Posts by Tom Grassano
Setting up Shop
I was blessed during our recent block party in the South Bronx by being reunited with one of the former drug dealers from our community. I sat in The Harvest Center with him and his girlfriend, talking about their lives and what God can do. We wept as they wept over their pain, and we…
Read MoreRethinking Urban Ministry
I recently read an article written by an author with a burden for reaching cities. He shares about a week of violence in his city which included a high school student being gunned down at a barbeque, a hopeless mother throwing two of her small children off a bridge, and a distraught father in the…
Read MoreDefining Church
Sheer numbers do not indicate that an army is able to fight well, defend its people and accomplish its goals. Likewise, a church is not measured merely by the amount of people who sit in the pews or the amount of programs available for the people. The quality and effectiveness of the church is more measured by
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