Raising up Leaders video
Video length: 5:32
In exploring together how larger churches can help to empower smaller, neighboring congregations, Bedford Central Presbyterian Church and Duryea Presbyterian Church in Brooklyn, N.Y., discovered an exciting new way to grow Christ’s church deep and wide by sharing resources for ministry. Key among those resources are the church’s leaders, especially Ted Hickman, a financial management executive and a ruling elder at Bedford Central, who heard God’s call to go deeper into ministry by supplying Duryea’s pulpit. Hickman, a Commissioned Ruling Elder, has been instrumental in helping to turn the small, fragile Duryea church around. Not only has the partnership energized and renewed both congregations, it has strengthened Christ’s witness in the community.
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- Topics: Church Development, Church Growth
- Tags: brooklyn, church growth, deep and wide, video
- Ministries: Grow Christ's Church Deep and Wide
- Agency: Presbyterian Mission Agency
It is clear to me that we need to explore the leadership possibilities of the large churches in connection with the smaller, but very important, church bodies. This is a good example of this direction.
by Stephen P McCutchan
January 29, 2011