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Deep conversations with diverse voices about urban ministry and Christian narratives. In "Our Urban Voices with Dr. Alfonse Javed," we will cover everything from churches and church planting efforts, missions and missions organization, evangelism and unreached people groups, emerging movements and initiatives, justice, current events related to faith and the persecuted church, to author interviews and reviews.

Our Urban Voices Dr. Alfonse Javed

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Deep conversations with diverse voices about urban ministry and Christian narratives. In "Our Urban Voices with Dr. Alfonse Javed," we will cover everything from churches and church planting efforts, missions and missions organization, evangelism and unreached people groups, emerging movements and initiatives, justice, current events related to faith and the persecuted church, to author interviews and reviews.

    #97. Family on Mission to the Muslim Community

    #97. Family on Mission to the Muslim Community

    David ministers among Muslim immigrants in a major US city.
    WHAT YOU'LL LEARN:How Ramadan affects outreachSharing the gospel more effectivelyPractical steps in cross-culture ministry
    ABOUT THE GUEST: David and his family serve as the Strategy Coordinator and unit on the Global Gates West African Team. Though they have a specific people group focus, the vision is reaching the ends of the Earth through global gateway cities. They have served in the West African community for 10 years globally.
    SCRIPTURE RELATED TO EPISODE:Jeremiah 12 : 5Matthew 6 : 33-34Matthew 13 : 1-9
    RELATED LINKS:Global Gates
    01:01 - Misconceptions to address when ministering among Muslims
    01:07 - Not all Muslims are terrorists
    01:27 - Christians can visit a mosque
    02:06 - Many Muslims do want to know about Jesus
    03:10 - What do you love and admire about the people you serve?
    03:13 - Value relationship over schedule
    03:21 - Hospitality
    04:44 - Ramadan
    05:27 - Fasting during daylight hours
    05:52 - Help reflect on how it feels to be poor
    06:02 - Focused prayer and asking for forgiveness
    06:16 - Ask God to show the straight path
    06:29 - Hajj - pilgrimage to Mecca
    07:28 - The Night of Power
    08:17 - Christian pray that God would show Jesus to Muslims
    08:29 - Hope that God would reveal something during Ramadan
    08:46 - Christians can invite Muslims to break fast
    08:51 - Bring water or dates to a Muslim might not have broken fast at sundown
    09:25 - Opportunities during Ramadan and Outreach
    09:51 - Focus on having gospel conversations
    10:45 - God has shown that so many organizations are focused on reaching on all the nations
    11:17 - Network of organizations working together
    12:22 - You may not be the one who leads someone to Christ, but you may be one of the many leading up to it
    14:52 - Personal story of faith and knowing that God has him
    17:28 - Ask God and God revealed in a dream
    19:45 - Family on Mission
    20:41 - Each member of the family does something
    22:56 - Go-to Bible verses for encouragement
    23:05 - Jeremiah 12 : 5
    24:36 - Matthew 6 : 33-34
    25:02 - Matthew 13 : 1-9
    26:31 - Sharing the gospel more effectively
    26:50 - Joining existing work
    27:14 - Find ministries addressing needs
    27:33 - If there is no existing work, pray, search the needs, and then start it
    28:20 - Practical things to do to reach out
    28:34 - Go to restaurants and enjoy their food
    29:10 - Go to places of worship and observe
    29:43 - Invite into your home
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    • 32 min
    #96. Meet Them Where They're At

