Where Others Fled, They Built

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Pastor Mark DeYmaz discusses his work with Mosaic Church in Little Rock, Arkansas, focusing on rebuilding trust in challenged neighborhoods.

Send us Fan Mail Pastor Mark DeYmaz leads Mosaic Church, a multiethnic congregation in Little Rock, Arkansas. He’s spent decades working across lines of race, class, and politics to try to rebuild broken trust in some of the most wounded neighborhoods. He intentionally built his church in an area of the city with some of the highest crime rates—an area with significant homelessness and opioid issues—putting them right in the middle of the challenges they aim to address. The church has spent...

People in this episode

Guest: Pastor Mark DeYmaz

Topics covered

• multiethnic congregation
• community rebuilding
• trust
• crime rates
• homelessness
• opioid issues

Keywords

• Mosaic Church
• Little Rock
• community trust
• homelessness
• opioid crisis
• multiethnic
• crime

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Mosaic Church

Places: Little Rock, Arkansas

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