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conversations.value: Do you know a description for a book titled Doing Church as a Team about Hawaii, Wayne, Anna with the genre: Christian Books & Bibles, Churches & Church Leadership?
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conversations.value: the author is founding pastor of New Hope Christian Fellowship in Honolulu, Hawaii, with more than 14,500 in weekly attendance as well as an author, songwriter, and highly sought-after speaker. He has authored ten books, including The Divine Mentor, Leading on Empty, and Doing Church as a Team. He is a church planter at heart and has helped to plant more than 100 churches around the world. He has been featured in numerous media outlets including Focus on the Family, Outreach, and Ministry Today. Wayne and his wife, Anna, have three children and several grandchildren. Wayne and Anna now split their time between Hawaii and Eugene, Oregon, where they have a family farm.
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conversations.value: Do you know the first three paragraphs for this book? Start with the sentence 'Doing Church as a Team
  While everyone else zealously banged on doors, I quietly found a McDonald's nearby, read my Bible for two hours and repented that I couldn't bring myself to lead anyone to the Lord'.
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conversations.value: Doing Church as a Team
  While everyone else zealously banged on doors, I quietly found a McDonald's nearby, read my Bible for two hours and repented that I couldn't bring myself to lead anyone to the Lord. When everyone returned with glowing reports, I just sat there in the corner of the room, hoping no one would notice me. I felt guilty and condemned.
  On the other hand, I love the arts. I love music, creative multimedia presentations, storytelling and songwriting. Over the years, I've pursued these with a passion. In Bible college, I formed a musical group that traveled throughout the country each summer, singing and speaking at dozens of youth camps. Through the use of the arts and through public speaking, I have seen hundreds of people come to Christ. During the first year of New Hope in Oahu, God allowed me to play a small part in seeing more than 1,800 people receive Christ for the first time. I felt humbled to learn this; it is equivalent of five people a day being won to Christ! Even at the time of this writing, more than 3,500 people receive Christ each year through our weekend services.
  God calls us to grow in Christ as long as we walk this earth. Therefore, each of us is still growing in the Lord. Some of us may be spiritual toddlers, while others have reached the adolescent or adult stage. Adolescents may have knowledge but still have a long way to go in gaining wisdom—that is, the ability to apply their knowledge to everyday living. Others are fountains of common, street sense, but know very little of the Bible.
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conversations.value: Do you know five more paragraphs? End with the sentence ' Paddling together propels us forward and results in progress.'.
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conversations.value: Alignment can help build an unstoppable movement with the power to overcome every obstacle, move every mountain and bridge every impasse. With everyone in alignment, every activity contributes in a more meaningful way to the overall vision of the church.
  My responsibility as a servant-leader is to shepherd God's people by setting forth a mission statement, or statement of purpose, for the people He asks me to lead. I must communicate the vision if the people are to catch it.
  God tells leaders to set a statement of purpose clearly before the people so that they may run in such a way that they will win. Knowing the vision and presenting it clearly are crucial to the success of any church or ministry.
  At New Hope Christian Fellowship, we continually communicate our mission statement and core values to the whole church. We explain our vision and disseminate it in as many ways as we can—from the pulpit, in our newsletters, in weekly bulletins and in most of our flyers. We even post it in the reception area of our offices so that anyone who walks in, whether visitor or member, can read it and know what we're doing. When we can all see the vision (the assignment of our church), we can all run together.
  God has called us to be a people of vision, with every one of us pulling together in rhythm. Since everyone has a paddle, everyone has a part. In order for our canoe to arrive successfully at its destination, the people need to row together. We all must stroke together and not stroke at our own pace. Paddling together propels us forward and results in progress.
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conversations.value: Do you know the last three paragraphs?
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conversations.value: He is an accomplished songwriter who has released six albums. His "Words of New Hope," a radio broadcast, airs daily in Hawaii as well as in Oregon. In addition, New Hope's services are televised throughout Hawaii. As president of the Pacific Rim Bible College, Wayne is working to train, develop and support emerging leaders who will plant twenty-first-century churches around the Pacific Rim.
  Wayne travels extensively throughout the islands, the continental United States and Asia to speak at conferences, churches, civic gatherings, prisons, business forums and leadership conventions. He also speaks to companies and corporations about restructuring and growth strategies.
  Pastor Wayne and his wife, Anna, have three children, Amy, Aaron and Abigail, all of whom serve with him in ministry.
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conversations.value: Delete the first sentence.
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conversations.value: His "Words of New Hope," a radio broadcast, airs daily in Hawaii as well as in Oregon. In addition, New Hope's services are televised throughout Hawaii. As president of the Pacific Rim Bible College, Wayne is working to train, develop and support emerging leaders who will plant twenty-first-century churches around the Pacific Rim.
  Wayne travels extensively throughout the islands, the continental United States and Asia to speak at conferences, churches, civic gatherings, prisons, business forums and leadership conventions. He also speaks to companies and corporations about restructuring and growth strategies.
  Pastor Wayne and his wife, Anna, have three children, Amy, Aaron and Abigail, all of whom serve with him in ministry.