Feb 22

A Pastor’s Dirty Little Secret

Category: Leadership & Ministry

Peter Drucker, the late leadership guru, said that the four hardest jobs in America (and not necessarily in order, he added) are: The President of the United States A university president A CEO of a hospital and A pastor Is that true? Pastors love God and love people.  They get to pray for people, lead people to a faith in Jesus Christ and teach the Word about God. That’s the dream job.  You can read the Bible all day, pray, play a little golf and preach.  I ...

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Feb 21

The New Wilshire Church Building - Heart for the House

Philip Wagner

Category: Leadership & Ministry

The New Wilshire Church Building - Heart for the House For the past 6 years, Oasis Church has been praying and believing God for a miracle, well 3 to be exact.  To find a new venue, for our offer to be accepted and for the financial resources to come to pay for our new home. 2 miracles down, 1 to go. This truly is a Miracle Project.  MIRACLE #1: TO FIND A BUILDING IN LAThis is like finding “a needle in a haystack”. Our prayer has been to find a building in LA with ...

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Feb 15

The Importance of Building Genuine Relationships with Other Believers

Philip Wagner

Category: Leadership & Ministry

One of the most important aspects of becoming strong in your faith, is building healthy relationships with other believers who have a genuine & mature walk with God. The lack of mature followers of Jesus in your life will result in difficulties that are unnecessary.No friends.Wrong friends.Friends who you think are spiritually strong – but are not. Some people enjoy a large church because of its focus on others while other people want a small, intimate church. We believe that our ...

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