Gina is on a well-deserved mini sabbatical, so Mike Potter fills in as the host with his guest, Jesse Harden. Jesse has quite a story to tell. He and his wife, Joanna, are people who listen to the Lord and seek to follow His leading in their lives. This listening and following has led to quite an adventure – an adventure full of fruit, and an adventure full of hurdles too.
Jesse served as a youth and associate pastor in Albuquerque, NM for 12 years, and during that time began to sense the Lord calling him and his family to move into the roughest section of an already rough city. Jesse is here to tell the story of what happened when he sensed God calling him to leave his traditional church ministry position, move to an area of town referred to by many as the “war zone,” and live and minister there with his wife and kids.
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