2008 Goals & Needs

This list will be updated regularly. Each item is a prayer opportunity for us all.

Organizational goals

  • New Orleans
    1. To pray for holistic rebirth in the city that we love
    2. To love, nurture, shepherd and provide for the family the Lord has blessed me with
    3. Development of operational infrastructure for the new organization
    4. New donor-base for rebirth international
    5. Gathering, comforting, and inspiring our friends to continue in fellowship for personal growth and to continue the legacy of community rebirth
    6. To assist indigenous leaders in their entrepreneurial and ministry efforts in the city
    7. Develop 2 to 3 major consulting partnerships in the city to help incarnate works of rebirth and transformation
    8. To conduct one Summer internship for college and seminary students interested in future urban ministry work
    9. To conduct at least one Theological Foundations for Urban Ministry weeklong course
    10. The hiring of a personal administrative assistant
    11. Recruit and develop a new board of directors for Rebirth International
    12. Continued work toward Ph.D in Urban Studies at the University of New Orleans
  • Stateside
    1. Prayer for the expansion of rebirth initiatives in urban pockets of poverty throughout southeast and beyond
    2. Development of a timeline and strategy for ministry launches throughout Southeast; to prioritize launches and identify leaders and partners for these new works
    3. The location of a leader specifically for Mobile, AL, and the cultivation of a movement around him for the launching of a new work there.
    4. To conduct various weekend workshops, seminars and concerts which inspire new works in identified communities of priority
    5. Schedule and perform at least one concert/speaking engagement weekend per month
  • Worldwide
    1. Prayer for the world – that God would raise leaders to go into these harvest fields and ignite a movement of rebirth and transformation through the word and work of the gospel
    2. Identification of leaders and prayer for openings in strategic locations for international partnerships and launches

Fundraising goal: $250,000

Other Needs:

  • Ministry Van
  • Ministry Truck
  • Office Equipment
  • Copy Machine
  • Computer
  • Other Various office supplies and tools