Community Leader Interview

Barry Knight is a Delegate for the state of Virginia. He grew up in Va Beach in a place called Pungo. I grew up there. His son went to my parents Christian school called Back Bay Academy. SO when he got elected he had my dad pray at his opening speech for taking the position  in our capital Richmond,Va. During election time our Church is used for a voting station. So the night he got elected I got to see him and he ask me to thank my dad again for letting us use the church building and being a support in the community for him. He goes to a baptist church four miles south of us. A cool fact its the 7th oldest church in America. He has a lot of family that have been apart of that for years as one can imagine. He has been apart of helping Va Beach a better family place and making sure business get treated fairly. He loves the area where he serves and wants the area to be successful in all avenues. He is a great man and good politician. He loves his family and works hard.

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At my youth group a younger guy in middle school got saved last semester. He grew in a non-christian home and really knew nothing about Christianity, but God had a different plan for him. I did not get to see the life transformation of his beginning walk I saw him in December during Christmas break. The pastor has mentored him from day one. So I started talking to him and he was pumped about reading the Bible everyday and the ride home from youth with one of the youth leaders they talk about God. His hunger is evident. Every week at youth they have altar calls I remember them when I attended youth God is still leading a generation that his hungry for his presence and he his getting fed truth and the Amazing work of the Holy Spirit. So growing up in a family that does not live for God is his most challenge. The most important way to grow is to serve and stay connected in the house of God. An endless pursuit of Gods presence can never dry. So I am glad to see him meet the Lord and know him like this.

Gil Trusty, Philadelphia Calvary Chapel

Gil grew up in west Philly tom and Gil went to high school together.Gil family background born and raised at age 14 got saved. father Philly police officer Mom worked for Gera. Mother was a believer. he went to all the vacation Bible school in the area learning scriptures.He went to all the camps and prayed all prayers but at age 14 God so loved him and saved him. March 1. In the back of the movies and got a stirring to leave and found himself in a prayer meeting. Today is a day where he is finally seeing all his friends from school are now saved.Gods word does not return void. He was at his senior class and he has started praying for them and Giving God glory for his friends saved. He went to Temple Christmas break talking about life and he was talking about Temple he thought he was going to into Medicine. He thought he was going to have two children and make 6 figures. But that was not it at all. After the first semester of Temple he visited VFCC and the meal was great came for his sophomore year. His dad was against his faith. When his dad took him to school his dad saw how vfcc was former army base and it was the first time his dad hugged him. He was the president of missions and valedictorian People loved him and respected him here. After graduation he got credential in New Jersey in cherry hill. Don't want to say you went to bible college and far away from the Lord. He had so little relationship with God. He saw spiritual pride come in and left the AG. He went into a 4 year shepherding and legalism and he his name was mudd. Gil is being interviewed on tv railing his belief. Tom rove done to talk and help him. Gil appreciate Friends even though he was whack God still blessed him and got a hold of him. He wanted success but realized we are called to be faithful. God cares about the individual he is always trying to reach them. We need to stop measuring success with the world measurements. His three years at the farm were whack. Dont pray because of I have to instead pray because i get to. We need love for ministry. He bought a farm of 300 acres and made a christian community. How did he got out of bad living. He ignored promptings of the Holy Spirit during this stuff. His son died at 3 months old. Started working with a tree planting company. He started sharing Jesus to the foremen and by this he started seeing the corruption of his belief system. The more he got to love Jesus the more he loved his wife and children. And God started to heal his hurts with his oil and wine to heal the wounds.He was confirmed that he himself never stopped loving Jesus. Never to late for a new beginning a book Mr. Cardone sr. gave him. God has a plan even when we mess up. There is a God and grace he will use us. He loves the word of God!!!!!!! He is the Junior high pastor, a calling, to serve as Pastor. Its a high bar they put themselves on. L3 Learn Jesus, Live Jesus, Love Jesus.