    #96. Meet Them Where They're At

    David ministers among Muslim immigrants in a major US city.
    WHAT YOU'LL LEARN:Being a missionary in your own backyardConnecting with immigrant people groupsCommon barriers in cross-culture contact
    ABOUT THE GUEST: David and his family serve as the Strategy Coordinator and unit on the Global Gates West African Team. Though they have a specific people group focus, the vision is reaching the ends of the Earth through global gateway cities. They have served in the West African community for 10 years globally.
    SCRIPTURE RELATED TO EPISODE:Acts 17 : 26-27Matthew 28 : 19-20
    RELATED LINKS:Global Gates
    TIMESTAMPED SHOWNOTES:01:13 - Family is the first ministry
    01:31 - Partnership at home
    03:08 - Being a missionary in your own backyard
    04:00 - Acts 17 : 26-27
    04:36 - God moves nations and people groups to us
    05:09 - The need to connect with these immigrant people groups
    05:26 - We are supposed to GO
    05:43 - Matthew 28 : 19-20
    06:11 - What if I'm not comfortable sharing?
    06:23 - Model, assist, watch, and leave
    06:51 - Disciples that make disciples
    07:05 - Training might be needed before going
    07:22 - Cultural makeup and demographics of mission field
    07:46 - Diverse, but mainly West African
    08:36 - Different groups gravitate to different opportunities
    09:18 - Cities are fruitful mission fields
    09:59 - People tend to stay in their own cultural community
    11:14 - Follow-up opportunities
    11:30 - 1st conversation: I am a follower of Jesus
    12:07 - Identifying people groups to serve
    12:24 - 5000+ people in a community
    12:55 - Reach out to community leaders
    13:06 - Ask the leaders what the community needs
    13:52 - Take care of the physical need to meet the spiritual need
    14:50 - Often starts as a family unit working with a people group
    15:07 - Advocating for the people group and asking for help
    15:31 - Training in simple and reproduceable methods
    15:50 - Favorite ways to connect with people
    15:58 - 1. Start conversations on the subway
    16:18 - Able in pinpoint someone from West Africa 95% of the time
    16:28 - Greet someone in their language and have a conversation
    16:46 - Step by step, back and forth - interested in talking about God?
    16:59 - 2. Networking
    17:10 - people who are not interesting in talking about God may know people who are
    17:26 - Common barriers in cross-cultural contact
    17:40 - Language
    17:45 - Learning greetings in the language shows interest in the people
    18:43 - Bring your family to meet their family
    19:20 - Smile
    19:26 - Barriers are based on their comfort level with you
    20:04 - To reach people's hearts, learn greetings in their specific language
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    • 21 min
    #95. What's Needed to Shepherd a Church Through Change?

    #95. What's Needed to Shepherd a Church Through Change?

    Pastor Otis (O.L.) Buckley is the pastor of Highpoint Bible Church in the Bronx, NY. He shares his journey in shepherding a church through leadership and theological changes.
    WHAT YOU'LL LEARN:Preach the WordPatience and GraceApologetics and Care
    ABOUT THE GUEST: Pastor Otis (O.L.) Buckley is the teaching pastor of Highpoint Bible Church in The Bronx, NY. He has lived in various places in the United States and has experienced different denominational theologies. He and his wife, Consuela, have been married 15 years and both have over 20 years in business and ministry.
    SCRIPTURE RELATED TO EPISODE:Important NOTE: there needs to be a space, ' ' between ':' and the verse number, otherwise the scripture verse will be automatically converted to a timestamp link. Link
    2 Timothy 4 : 2Romans 8 : 28-29
    RELATED LINKS:Highpoint Bible ChurchEmail Pastor Buckley
    TIMESTAMPED SHOWNOTES:01:31 - late 1980s/mid 1990s pentacostalism
    01:42 - Word of Faith influence - metaphysical approach to scripture
    02:04 - The Bronx, NY syncretism and witchcraft
    02:41 - Resistance to the New Testament
    03:11 - Show there is no disunity between the Old and New Testaments
    03:27 - Praying with the community
    03:43 - Coming from modalism to trinitarianism has help
    03:51 - The metaphysics approach created the mind science
    04:35 - OL had to raise his understanding of God and Jesus
    05:16 - Justification by faith is only possible with God still working in me
    06:51 - No new revelation, but the Spirit gives illumination
    07:36 - How has OL's journey uniquely prepared him to pastor Highpoint Bible Church
    07:49 - In a word... Sensitivity
    07:52 - 2 Timothy 4 : 2 - preach the word - reliance on the word of God
    08:20 - Be ready in season and out of season
    08:41 - Be persistent in the first thing that you are instructed
    09:06 - To reprove - heling people understand what is proper - correctness
    09:17 - To rebuke - challenging people to come out of any wrongness to restoration
    09:37 - To exhort - encourage
    09:52 - With complete patience
    10:36 - Making major changes at Highpoint
    11:31 - Wisdom in the content and wisdom in the action
    11:49 - Patience goes both ways
    12:03 - Wait for the Holy Spirit to work
    12:28 - Two way street of grace
    12:34 - Church name change
    12:45 - Which change was the bigger challenge: leadership or theology?
    13:34 - Understanding what people want from what they treasure
    13:39 - For example, ex nihilo uniqueness of God - Romans 4:17
    13:53 - What makes something attractive? and then expose it to the human heart
    14:38 - Preaching Big God theology
    14:58 - John 9 : 1-7 - Jesus Heals a Man Born Blind
    15:42 - John 11 : 1-16 The Death of Lazarus
    16:08 - God uses trials to show His goodness and be glorified
    16:20 - View trials differently
    16:42 - Why not trust God's omniscience and omnipotence?
    16:54 - Romans 8 : 28-30 - God is going to work it out for my good
    17:09 - Balance between apologetics and care
    17:18 - NYC demands preaching with an...

