Part 3: Prayer

Posted on October 20, 2011 by Frank Wooden

If there has been one key element in growing our vision to plant churches in San Diego it has been prayer. Prayer literally has been the engine that drives Sweetwater River Church. About four years ago a group of us began to pray together on Wednesday night on how SRC could reach the city of San [...]

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Why I Believe In a Multi-ethnic Church

Posted on November 5, 2010 by Frank Wooden

I just attended the first ever Multi-Ethnic Church Conference held in San Diego. MECC provided me an opportunity to see old friends and make new ones but more importantly, my commitment to diversity was renewed. As a pastor of a multi-ethnic church, I’m not an advocate for multi-ethnicity because it is cool or it is [...]

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Success and Failure

Posted on February 26, 2010 by Frank Wooden

I had a great time on Wednesday meeting with three pastors from the Anaheim area- an Anglo, Guatemalan and Filipino. They are hoping to merge their three congregations into one in the fall. They made the drive to San Diego to explore how we do things. One of the greatest things we can pass on [...]

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20/20 By 2020

Posted on December 4, 2009 by Frank Wooden

I just participated in a video conference yesterday with some extremely creative ministry leaders organized by Mark DeYmaz and Mosaix. We were discussing how to take multi-ethnic ministry to the next level nationally in 2010. Mark shared a great goal for the multi-ethnic movement: That 20% of churches would be at least 20% ethnic by 2020. I [...]

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The Color of Worship

Posted on October 8, 2009 by Frank Wooden

I looked at our worship team this past Sunday and I counted the following ethnicities: 4 blacks, 4 whites, 4 Asians and 3 Hispanics. That’s the color of worship. The diversity of Sweetwater River Church has become attactional to new people. Friends can be invited from any ethnicity and know that they won’t stand out in a [...]

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Diversity

Posted on February 3, 2009 by Frank Wooden

Whenever I use the word “diversity” I think of the old SNL skit where a Sean Connery impersonator is playing Jeopardy. The clue is “diversity” and his response is “I believe, Alex, that it is an old, wooden sailing ship.” Add words like inter-cultural, multi-cultural, and multi-ethnic into the mix and it can become confusing [...]

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