Thursday, June 12, 2008

Gary Kinnaman on Partnerships in Other Communities

Gary Kinnaman is the pastor at large for the City of Grace Church in Phoenix and author of Leaders that Last: How Covenant Friendships Can Help Pastors Thrive. He just started a new step in his journey, leading a faith-based community initiative for the state of Arizona.

Gary has been on a journey that started with multi-denominational experiences through childhood, college, and work, causing him to appreciate the many denominations. He went to a charismatic church near Phoenix involved in doing a church plant in Phoenix. They developed a local outreach, focused on missions, and worked on an outreach fair getting people into the community. Eventually, Gary served on the steering community for a Martin Luther King event and was involved in a Spanish church, connecting with people multiculturally. Finally, he was asked to serve on the counsel for a faith-based community initiative. He also worked as senior pastor of a church with 3000+ membership along with twelve others of that size. Now as a pastor at large he continues to build relationships between pastors and release people to make a difference.

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