Ministry Report for 208

Nationstrategy had ministry and conferences this year in England, Ireland, Singapore, India, Indonesia, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, Nigeria, and South Africa. We traveled multiple times this year to Japan, Singapore and Indonesia for community transformation initiation and conferences. We conducted 13 Church-Community Connection Conferences this year and spoke 159 times in formal conference or church settings. We also had conferences in Hawaii, Florida (3 times in 3 different cities), Arizona, Nevada, Washington D.C. and Maryland.

The total number of leaders present at Church-Community Connection conferences would be well over 2000. The number of people we have ministered to this year would be well over 10,000. That is not to mention the number reached through my 4 books and well as my newspaper readership. As far as I know, Im in at least 15 newspapers weekly in America, New Zealand, and South Africa. My readership is about 500,000 people per week. Thats a big church!

As far as special projects or information that was accomplished in 2008, here are a few.

*We held third Nationstrategy Fund Raising event at Phoenix Country Club in Phoenix, Arizona. This gave our non -profit corporation greater exposure and influence in the Phoenix area. Our keynote speakers were a mayor from Avondale, Arizona, a spokesman from the Arizona Department of Economic Security, a Commander from the Phoenix Police Department and the publisher of The Glendale Star and Peoria Times.

*We designed a new logo and slogan.People Who Empower People To Transform Communities.as well as..We reveal Mindskins That Create Wineskins For Community Transformation and Enhancement. This has further defined and described our ministry more quickly and accurately.

*Nationstrategy has had a great part in the partial transformation of Maryvale, a suburb in the Metro-Phoenix area, in working with the Police and Commander Tim Hampton in designing community centers and a positive philosophy toward residents in the community that has drastically reduced crime in the area. Commander Hampton has been on several television news stations as the lead story as well as taping a one half hour special with the Mayor of Phoenix. All of this is due to Tims outstanding leadership and as well as reading my book, Church @ Community. It was the tipping point in his personal journey towards creating better communities. He realized that as a Commander in the police force, he is a pastor to the community.

*Nationstrategy was a catalyst for the initiation of the Crystal Darkness Alliance in Reno, Nevada. This alliance is a combination of church and community activists who decided to do something about the huge crystal problem in Reno. Several pastors attending our Church-Community Connection conference in Reno were convinced after the conference do get involved in solving problems in the community. This alliance has even influenced the Nevada governors wife, Dawn Gibbons, who said.This campaign sends a clear message; not in my house, not in my neighborhood, not in my school.

*Nationstrategy has been a catalyst in establishing the Peoria Faith Council. Peoria is a suburb in the Metro-Phoenix area. This is a combination of local government working with local churches to find a need and meet it. The Council is off and running and coordinating events like the Run For Life event at the Peoria Sports station where over 6000 people are expected to run all day to raise funds for cancer research. The churches in the area are coordinating the whole thing. The mayor of Peoria couldnt be happier. This year there will be over 700 cancer survivors walking into the stadium like a funeral procession. This event gains 1000s in attendance each year.

*Nationstrategy was also on national television in Jakarta, Indonesia talking about community enhancement and transformation.

*Transformation Florida was started in Destin, Florida by Nationstrategy and local businessman Mark Taylor. Transformation Florida is about bringing the community up to its full potential. Mark was strongly influenced by my book, Church @ Community. NS held a Church-Community Connection conference there and as a result, Transformation Florida was formed. We also helped start a community transformation movement in Melbourne, Florida with businessman Paul Prosbury and his associates after a Church-Community Connection conference.

*Nationstrategy helped initiate, along with pastors from Benoni, South Africa, a movement to improve the Police facilities of their city. Several projects to enhance the city are now being started. Local pastor Joshua Churchyard is coordinating this community enhancement initiative. This group has really hit the ground running thanks to people who want to incarnate in the community.

*Nationstrategy has been having wonderful influence with the Evangelical Lutheran Churches of America. The denomination recently bought one Church @ Community books for every pastor in their denominational jurisdiction. I was back in the Washington, DC area in December building relationships and networking with some of the leaders of this denomination. They are wonderful people and ready to engage the community.

*Nationstrategy is working with Dr. Tony Rapu in Lagos, Nigeria who is also a pastor of a very influential church in Lagos. Tony is also a medical doctor who is feeding 1000s of people in the low income areas of the city. His social work is outstanding. He is a very high power person in the city and we are happy to work with him. He admires our approach to community transformation and enhancement. We admire his commitment to the community as well as church.

*Nationstrategy worked with every main community sphere of influence in 2008. We want to be people of influence in a place of influence with Gods wisdom to transform communities.

*This year Nationstrategy envisioned and empowered more leaders and influencers in the church to be leaders and influencers in the community than in any preceding year of our ministry. NS was started in 2001. As a result of our participation in the community, we have had many letters of thanks and endorsements coming from influencers in the community. Please click What Community Leaders Say on our website. We are very awed and humbled by these endorsements.

*Eds new book entitled, The Five Minute Miracle-Standing Out By Becoming Outstanding, was released in December 2008. The book is another community transformation resource. The book is a collection of 100 of Eds articles published in The Glendale Star and The Peoria Times. The book is designed to move people in the community as well as church from uninterested to interested, unconcerned to concerned, unaware to aware, closed to open, concerning God, church and Christians. Its opens minds and hearts to consider God again. Please look at our website, www.nationstrategy, to find out more about this books and Eds other three books.

If you would like to have Ed Delph come to your church, community, event or conference, please contact us at our website or call 623-363-9961 in the USA.

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