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Final Project

This year I got participate in Penndels youth convention. This year theme was compelled. My part that I played in was helping the media department. I had to pack the trailer and get all the the gear ready for the cameras and video world as they call to control and send the commands that the director gives. I enjoyed all the work we had to do to prepare to make the convention happen. We made the bells and whistles of the services happen. Without the work of the guys make videos and working the cameras, the extra element of the visual part of the way we communicate the gospel would not be there with out the media team. I love the Penndel district I feel at home here and the things God has given opportunity to serve has been past my understanding and control. God has blessed me there to be here at this in is will. I also had the privilege to hold all the receipts for the department. Its a big deal to hold them so that the spending can be accurately accounted for. I made a lot crimps for the cameras cables. During the service I had to do a quick fix here and there. The crowd made that a fun task trying to concentrate working on the gear. I also did the dolly pull working on pan shots of the crowd and stage. It took two people to operate this and the camera. While the crowd was praising and jumping our main focus was to capture the moment of the experience the youth were having. I can only step back in awe of who God is and the love he had for the 7000 students represent their home and family life. To be apart of this ministry has stretched me and has blessed me tremendously.  I love blessing the people and youth that need Jesus. It is exciting to be part of the work of the Lord.

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work hard do not expect to be waited on pew service recognition. Our wives makes us . Be loyal to your senior pastor. serve people. when you are dead right you are wrong. Learn to wash people feet. Don't be a cry baby. When you re a person of integrity and a hard a worker God will give you the desires of your heart. God knows you so intricately . the staff should be the last people leaving. People don't have to be at your church. Show them your respect. When people are there talk to them. Be there early. Be ready to talk with people. As a pastor hire to your weaknesses. Visionary at the top. Managers manage. Need a lot of managers. Visionaries always at the top.

Dan miller Back Mountain Harvest Assembly Trucksville, pa

Brain of the Rock Recreation Center. He does ministry outreach off the wall. Grew up in central Pa grew up in a Christian home he lived in a leave it to beaver home. At 5 God appear to him in vision and dreams that he would preach. God showed him true preachers and was prophesied over a lot. Going into the ministry. Married at age 19 and wife 2 weeks 18. Helped start a church. did burean online. work with pastor glen white. He learned from him he was traditional. He was low key. He learned even when never go against a man of God if you cannot serve you cannot lead. He was there to help his pastor. Had to deal with a group that wanted to overthrow his senior pastor. Always serve your pastor even though if he was wrong. Trucksville is quite the prestigious place. Go to this chuch with 16  people and ask people to  leave. You are not going to keep everyone. His vision would be hard for the people so he told the people to go another church. for his vision would not fit them. Be willing to put people in a church that would fit them. Act like we are one church. If i grow you grow. Early growth from 15 to 50? Most pastors are insecure. Which lacks letting them have vision. Work yourself out of a job. If someone has a preachers itch let them preach. Fresh vision if you have an idea lets use them. If people tell you it was better with out they are doing a great job. Untie peoples hand and let them do ministry. People follow vision. Ideas that grow the church. 1/3 of the people in your church let them be sinners. Get people involved in the community. do not be offended with unsaved people around. So they will get saved. If you fall you have not been taught much. Most churches are seen as taken from the community so if it is Gods will its Gods bill. Sunday morning is 650. Church shouldn't be a member service about the sick in the community. His church bought a swim club. The Jewish people go there and its a private club. Its all about the community. People wont come through the doors we have to get them. Its not about us but about those to become like us. The Church is to add value to the community. About those who are not us yet. They make connections with people in the community. His church does fireworks and medical care for free. TO change your culture you have to be part of the culture. They are part of the education, sports and many other stuff. Its always about the community and he hangs out with non christians. If Jesus is the center of you we must work together. prayer does not cost me anything but loving and helping others does it makes a different. We have to be one ! The body of Christ all together.

