Two nights per week, a man named Carlo and I help lead two recovery meetings at different churches. I remember the first time I heard someone say that they stopped going to church on Sunday mornings and started going to recovery meetings instead. I did not understand it then, but I understand it now.
Newark Christian School middle school students were asked how Martin Luther King, Jr.’s teachings and demonstrations have affected society and their own lives.
Newark Christian School (NCS) is part of World Impact’s Focus Area to Demonstrate Compassion and Justice. The school began more than 30 years ago; World Impact missionaries saw the failure of the local public schools and responded to the academic needs of the Bible Club children we were working with.
2015 year review for the East Region – spreading our church planting initiative across six states, equipping men for the Kingdom at the regional retreat, and partnering with ministries to empower ex-offenders and fund SIAFU leadership homes.
The Newark Thrift Store is about people. Customers come from our neighborhood and share their lives – their stories, hardships and joys – with us.
Whenever I hear about others who have a spirit to pray for revival in the Newark area, my heart leaps with joy!
Newark Christian School (NCS) is able to show compassion while building the Kingdom of God in many ways
Ten years ago I started a church within the housing projects of Flatbush Gardens in Brooklyn, NY. My goal was to be a father to the fatherless, serving through community outreaches and identifying and equipping leaders through the preaching and teaching of the gospel.
When working with men and women who have spent years in the cycle of addiction, it is common to hear them say that they are “addicted to chaos.” Any kind of success feels uncomfortable, so they quickly sabotage their circumstances in order to move back to a place of disorder.
After a bullet came through the window of Good Samaritan Church on Avon Avenue in Newark, the pastor gave me a challenge to do something to change our community. Then God gave me a vision to shut down the violence on Avon Avenue just for one day. Within a month, that powerful vision came into fruition through an event called The Power of One Unity Day Festival.
Eight church plant engagements through World Impact Associates have been established in Wilmington, DE; Alexandria, VA; Newburgh, NY; Hudson, NY; Coney Island, two in Brooklyn, and 10 cells in the cities of Paterson, Passaic and Newark.
