Rebirth International

A Much Belated Update from Rebirth

Posted on June 20th, 2009 by Mo Leverett.
Categories: ministry updates.

It’s been a while since I’ve updated you all. Balancing pastoral ministry and directing an urban ministry replication movement and training apparatus is a greater challenge than I might would have thought.  I’m not the spring chicken I once was.

As some of you know, I’ve done some preliminary PhD work at the University of New Orleans.  Obviously I’m not going to finish that degree - at least not at that university.  I’m considering transferring some of those credits in to Reformed Theological Seminary and begin focus on a DMin degree this summer.  I’m more the practitioner than the researcher.  So this might work out well.

Shane and Kristen Fast are up and running in East St. Louis and off to a great start!  His stories of this fledgling work remind me so much of my beginnings at Desire Street.

Richard and April Johnson and Sam Rauschenberg are doing a great job as well at Rebirth New Orleans in Clark High School.  They have seen many conversions this summer through their camping outreach and are sustaining a great work with a severe scarcity of resources.

We’re beginning to explore the nature of the partnership between Centerpoint Church and Rebirth Tallahassee.  And good urban ministry work is already being done here through the work of my former intern Eric Stites and a team of volunteers from Centerrpoint Church.

I just finished exhibiting at the Presbyerian Church in America’s General Assembly and developed good possibilities for concerts, speaking engagements, workshops and seminary classes.  And hopefully one or two of these churches will consider picking up Rebirth for support, even in these challenging economic times.

The Leverett family is doing exceedingly well.

Lindsay is attempting to attend Covenant College on Lookout Mountain this Fall.  The finances are coming up a bit short for this venture, but if the Lord desires for her to go, He’ll make a way - of that I’m sure.  Please pray for her in this regard.  Despite being born into a Christian ministry - that ministry was never really focused on her.  Lindsay believes, and I agree with her, that attending a Christian college would help to fill in the gaps for her.  We’re praying.

My other girls Lacey and Maggie are prospering in Tallahassee.  They have more friends than they know what to do with.  And Manning just finished FSU Baseball Camp and turning into quite the Renaissance man.

Ellen is also happy - and flourishing in the beautiful Christian community that is Centerpoint Church.

I’m still working on a few new album projects along with a remix of the old Sacred Desires CD - this yeat is its 15th Anniversary - and we hope to reintroduce a new batch of folks to those songs.  Paying for new works is a challenge, even when they generate income for the ministry.

Rebirth is accomplishing much and has so much potential for more.  We need your support.  No gifts are too small.  This summer we’re attempting to fund many camps and dig ourselves out of a little hole.  Thank you for partnering with me to advance urban ministries in the second phase of my ministry life.  Few people in the world have had the opportunity to do what they love - but I’m one of them.  And I have you to thank for that privilege.  Many blessings!

Mo Leverett
Director - Rebirth International

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