—Pastor Gerry Stoltzfoos, Freedom Valley Worship Center

Pastor in Gettysburg ,Pa. He left his Church of 10 years of staff and left the amish. When he was 16 he started questioned why people did not get saved a church of being amish and he did not agree to rules. He wanted to be at a church that was aggressive for God and wanted people to get saved. So he left and went to passionate church. Pastor Omar was a great mentor and friend to him. They talked ministry about doctrine and you learn more unttentioally he learned more about ministry doing it. So pastor Omar left to the soviet union, and the church he was at told him to go away. He had vision to go to philly and plant a church. He went there 6 months everyday straight. 3 find a growing community and conceive a job to to support his family. He thinks teens are never to young to be leaders. Push kids to leadership. TO develop world changers. The great churches are pastor by the sons. His son felt led to plant a church and he has a core group of people that preaches too. Churches that fight the culture get in trouble. He really respects Joel Osteen. He respects them He understands the unchurched and knows how to reach them. We need to celebrate growing churches. Jesus says it is the fruit that matters. He ends up in Gettysburg Jeff Kettering called that he planned to plant a church. He did not want to go but spoke to them about Gerry to plant a Church in Gettysburg. So Jeff asked him to go see and visit Gettysburg. He walked into a room of 8 business dressed men. He knew they were.at that time he thought the AG was dead and needed to repent of the deadliness. The men said we like Jesus and they wanted to talk so they said you can talk or take a $100 for his troubles. They were very humble and decided to talk. SO after the meeting he drove around the area checking it out. While driving around the area his wife spoke and said she saw their family about the house they live in. So the house went on the market in three days and so he called them and two to three weeks later God gave them money to buy for the down payment. The guy he bought the house and bought a long term sales agreement. The lawyer thought it was stupid. The document became a 17 page agreement. He did everything wrong church planting but God blessed him. Last week they had 1250 in attendance. Wrote a book called 83 sheep. Study done that verify 83% Americans lowest Church attendance. The study was not not done in the north east. ARDA. 83 out of 100 people do not know Jesus. He is a passionate Guy that Loves God and an urgency to win people and plant churches for God. We have to win the CULTURE!!!!! God use me please! I dont wont to regret one moment in this life time for you to build this church your kingdom have your way I MEAN it!I so do Holy Spirit I want more of you I cant stop I am all for you.I love you God! The goofiest idea for ministry raffle a motorcycle and he had to get a gaming license to do it or get arrested. He owned a tattoo parlor. 50 kids were in the parlor and kids got saved. He bought it personally. A lot of kids got saved. thats one more crazy thing they did. Brandy grecgo they are a church about people that have given up on Church. Isn't that interesting people are walking out of CHurch. They needed to reach people who had given up on Church. They ignore people who come from other churches. He has shining stars ministry helping the handicap with riding on horses. He was on night-line for an episode for speaking in tongues. So cool.

Rest easy.

As I look at my life and all the the different events that have taken place. One thing I have noticed, about God. All through the years God has showed himself to me in many ways and times. Each planting that that he cares and he has my life being prepared for eternity. Some of the most re-memorable moments were at his altar. The altar is usually in the front of the church and where its the platform where the worship teams stands on and the pastor speaks off of.From the earliest age that I can remember God always spoke there, he can speak anywhere he chooses and I have had those experiences too, but in those times his presence and Holy Spirit have had an impression that burned deep of the true character of wanting to get to know me. When our hearts are searching, seeking, and simply wanting to know who he is, he comes. He is a good God. Personal and relationship oriented. If you 're asking who and what does it take to know him, just believe. Romans 5:1-3 says¹ Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we^[a]have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, ² through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. And we^[b] boast in the hope of the glory of God. This hope is not gained by works , but faith. Nothing you can do could keep him away from loving you! As humans living in a fallen world and sinful nature, God had to send his only son ,so by his gift of forgiveness we can come boldly to his throne into his presence. Rest easy today knowing God is for you.