    • 21 min
    #94. The Journey from "Truth" to TRUTH

    #94. The Journey from "Truth" to TRUTH

    Pastor Otis (O.L.) Buckley is the pastor of Highpoint Bible Church in the Bronx, NY. He shares his journey in discovering the Biblical truths that moved him from denominational theology to denominational theology.
    WHAT YOU'LL LEARN:How to Search for AnswersBig God TheologyLetting God be True
    ABOUT THE GUEST: Pastor Otis (O.L.) Buckley is the teaching pastor of Highpoint Bible Church in The Bronx, NY. He has lived in various places in the United States and has experienced different denominational theologies. He and his wife, Consuela, have been married 15 years and both have over 20 years in business and ministry.
    SCRIPTURE RELATED TO EPISODE:Matthew 18: 18Matthew 28: 19Acts 2: 38
    RELATED LINKS:Highpoint Bible ChurchEmail Pastor Buckley
    TIMESTAMPED SHOWNOTES:00:39 - Introducing Pastor Otis (OL) Buckley
    03:44 - Early years in Chicago
    04:01 - then the move to Texas
    04:51 - and then to Highpoint Bible Church in the Bronx, NY
    07:15 - Sabellianism / Modalistic
    09:20 - Classic Oneness Pentecostalism
    10:39 - Class on Overview of Hebrew Studies
    11:18 - Matthew 18 : 18
    11:34 - Learning a different interpretation
    12:42 - Have I been wrong all these years?
    12:57 - What else could I possibly have been wrong about?
    13:17 - Another connected event
    14:28 - Matthew 28 : 19
    14:47 - vs Acts 2 : 38
    15:33 - God opens OL's eyes to the Trinity
    16:13 - Are people are going beyond the social issues to wrestling with theology?
    18:21 - Denominations, Name, Theology, & Social Media
    20:27 - The need for clear Biblical theology
    22:47 - God's workings to move OL on the journey
    23:04 - Every dilemma raises a question
    23:12 - And every question creates an opportunity to pivot
    23:49 - Do I really know God the way I think I do?
    24:37 - Lord, let your Word imposed itself on me.
    25:37 - Big God theology
    25:54 - Not compartimentalizing God
    28:59 - Was this a personal journey of discovery or where there others alongside you?
    30:52 - Every question drives one to search for an answer
    30:56 - ...three-fold answer
    30:59 - ...1. pray
    31:12 - ...2. search the Scriptures
    31:25 - ...3. right teaching
    31:42 - ... and stilling the voices with wrong interpretations of Scripture
    34:06 - Abandoning the past
    34:22 - Letting God be True
    44:31 - End of Part 1
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    • 44 min
    #93. Is the House Still on Fire? Jumpstarting the Conversation about Race in the Local American Congregation

    #93. Is the House Still on Fire? Jumpstarting the Conversation about Race in the Local American Congregation

