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Episode 110 – Nothing is Impossible for the Service Hearted Church!
“Nothing is impossible when we put our trust in God.” Why? Because Jesus Christ leads us into victory every day – through His Word. In today’s episode, we look at Jesus’ words to find out what makes a great church! … Continue reading
Posted in Transformed
Tagged care, Christianity, church, compassion, compassionate, faith, God, guests, Impossible, service, Trust, victory, Word of God
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Episode 109 – Nothing is Impossible for the Unity Minded Church
Pride is resistance to the will of God. This is the cause of dissension and schism, and it is the reason for “a lack of unity and understanding.” But in humility, Christ redeemed us and made us one in himself. … Continue reading
Posted in christian life, Transformed
Tagged ambition, authority, calling, carnal, church, consequence, cooperation, fellowship, grace, humility, Impossible, Jesus Christ, kenosis, longsuffering, paul, peace, pride, resistance, sacrifice, selfish, spiritual, Unity, will of God
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Episode 108 – Nothing is Impossible for the Love Expressing Church
Graceless moments. They have a way of sucking the life right out of us. They put the clamps on our spirits and keep us from breathing. Welcome to the Transformed podcast. In our episode today, Dr. Matthew Smith, lead pastor … Continue reading
Posted in Transformed
Tagged church, church growth, church health, grace, Impossible, love
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Episode 107 – Nothing is Impossible for the Prayer Focused Church!
Welcome to the Transformed podcast. We pray when we are in trouble, when we are in need. Like the disciples in the storm, we pray fervently when the storms of life happen in our lives. Over the course of … Continue reading
Episode 103: We Are Called to Care!
Welcome back to the Transformed podcast. Thank you for joining us! Have you ever wondered what God thinks of your next-door neighbors? In our new series, “Walking with the Wounded,” Dr. Matthew Smith, lead pastor at Pacific Baptist Church of … Continue reading
Posted in Church Health, Discipleship, Missional, Multi-ethnic / Urban, Transformed, Uncategorized
Tagged care, Christianity, church, compassion, God's love, love, love of Christ, love of God, Luke 10, missional, outreach
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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 World Being Tackled By Agrarian-Structured Denominations
In a recent article in the California Southern Baptist, Mark Kelly reported that Focus 21 Task Force Chairman E. Glen Paden, a retired pastor and president emeritus of California Baptist Foundation, said committee members agree dramatic changes are needed to … Continue reading
Posted in Missional, Multi-ethnic / Urban
Tagged church, evangelism, Leadership, mission, missional, urban
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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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Sick Church Attitudes
According to the New Testament, when a church is healthy is grows. “And he gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the shepherds and teachers, to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of … Continue reading
Posted in Church Health, Leadership Blog, Multi-ethnic / Urban
Tagged Christian, church, church growth, church health, critical, Ephesians 4, ingrown, Kill-joys, selfish, sick church
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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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