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Priority 5: Church Planting

If we are going to reach every man, woman and child in our region with the good news of Jesus Christ we must be committed to planting churches. This will require dramatic shifts in our approach to church: from collecting to mobilizing, from competing to collaborating and from adding to multiplying.

What would it look like if the one Church of Tampa Bay embraced the practice of collaborating to plant churches and ministries where the city most needed them?

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Priority 4: Serving the City, Together

We all need to shift our thinking from organizational ("how will this benefit my church's bottom line?") to movemental ("what would it look like if we worked together on this?"). We need the posture of learners and listeners more than leaders and speakers - calling out the interests, resources and passions of every follower of Jesus.

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Priority 3: Disciplemaking Initiatives

What is a disciple? How do you know when you have made one? What are the key habits and skills of a disciple and a disciple-maker? Our conversation reveals that there are a number of conversions that many long time Christians and leaders need to walk through in order to effectively equip the saints to make disciples who make disciples.

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Priority 2: Leader Health and Unity

This episode we focus on the health and unity of pastors and leaders in the city. David Oates, Len Harper and David Speicher share their experiences over the last two plus decades bringing pastors together.

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