    Pastor Isaac Adams explores how the local congregation might faithfully respond to their local community about deep-seated and lingering racial strife.
    Regardless of the headlines and from a pastoral perspective, he invites Christians to engage in prayerful, truthful conversations about race — gospel hope-filled conversations that glorify God, are for the good of the community and build the church.
    Isaac Adams offers practical steps and jumpstarts the conversation about race within the local congregation.
    What You’ll Learn:Why talk about race in a local congregation?Practical tips for pastors to talk about race with congregantsA way to distinguish between local needs and the national conversation about race
    About the Guest: Isaac Adams serves as lead pastor at Iron City Church in Birmingham, Alabama where he lives with his wife and children.
    He is devoted to racial reconciliation and in 2017, prior to joining Iron City Church, he started United? We Pray. It is a podcast and ministry devoted to “taking racial struggles to the throne of grace”.
    He is a speaker and author. His most recent book is Talking About Race: Gospel Hope for Hard Conversations. While examining what's at stake, the book provides practical steps and offers the reader a novel way to begin this hard conversation.
    Isaac Adams is a graduate of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary (MDiv).
    Scripture Related to Episode:Ephesians 4: 16; Building Up the Church
    Micha 6: 8; Do Justice, Love Mercy
    Proverbs 4: 5; Answer Not a Fool According to Your Folly
    Links Related to Episode: United? We Pray
    Talking about Race: Gospel Hope for Hard Conversations
    Iron City Church
    Show Notes:[01:37] Moving Family to Birmingham, AL
    [05:14] Motivation for United? We Pray
    [06:24] God and Prayer as Factors in the Struggle -- Francis Grimke
    [07:03] United? We Pray in Action
    [09:19] Why Is It So Hard for Christians to Talk about Race in America?
    [10:30] Not Prophets—Pastors Talking about Racial Conflict
    [12:59] What about the National Conversation
    [14:50] Criticism from the Left and from the Right
    [15:25] Spiritual Warfare
    [18:12] How is the Church Doing?
    [20:15] Is the House Still on Fire?
    [23:35] So, How Do We Have This Conversation?
    [26:18] More Practical Tips for Pastors to Start Talking about Race
    [27:43] Idolatry, Diversity and Unity
    [29:56] When to Be Silent
    [30:30] Lunch with a Former Bomb Making White Supremacist

    • 34 min
    #92. Celebrating Christmas with an Easter Perspective

    #92. Celebrating Christmas with an Easter Perspective

    Dr Alfonse Javed, Senior Pastor of First Baptist Metuchen, shares a Christmas message on Jesus, God's Message of Love.
    Only by celebrating Christmas with an Easter perspective do we experience how Jesus, God’s message of love is what angels said on the first Christmas, “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace among those with whom he is pleased!” (Luke 2:14, ESV).
    WHAT YOU'LL LEARN:The link between Christmas and EasterJesus is God, King, and LordJesus is God’s message of love
    ABOUT THE GUEST: Dr. Alfonse Javed, the Senior Pastor of 1st Baptist Church of Metuchen, has planted a church abroad, has been a missions pastor and has served as a missionary in Pakistan, Iran, and Afghanistan.
    Born in Lahore, Pakistan — the son of a pastor — Pastor Javed began serving in church at a young age. He has served as a missionary in Pakistan, Iran, and Afghanistan. He has also planted a church in Greece. In the 1990s, a providential relationship formed when Calvary Baptist Church started supporting his ministry efforts; he would later serve as the missions pastor of that congregation. Eventually, in 2009, he moved to New York with a new vision — mobilizing churches to engage Muslims in the NYC metro area.
    Dr. Javed’s advanced theological training is from the Greek Bible College, Davis College and Liberty University. He has earned three undergraduate, three graduate, and three doctoral degrees. His dissertations have explored various subjects from religious influence on the American school system to evangelism and church planting, to Islamic madrases and the treatment that Muslims students have received in the post 9/11 New York City school system. He maintains a blog, www.alfonsejaved.com, and is the author of The Muslim Next Door: A Practical Guide for Evangelism and Discipleship. Dr. Javed and his wife, Sarah, have four children.
    SCRIPTURE RELATED TO EPISODE:Revelation 5: 1-7
    RELATED LINKS:Dr Alfonse Javed's Recent BookOur Urban Voices PodcastFirst Baptist Metuchen WebsiteFather's Love LetterEmail Dr Alfonse Javed
    TIMESTAMPED SHOWNOTES:00:33 - Should we celebrate Christmas and Easter?
    00:59 - Christmas and Easter tells the complete story
    02:06 - Jesus as the Lion of Judah and the Slaughtered Lamb
    02:46 - We experience Jesus, God's message of love when we celebrate Christmas with an Easter perspective
    03:35 - worshiping the Creator God the Father and the Redeemer God the Son
    04:51 - The Magi brought the message of Easter on Christmas
    07:22 - Jesus is the Redeemer God
    09:30 - Jesus is the Royal King
    11:31 - Jesus is the Rightful Lord
    13:43 - Are you looking for peace, love, healing, and restoration?
    14:48 - Jesus is God, King, and Lord
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