Start With “Why?” Before “How Do I?”

Maina Mwaura serves as the Student Pastor at Greenforest Community Baptist Church in Decatur, GA.  He is a graduate of Liberty University and New Orleans Baptist Theological seminary.  When Maina is not hanging out with his students you can find him spending time with his wife Tiffiney.   It seems like there is a manual for…

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How to View the Urban Culture – Part 2

by Maina Mwaura  This is Part 2 of a series started here. According to George Barna’s latest book Futurecast, there are three types of people when it comes to the future: those who will watch what happens, those who will make it happen, and those who will wonder what happened.  Which will you be? I…

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UYWI Remembers 9/11: A Place of Hope at Ground Zero

As our nation revisits the horrors and hope of September 11 during this tenth anniversary week, UYWI joins our friends in New York City, Pennsylvania, and Washington, DC, in remembering a God who’s present with us in our suffering. The video below is of Jeremy Del Rio at the 2005 UYWI National Conference, reflecting on…

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The Culture Around Us – Part 1

Maina Mwaura is from the great state of Georgia. He serves as the student pastor at Greenforest Community Baptist Church in Decatur, Ga. When Maina is not hanging out with his students you can find him spending time with his wife Tiffiney. Maina is a graduate of Liberty University and New Orleans Baptist Theological seminary.…

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