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here you go, a list of all the places where i was in ministry.  remember, no person in a "self-ministry."  which means every place i ministered, i ministered with a team of dedicated christ centered people.

 

:ministry experience

 

Founder/ CEO
Las Vegas, NV
5/96 to Current

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Planting Pastor
Praxis
Las Vegas, NV
6/01 to Current

Praxis is a multi-racial, multi-age church plant in Las Vegas Nevada.  It is in the planning stages and is looking to launch on 080102. Praxis is a church plant starting as a “grass-roots” effort in the area

 

 

> Share a Life Message 

> I serve as “Mentoring Pastor” of this group

> Develop ministries for outreach and growth

> Home Cores and other Ministry Life Groups

> Develop the Core Leadership Team

> Over see spending and income of the church

 

Planting Pastor

The Point
Chicago, IL
6/99 – 6/00

the Point is a multi-racial and ethnically diverse restart of an older church known as Near North Community Church (SBC) located in the “Gold Coast” area of Chicago.

 

 

>Urban, upper-middle class, with a large population of professionals

>work with foundation to insure funding

>Restart and determine it mission, purpose and direction

>Share a Life Message

>Develop the established Leadership Team in key areas of ministry

>Develop Home Groups and Small Study Groups

>Develop the leadership team in both style and spirituality

>Work with a Team Approach to Ministry

>Develop a media campaign

>Develop a relationship with local News Papers and Magazines

 

Senior Pastor

Fellowship Community Church
Las Vegas, Nevada
6/95 – 2/99

Fellowship Community Church (FCC) was a 17-year-old “independent” church located in the northwest of Las Vegas.  I was brought aboard to rejuvenate FCC and to prepare it to reach the community, and into, the next millennium for Jesus Christ. (Unfortunately, Fellowship changed direction upon the hiring of a new Pastor and Closed it’s doors around 6/00)

 

 

> FCC had grown from 15 to over 300 in just three years

> Work with the Leadership Core of FCC to develop a new life and new direction

> Over see daily operations of a million dollar church and ministries

> Our Team Work saw the following

> People finding a relationship with Jesus Christ up %500

> Average attendance up 1200%

> Ministry involvement up 800%

> Home Life Groups up 500%

> Small Group growth was over 100%

> Average adult age in June ‘95 was 68 and had dropped to just under 37 in one year

> Over saw the transition from a “traditional” service to “seeker oriented” service

> The average age of children at FCC is 7 with a large group of newborn children

> The nursery was one of the fastest growing ministries

> The Church’s daycare ministry increased to over 300 children

> We had just opened a Christian School in 1998 with 55 students.

 

Many people who were living broken lives filled Fellowship over the years.  Through the Transforming Power of Christ, and the loving hearts of his people, we saw people change their lives for Christ; people who were Strippers became active in the Drama Ministry; Drug Addicts and Alcoholics became active in our Worship Team; those who were Divorced and Abused develop ministries to help others like them; the Lost and Lonely found a home at Fellowship, and used the love they found to help others. 

 

Interim Pastor

Blakely PM Church
Blakely, Pennsylvania
6/94-6/95

Blakely Primitive Methodist is a 112-year-old multi-generational congregation located in the coal county of Eastern Pennsylvania, just outside Scranton

 

> Preached the Word and administered the Sacraments

> I committed to a one-year contract

> Over see daily operations

> Over that year average attendance increased 50%

> Classes increased 72%

> Home Groups increased from 0 to 5

> Overall activities increased by 56%

> Several people came into a relationship with Jesus Christ

 

Pastor

The United Methodist Church
Northern New Jersey Conference
9/89-6/94

During my service with the United Methodist Church in Northern New Jersey, I served a total of three “Charges” at the discretion of the Bishop.  Most of my time in the UMC was with multi-generations ministries open to reaching the lost for Christ.

  

> Preached the Word and administered the Sacraments

> Served as Senior Pastor, Solo Pastor and Associate Pastor

> Oversaw the development of ministries to reach all generations

> Developed Youth Outreaches that grew from just a few to in the hundreds

> Worked with the Leadership Core to develop ministries

> Developed training for the Leadership Core

 

 

Worked under Authority of the Bishop (being moved at the will of the Bishop)

 

Before Ministry:

  Before I entered into Ordained Ministry I was the Director of Development and Public Relations for several large Non-Profit (501(c)(3)).

 

 

 

  

other pages dealing with pastor john's resume:

:: main | education | experience | philosophy of ministry | doctrine:: 

 

 

Published the following papers

:

 

95 Postmodern Theses

 

who id jesus?

 

Women in Leadership

 

10 reasons why your

church sucks

 

Divorce and Remarriage

for Leadership

 

If it is not Relevant,

it is not God

 

Every member a Minister

Every Leader a Servant

 

A Community of Faith is

a Hospital for the sick

 

How We Define a

"Postmodern Ministry" 

 

A Community of Faith

based on Pure Motives

 

What is Postmodern Worship?

 

"the 10 commitments"

 

the law

 

death of the church

 

a postmodern jesus 

 

A look at James

 

10 things to do with

old resumes

 

Planting Pastor

 

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