Brainerd Conference Day One: Evening Sermon, Sean DeMars

About this episode

Sean DeMars shares his journey of church revitalization and the lessons learned through challenges.

Speaker: Sean Demars Summary: In this Brainerd Conference session, Sean shares his journey of church revitalization at Sixth Avenue Community Church. Initially confident and equipped with years of ministry experience, he faced numerous challenges, from financial struggles to dealing with members' heretical beliefs and personal betrayals. Through these hardships, he discovered the profound lesson that true pastoral strength is found in embracing weakness, as highlighted in Second Corinthians ...

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Guest: Sean DeMars

Topics covered

• church revitalization
• pastoral strength
• financial struggles
• heretical beliefs
• personal betrayals

Keywords

• Brainerd Conference
• Sixth Avenue Community Church
• Second Corinthians

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Evening Sermon, Second Corinthians

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