Pastor Steve Trader Trinity Community Church TrinitychurchDE.com

Pastor in Hockessin Delaware. grew up in a CHristian family. Parents were Church planters. From a Baptist perspective. He became a christ follower at 15 and messed around then fully committed at 21 to Christ. Worked 24 years as a Pharmacy. His major is in business management. THen went to wideners to night school. He pushes his staff to get their masters and pays for it. became a drafts men for an engineer corporation. He was a supervisor and directed 82 people with 6 other directors for purchasing and funny thing he had to buy fruit and vegetables. The monkeys he bought for did not like giants bananas and had to but them organic bananas. He spent 100 million year in business advertising. He surrounds himself with better people then he is in the business world and the Church. He always felt comfortable with better qualified people because he was sin Gods will. He is accountable with his good friends and pastors when traveling for a long period of time when on business trips.HR part cannot always tell people the truth in reorganization of a company out sourcing. Dealing with people having there jobs is hard. Its hard to tell people when there job is about to be taken away from them. Letting people go or firing someone is hard to do if they do not fit the organization then its hard. He was very involved with the Church. He was on the board, treasurer, interim pastor for a very good reason. He did everything. He wanted to get a master degree from AGTS. He jumped in Berea n school of ministry. God is working in his heart and his job was getting better and his call was growing stronger and stronger  while things were getting better. The difference is what you are good at and what you are called to do. SO he took the right steps to make sure he doing what God called him to do. He gave up a lot of stuff. Saturday July 2005 he saw a path way to get out and start the Church. He got 4 or 5 couples and fasted and sought Gods face and they are part of the core group they have now that started the church. His wife is a trooper and it takes both a husband a and wife to do ministry. He thought about planting a church in a suburb area.  So he thought about stating the church where he lived. Where he decided , a place where he has credibility to build a church. He is in the DNA. One thing that he they thought was what to name his Church, which is called Trinity. The area has money and deeply catholic. Trinity was one of his last names he thought about. The name is Trinity is one word that people from all denominations agreed with. 7 families went with him to start the church solid people youth workers, children workers and board members. It has a better  chance of survival when people are committed. You should not fail when people are solid and the pastor has to be a harder worker to smarter. You cannot spend enough time what  church should look like and practiced for three months how to be smart. Takes better Be our guest book about first impressions. First impressions is important about being friendly. Every weekend they go through training with core team and trouble shooting. Outreach and disciple programs. 30 people left a pretty good size position to grow. There pressure to grow. Stay away from going up to peoples doors to put hangers on there doors. radio doesn't work. Made it so comfortable to people to come and friendly for people to come. They brought friends for a free meal on Sunday night. Their budget has to be good for hospitality. If someone came twice they took people out to dinner. They made it a big deal with people to eat with people to hang out with people every week. His kids are amazing !! Twice a month they have a time of fellowship and discipleship grew out of it. and kids connects small groups grew out of it. They have a lot a signs around and the website has to be good. Signs word of mouth. People come because people brought them. They have a visitor cards they have three or four small groups for both men and women. People in the area have money and they buy prescription drugs. His wife and he have a marriage small groups. Strategic couple they think about it. How do you preach to them? He tries to use life situation in relevancy and issues to talk to him. Teach things explain in ways they understand. He doesn't try to make people feel guilty that are catholic. They would do communion on the side for former catholics. He uses videos , movie clips, altar calls bow your head so they have to remind the people of the vision of why they are the church and why they are who they are. You have to know who you are and be that. The Well , a place where Trinity can have its foot print during the week. The use it as a coffee house and a produce market. You have to have a wife that will help people feel welcomed and help have energy to make people feel comfortable. When they turned the key to give to missions God has honored that so much. What is the biggest surprise to you? He can go back to work and people will be like you are done with mid life crisis. Ministry is one the hardest things he has done in his life, then starting this Church. Its the difference of what you are called to be and what a job is. You never feel off/his feeling.He is learning to build different boundaries.He loves his two daughters and wife is such a great pastors wife. She has her identity outside the church.He was an amazing man to listen to.