A group of us met with Pastor Leon Wood today to hear more of his heart for North Long Beach and what we could do. It was me, Brad, Susy, Louise, and of course Pastor Wood. It's clear that a broad strategy covering many fronts will be necessary to address lasting and sustaining impact in North Long Beach. It will also take a long term approach since we will need to work with multiple generations. In a nutshell, we will be working towards:
*the equipping, training, and enrichment of families
*the connecting of churches and pastors in North Long Beach
*the training up of young leaders to be youth pastors (trained by existing youth pastors from throughout the city)
*the training up of new prayer intercessors by seasoned prayer intercessors - possibly establishing neighborhood prayer watch teams who will prayer walk their neighborhoods
*connecting with existing city-wide gang task forces and coalitions to address the violence
*the physical renovation of North Long Beach by both the city and the Church
Let's keep these things in prayer!
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