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If God Belongs in My City, why have so many pushed Him out. If He is Lord of your city - what does He look like there? It is time for the Church to rise up and take her place as force that moves and shakes the city! The Prophetic Clarion Sound is moving throughout at generation who is determined to see the tangible manifestation of God...the way of which Jesus spoke about "greater works shall YOU

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NEXT LEVEL will be hosting special meeting based on the topic "Is the Gospel (Christianity) Offensive?" This topic will be led by Rev. Ralph Castillo from Christ Tabernacle. Ralph will facilitate our meting by presenting what both, Christian and non-Christians think about the Gospel, and why. You will have the opportunity to sound-off throughout the night on this issue.Please come out and be part

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Youth Ministry is all about YOUTH!This training focuses on equipping youth to be leaders in their local churches, communities, and culture

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Come and be part of a historic day in NYC. Several of NYC's faith organizations have come together to collaborate on a TRUE Student Conference. Please come out and bring your teens to experience a full day of impacting training, testimonies, and music.

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Click on title link to read the Beer and the Bible update!!!

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I have personally come to a place in which I am despising the idea of being "Seeker Sensitivity." This is due to the current reality, we in the US live in. That is, over 74% of US citizens claim to be Bible-believing Christians, yet we are failing more then ever to produce God fearing "Disciples." We have created a culture of indoctrinating new believers to become church members rather then

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Maximize your Kingdom impact by connecting with other youth ministers for fellowship, prayer, training, and meaningful collaboration -- especially at the start of the new school year and the related busyness of our youth ministry calendars.If you are a full-time, vocational youth minister who prefers to meet during the workday, come at 10 am. AND if you are a youth work volunteer with a day job,

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What do you seek, Riches or Glory?For many years I have heard this specific portion of scripture misquoted by many preachers. They have used it to promote a "prosperity" agenda. Please understand, I am not completely against the prosperity teaching, when its aligned with the Word of God. However the prosperity teaching many times is not. Here is the scripture:And my God shall supply all your need

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Spiritual Parenting is not a Popularity ContestFirst off, I know that some of you will not like this note however it is scriptural. Unfortunately, we the US church have made spiritual parenting more about how cool we look, and how many "kids" we have under us then the actual work of parenting.As a dad for the past 3 years I have found that parenting goes far beyond "being there" for my kid. Its

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Unity, what does this look like?As much as we as Christians speak about unity and desire to see change; we face the reality of the price that must be paid for Unity. I find myself today, with the honor of wrestling with some of NYC's great youth leaders to move toward a new wineskin of what Unity can look like in NYC. What would NYC look like if we began to pursue Unity for the Kingdoms sake and

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Santana At His Worst; Yankees Beat Mets, 15-0Yankees put a beating on Santana. Giving him the worse loss of his major league career. Yanks win series 2 games to 1. Lets hope they can continue this great hitting into their next series as they attempt to close the gap with Boston.

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Is Body Art Part of the New Christian Sub-culture?As American Christianity attempts to re-brand itself for an emerging generation, has it embraced art forms, that at one point in time was considered a defile of the "temple of the Holy Spirit". Today many churches are being intentional about reaching a younger demographic than in prior generations. Much of this is due to the decline of most US

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My little Rockstar on her b-day / 3 yrs old

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My view on Commercialized Christianity

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by Skye JethaniThe apostolic African leaders typify the primary function of the gift—the extension of God's kingdom. Beasley sees this exemplified by Paul in the New Testament. "Initiating new works to bring people to Jesus is apostolic. You see evidence of that in Paul's desire to go to places where no one has yet preached the Gospel. He didn't want to build on someone else's foundation."To read

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PRICELESS!The face of F. Rodriguez as he watches his teammate, Castillo drop a routine fly-ball that cost Rodriguez the save and the Mets a win, as the yankees pull off a game 1 win.

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Prodigal God by Timothy Keller"The Prodigal God is essentially an exposition of the parable in Luke 15, commonly known as The Prodigal Son—except that, as Keller points out, this title is not adaquate to describe the story Jesus is telling. The parable is in fact a tale of two sons, and Keller explains to us that the story is as much about the older son as it is about the younger. He goes on to

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What an Emerging Generation feels about ReligionOver the past 3 months I have had the opportunity to conduct a survey with young adults from the ages of 19-30. This was an extremely diverse group, made up of 50% men & 50% women, mixed races (Blacks, Hispanic, Whites, and Caribbean), mixed social and economic backgrounds, and mixed religious backgrounds (Christian, Muslims, Agnostics, and just

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The Encounter is a night of Prophetic Worship and intercession led by youth & young adults. This powerful event will take place on Friday June 26th @ 8pm at Gateway City Church - 267 Bay Ridge Ave, BKLYN NY. For details please call 718.921.4673

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A Lesson from "The Leprous Men"About 2 months ago my Pastor, Roger McPhail (Gateway City Church), presented a teaching out of 2 Kings 7. He shared on the advantage of moving forward even when it seems like there is no hope. Out of this teaching I have learned a number of life lessons that have, and will, help me to move forward in life and ministry, despite the challenges that may arise in my

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The Power of SuccessionOver the last year, I found myself wrestling with the issue of succession. What does it look like? When does it happen? How should Senior Leaders prepare for it? All these questions have lead me to the leadership framework of Moses and Joshua. Yes, I know, there have been numerous teachings on the Joshua anointing; which speak new leadership, the Leadership type that can

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Is this the "Face of A New America"?Regardless of your political views, this election was historical from the very beginning. Are we part of a new page in US history. For decades, great leaders such as Frederick Douglas, John F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr. dreamed of the day when this great nation would be led by a divers group of men and women that truly represented the very fabric of

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Dear NYC Colleagues and Students,The 2020 Vision School initiative is an excellent opportunity for churches to intentionally connect and work with a local school. The Coalition is a thoughtful, professional and cutting-edge group of urban youth workers from the NYC area. I wholeheartedly endorse this program.Fernando Arzola Jr., Ph.D.Director of Interdisciplinary StudiesAssistant Professor, Youth

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Excerpts of my upcoming bookWhen I think about “Leadership” I am faced with the unfortunate reality that it is not what it should be. For many of today, its interpretation and definition is based on popularity rather then influence. We must understand the difference between the two. Just because you are popular does not mean others are willing to follow you. For example, If you to take one of

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Be on the lookout for the re-launch of Youth R.O.C.K. coming January 09.E3: Empower, Equip, Engage

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