These past few weeks the Lord was speaking to me about my ministry here and how I will be growing in my passion for church planting. I went on a retreat to the mountains last weekend and received a word that I would start ministering to adults and learn to embrace my gifting in leadership. This confirmation gave me so much peace since the week before I was reading Judges and the Lord prompted me to receive Deborah’s anointing and I was still dwelling on this.
Anyways…in response to the Lord’s leading this past week I took on a leadership role with the house church I am a member of (which I’ll explain below). If this is your first time reading my blog feel free to reach out to me by commenting/messaging through WordPress.
I work with and live at a mission center called BLOC. It is an urban missions center in Price Hill, Ohio. Our mission is to bring hope and community to our neighborhood that in return expand God’s kingdom. Essentially, to live out Ephesians 4:4-6 in the understanding that we are called to serve where we live as one body.
BLOC supports both those who work under and add to the ministry. They understand that it’s not just our mission but the communities and partners with surrounding churches and organizations to expand God’s kingdom together.
The discipleship pastor here at BLOC named Russ is also the leader of Praxis which is the training ground for micro-house church’s. The goal of Praxis is to create micro-house churches in every neighborhood of Cincinnati.
This is accomplished through training and equipping through 3 weekly practices or as Russ calls them -rhythms
Like Jesus we enjoy life with God, together with others, for the good of the world.
1.Enjoy- Wednesday nights is when the church invites anyone in to come experience the Lord through worship (this is a service that has a traditional feel to it but is focused solely on enjoying the Lord)
2. Together – Thursday mornings are prayer meetings and every month we have fun nights (to play games together) these meetings are focused on community and practices spending time with God together
3. Good – Sunday mornings are where those with a missional mindset focused on learning how to replicate Jesus’ ministry are invited to gather to practice these spiritual rhythms in a safe space so that they can take them out and plant other micro churches for the good of the world
In partnering with Praxis I will be helping lead Sunday morning meetings as well as training others outside of Praxis (like missions groups with BLOC, church groups, etc.)
We also partner with ministries like Russell school of ministry.
If you’d like to know more about our work, partnering with us, or would like help sponsor my ministry please let me know!
how to donate:
1) online at http://www.onebloc.org– click on “donate”. In the box to specify who to donate to, scroll to “other” and then manually enter “Jordan Greene”. Online donations have a 3% transaction fee (max $10). Donors have the option to cover the fees or not. If they do not cover the fees, the 3% will be held from your donation to cover the fees. or
2) donors can send a check payable to the following:
BLOC Ministries
911 W 8th Street
Cincinnati, OH 45203
Memo line – Jordan Greene