Ministry in a Multi-Cultural and Unchurched Society
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Mi n i s t r y i n a Mu l t i -Cu l tura l and Unchur ched Soc i et y
1. Zech. 4.6 (ESV) – Then he said to me, “This is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel: Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit, says the Lord of hosts.”
2. Acts 1.8 (ESV) – But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.
3. Acts 13.1-3 (ESV) – Now there were in the church at Antioch prophets and teachers, Barnabas, Simeon who was called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen a member of the court of Herod the tetrarch, and Saul. [2] While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, “Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.” [3] Then after fasting and praying they laid their hands on them and sent them off.
4. Acts 4.13 (ESV) – Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were uneducated, common men, they were astonished. And they recog nized that they had been with Jesus.
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People seem not to realize that their opinion of the world is also a confession of character. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
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B. Believe that crippling, menacing barriers exist for the urban poor in leadership education.
1. Too expensive for the poor to afford
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