiPdrA4FUyL9sj2MydkYGcu5PhmyFjyb5ag2Pt3aNmQ7JBg4Jyz_e6Y_MRdDAxzqhsDcDaubcsfpcTYFFeTFAfpo5lpBafr1OqmA8r_l4cnEb2VniMlgWMXEu6Co=s0-d-e1-ft#<a href=" /></span> </h2>
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<p><span style="font-size:14pt;"><em>By Chuck Lawless on Mar 03, 2023</em></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:14pt;">Many of us walk through our neighborhoods on regular walks. Almost all of us drive through our communities on a daily basis. What we often fail to do is use these times to pray. If I were praying during either of these opportunities, here are some things I would look for to focus my praying:</span></p>
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<li><span style="font-size:14pt;"><strong>Evidence of children in a home.</strong> Maybe there are toys in drive or a swing set in the back yard. Perhaps the kids are playing outside. When I see these evidences, I pray for (a) wisdom for parents, and for (b) grace that the parents and the children would know the Lord. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size:14pt;"><strong>“For Sale” signs in the yard.</strong> Here, I pray that the family moving out would experience a gospel witness and find a church home wherever they’re moving. I then pray for the family moving in that (a) if they’re believers, we could join forces to reach the neighborhood, or (b) if they’re not believers, someone—beginning with my wife and me—would be a witness to them. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size:14pt;"><strong>Places of worship.</strong> If it’s a church, I pray that the true gospel would be preached there. If the place of worship represents another non-Christian faith, I pray God would turn its adherents to the true gospel—and that Christians in the community would be loving witnesses to them. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size:14pt;"><strong>Homes in apparent disarray.</strong> Often, those signs indicate some kind of chaos in that home. That could be anything from family conflict to unemployment to health issues to aging homeowners—but prayer is in order. God knows what’s going on behind the closed doors. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size:14pt;"><strong>Neighbors also walking or driving through the neighborhood.</strong> I may or may know the person, but simply seeing him or her deepens and focuses my burden for my neighbors. Somehow, briefly looking with gospel intentionality into the face of someone created in the image of God changes my heart. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size:14pt;"><strong>Places of education.</strong> As a Christian educator, I know how much we need prayer every day. How much more that seems apparent for administrators, teachers, and students in the public school system! I pray particularly that Christians of all ages in that context would be strong witnesses for Christ within that setting. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size:14pt;"><strong>Sites of government leadership.</strong> Paul told us to pray “for kings and all those who are in authority” (2 Tim 2:2)—and seeing the place where leaders serve reminds me to pray for them. Frankly, I need this reminder to pray salvation and wisdom for folks with whom I often disagree politically. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size:14pt;"><strong>Places of business.</strong> I typically pick one place of business as I drive to work each day and pray for its owners. More recently, I’ve begun praying for any business I visit (e.g., a grocery store, a restaurant, a barber, a gas station, etc.). The prayer targets are right there in front of me—I just have to be intentional. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size:14pt;"><strong>Places of “life and death” service.</strong> Here, I’m thinking of places like hospitals, fire stations, police departments, prisons, funeral homes, and cemeteries. Because I believe Christ and the gospel are the key to abundant and eternal life, I pray for those who deal with life and death issues every day. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size:14pt;"><strong>My own home and workplace.</strong> Sometimes we pray for other people and places but fail to pray for ourselves. I’m still developing this habit, but I now pray for our home and for the seminary where I serve every time I park in the driveway or in the parking lot. </span></li>
