My Faithwalking Journey Podcast

MFJP 06: A Conversation with Michael De Ruyter

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Description

Michael De Ruyter is a husband, father, and pastor who lives and serves in Midland, Michigan. Mike serves his city and his church by focusing his ministry on pastoring the city. In this episode Mike shares how he and his church increasingly saw a need to not only pastor their congregation but pastor the city from within the congregation. Thank you for listening to this conversation! 

Show Notes:

  • (4:30) Introduction to the story of how Mike moved into the roll of pastoring his city
  • (6:25) Mike shares what God revealed to him during a Faithwalking retreat 
  • (7:18) “The fruitfulness comes after the faithfulness” - Michael De Ruyter
  • (13:45) The shift from pastoring a church to pastoring a city
  • (18:40) How Mike and pastors in the area got connected with the Mayor
  • (22:00) What is the goal of pastors networking to be good neighbors in the neighborhood? 
  • (30:00) Parting thoughts

Podcast Overview:

For over 25 years Jim has been serving the church in Houston Texas by working to mobilize individuals and congregations into collaborative efforts that are designed to serve the common good. In this podcast series Jim is talking to community leaders in Houston and across the country who are working to build more loving communities as a systemic solution to the big challenges that our communities face today.