Timothy Paul Jones

Leadership, Family Ministry, Apologetics

Timothy Paul Jones

Partnering with Existing Churches in Urban Contexts: Jamaal Williams

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GUEST: Jamaal Williams

“‘Teacher,’ said John, ‘we saw someone driving out demons in your name and we told him to stop, because he was not one of us.’ ‘Don’t stop him!’ Jesus replied.” These words from Mark chapter 9 remind us that, whenever we arrive in a particular place to do God’s work, there very well may be others who were there long before we arrived. And so, when planting a church in an urban context, how should we engage the congregations that are already there?

That’s the topic that we’ll be exploring today on the Urban Ministry Podcast.

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Podcast: Partnering with Other Organizations in Urban Contexts

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GUEST: Jesse Eubanks

The gospel that we proclaim as believers in Jesus Christ is an all-sufficient for salvation. But the compassion of Jesus calls us not only to seek the salvation of people’s souls but also to care for physical and emotional needs. In urban contexts in particular, these needs always seem to be greater than the resources we have available. So how can Christians partner with organizations in their community to provide comprehensive help for their communities without compromising the gospel? [Read more…]

Podcast: Preaching in Urban Contexts

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GUEST: Jamaal Williams

A sermon is far more than merely a speech that tells the truth about a biblical text. A sermon also applies this truth to people’s lives in a particular place. If that particular context is urban, the application changes even though the truth remains the same. [Read more…]

Podcast: What Is Urban Ministry?

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GUEST: Kevin Jones

In 2010, for the first time in human history, more than half of the people on this planet lived in urban contexts. That’s why urban ministry matters, because people matter.

But what are we really talking about when we use the word “urban”? And what does that mean for urban ministry?

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