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<p><span style="font-size:14pt;">I hope these ideas encourage and help you to pray! </span></p>
<p> </p></div>#ReimagineEVANGELISM...Before and During Outreaches https://reimaginenetwork.ning.com/forum/topics/reimagineevangelism-before-and-during-outreaches2023-01-14T18:44:22.000Z2023-01-14T18:44:22.000ZReimagine Curatorhttps://reimaginenetwork.ning.com/members/PrayerINC<div><div dir="rtl" style="text-align:left;"> </div>
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<p><span style="font-size:14pt;"><em><strong>How Prayer and Evangelism Can Build Your Church</strong></em></span><span style="font-size:12pt;"> </span><span style="font-size:12pt;">One of my prayer mentors says “<strong>People don’t drift naturally toward prayer and evangelism.</strong>” (Pastor Shepherd) </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:12pt;"><strong>Leadership is required to keep these ministries on task.</strong></span><span style="font-size:12pt;"> </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:12pt;">How can churches and ministries <strong>make prayer and evangelism a vibrant and effective part </strong>of the life of the church?</span><span style="font-size:12pt;"> </span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:12pt;"><strong>1. Leaders lead the way. </strong></span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-size:12pt;"><strong>Pastor John Maxwell says: "Everything rises and falls on leadership." </strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:12pt;">Related principle: "[The] goal of leadership is to produce more leaders.” (Ralph Nader) </span><span style="font-size:12pt;"> </span><span style="font-size:12pt;"><strong>Principle: We gain more traction when we do ministry together</strong></span><br /> </p>
<p><span style="font-size:12pt;"><strong>2. Work together as a team/ministry to reach the lost. </strong></span><span style="font-size:12pt;"> </span><span style="font-size:12pt;"><strong>Working Together on a common goal</strong> builds teamwork, trust, camaraderie, increases effectiveness and decreases fear - among other things. Having goals gives us common outcomes to reach for.</span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-size:12pt;">Doing ministry together is a core kingdom concept. There are 59 "one anothers" in the New Testament.</span><br /> <span style="font-size:12pt;"> </span><br /> <span style="font-size:12pt;">Click on this list to view the “one anothers” from the Bible.</span><br /> <span style="font-size:12pt;"><a href="https://prayerassist.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/One%20Anothers%20From%20The%20Bible%20Shepherd.pdf" target="_blank">https://prayerassist.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/One%20Anothers%20From%20The%20Bible%20Shepherd.pdf</a></span><span style="font-size:12pt;"> </span><span style="font-size:12pt;"><strong>3. Refresh a spirit of prayer with specific goals and targets.</strong></span><br /> <span style="font-size:12pt;"> </span><br /> <span style="font-size:12pt;"><strong>Remind our people about the necessity of Biblical (Scripture-focused) Prayer.</strong></span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-size:12pt;"><strong>a. God's will is in His word. </strong>“Your word, LORD, is eternal; it stands firm in the heavens.” Psalm 119:89 NIV</span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-size:12pt;"><strong>b. God has obligated Himself to fulfill the promises in His word. </strong></span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-size:12pt;">Prayer Assist provides an equipping session on Biblical Prayer.</span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-size:12pt;"><strong>Download the FREE 2 page document at this link: <a href="https://prayerassist.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/biblical%20prayer%202022.pdf" target="_blank">https://prayerassist.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/biblical%20prayer%202022.pdf</a></strong></span><span style="font-size:12pt;"> </span><span style="font-size:12pt;"><strong>4. Equip and encourage people to be well-rounded in both personal and corporate prayer. </strong><strong>See picture below.