Leaders for the Kingdom
Ministry with inmates is unpredictable. You must make the most of every opportunity, because you don’t know if you will see the inmate again.
June 28, 2018
Ministry with inmates is unpredictable. You must make the most of every opportunity, because you don’t know if you will see the inmate again.
In an attempt to promote racial harmony and unity my brother Kyle and I got this crazy idea to merge our churches.
I got connected with The Urban Ministry Institute (TUMI) through the Satellite at my church in Burbank, CA. I wasn’t sure what I was getting into when I started.
In the Bible we read that not all of Jesus’ followers recognized the risen Christ. Because we no longer have Jesus with us bodily, do we sometimes fail to recognize Him working in and through our lives?
I first met Carlos only a few days after he was paroled from a California State Prison. The first thing I noticed was his infectious smile and bright demeanor.
When we started the Young Entrepreneur’s Program two years ago, we thought it would be a summer long experience for a few high school students to make some money and learn a bit of a trade.
Greetings in Christ from The Oaks. The 2018 Winter Teen Retreat theme was “Unshakable Hope in a Shakable World.” During the final morning service, teens were invited to come forward and share about their weekend experience.
Jesus is alive! We don’t have to look far to find evidence of His resurrection power.
Even though Christmas was a few months ago, there are a couple of “God stories” from our Family Christmas Outreach in Fresno that are too good not to tell.
I can still remember meeting Bobby Ortiz. It was the day of our Backyard Boogie—one of our first attempts to engage our neighbors as well as invite our family and friends into the work of planting Emmaus San Bernardino.
Eight years ago, when I was still working in the “Opportunity Program” at Los Angeles Christian School (LACS), a pull-out program where students with learning differences were taken out of class to work on reading and/or math, I started working with a student named Beth.
Recently, I had the pleasure of participating in the ordination service of Reverend J. Refugio Moya Garcia, who we simply call Cuco. I am so honored to be able to call him Reverend.