</strong></span><br /> <span style="font-size:12pt;"> </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:12pt;"><strong>A House of Prayer church’s members are well-rounded in Personal and Corporate prayer. </strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:12pt;"><strong>We call them "4-quadrant" praying people.</strong></span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-size:12pt;"><strong>1. Personal Prayer: </strong>Seeking and knowing God personally. </span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-size:12pt;"><strong>2. Personal Intercession:</strong> Seeking God’s will for me, interceding for others.</span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-size:12pt;">3. <strong>Ministry Prayer: </strong>Seeking God’s best for others by praying for and with them. </span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-size:12pt;">4. <strong>Corporate Intercession: </strong>Seeking God’s will for us as a congregation or ministry.</span><br /> <span style="font-size:12pt;"> <img class="CToWUd a6T" src="https://ci6.googleusercontent.com/proxy/gmdwD1kfD67ZbW5HPMlvyOCdC5AksKF58jAsG7J6JqA-3nKOsKYIeHwm9IynVgUjWTAVBPGfIC8eYox8aEMe9YDjuAsvg0NPGlzRe5EjTUj9ARmnv14F9zL1yTA_X5yT26WRts0bmSMaEh5-pudl8U50D5kHEQ=s0-d-e1-ft#" alt="gmdwD1kfD67ZbW5HPMlvyOCdC5AksKF58jAsG7J6JqA-3nKOsKYIeHwm9IynVgUjWTAVBPGfIC8eYox8aEMe9YDjuAsvg0NPGlzRe5EjTUj9ARmnv14F9zL1yTA_X5yT26WRts0bmSMaEh5-pudl8U50D5kHEQ=s0-d-e1-ft#<a href=" /></span><span style="font-size:12pt;"> </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:12pt;"><strong>5. Pray by name for people who don't know Jesus. </strong></span><br /> <span style="font-size:12pt;"><strong>(See graphic below)</strong></span><br /> <span style="font-size:12pt;"> </span><br /> <span style="font-size:12pt;">Look for opportunities to share your faith with them and/or invite them to your Easter services.</span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-size:12pt;">Lead a "10 Most Wanted" by God Prayer Initiative. Use 10 Most Wanted By God pictured below.</span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-size:12pt;">God can grow our faith and love for people who don't know Jesus by praying for them. </span><span style="font-size:12pt;"> </span><span style="font-size:12pt;">Each person prays for people who don't know the Lord by name using the promises of God on the bottom of the page, believing God will either give them an opportunity to share the gospel with them or that they would be open to come with them to church on Easter.</span><br /> <span style="font-size:12pt;"> </span><br /> <span style="font-size:12pt;">The Prayer Assist website has 2 FREE prayer guides to use to pray for</span><br /> <span style="font-size:12pt;">people who don’t know Jesus. See the links below to view or download them.</span><br /> <span style="font-size:12pt;">1. <a href="https://prayerassist.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u=fb71d385592d8312e2c2d8691&id=bf352934cc&e=22d54dd673" target="_blank">10 Most wanted by God</a></span><br /> <span style="font-size:12pt;">2. <a href="https://prayerassist.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u=fb71d385592d8312e2c2d8691&id=b58d9eaff6&e=22d54dd673" target="_blank">Praying for Those Yet to Believe</a></span><br /> <br /> <img class="CToWUd a6T" src="https://ci4.googleusercontent.com/proxy/nExjxMciUVradEgTEK6qJoGiP-zyO2kDHRZi83wOs7RcdEJWz72Ngqpo9l3yncXNfs9a_1qOB2rz_7LNsj4ArR3fbPVccWN6KmFayXa4rPmybMoyFRDacX8X8N1Ef4apceC0X94HdN9nUBmK-T4aLJbdS1adfw=s0-d-e1-ft#" alt="nExjxMciUVradEgTEK6qJoGiP-zyO2kDHRZi83wOs7RcdEJWz72Ngqpo9l3yncXNfs9a_1qOB2rz_7LNsj4ArR3fbPVccWN6KmFayXa4rPmybMoyFRDacX8X8N1Ef4apceC0X94HdN9nUBmK-T4aLJbdS1adfw=s0-d-e1-ft#<a href=" /><a href="https://mcusercontent.com/fb71d385592d8312e2c2d8691/images/c1d28663-b315-05c8-df8c-51e039f64cdd.jpg">https://mcusercontent.com/fb71d385592d8312e2c2d8691/images/c1d28663-b315-05c8-df8c-51e039f64cdd.jpg</a>" width="1200" height="1698" data-bit="iit" /><br /> <br /> +++<br /> <br /> Prayer Assist will be doing regional in-person and virtual trainings. Please contact me if we can serve your church, pastors group or ministry. “I planted, Apollos watered, but God [all the while] was causing the growth. So neither is the one who plants nor the one who waters anything, but [only] God who causes the growth.” 1 Corinthians 3:6, 7 AMP </p>
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