Be Real: Because Fake Is Exhausting - Softcover

Bezet, Rick

Softcover

ISBN 10: 080101669X ISBN 13: 9780801016691

Verlag: Baker Books, 2014

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Inspiring pastor and teacher motivates readers to drop their defenses, get connected to a community, and become fearless and authentic followers of Jesus.

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<b>Rick Bezet</b> is the founder and lead pastor of New Life Church in Central Arkansas, listed by <i>Outreach</i> magazine in 2009 as America's fastest-growing church. Today, it includes nine campuses and over twenty weekend worship experiences. A former professional golfer, Rick is one of the founding directors of the Association of Related Churches (ARC), an organization designed to plant churches and impact the world through missions. He speaks across America and around the world, sharing his passion and vision for authentic Christianity. He lives in Arkansas with his wife, Michelle, and their children.

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<b>Rick Bezet</b> is the founder and lead pastor of New Life Church in Arkansas. Since 2001, New Life has grown to include nine churches with over twenty services and an online service. Rick speaks all over the world, inspiring and training church planters and leaders, but his heart is always to see the next person encounter Jesus. This passion led to the development of the Arkansas Dream Center, which serves thousands of individuals and families daily in local communities. Rick is a founding board member and overseer of the Association of Related Churches (ARC), an organization dedicated to planting life-giving churches across the nation.<br><br>Rick and his wife, Michelle, have four children and have been married for over twenty-five years. They live in Arkansas. We live in a world of fakers. Rather than being real with each other, we present a carefully crafted persona that hides our faults and magnifies our good qualities. But inside we long to be loved, warts and all. <br><br><b>We long to stop hiding from each other--and especially from God.</b><br><br>Pastor Rick Bezet clearly calls us to lives built on authenticity, showing that the way to true freedom lies through reclaiming our hearts, reviving our souls, and renewing our minds in light of what God has done for us through Jesus Christ. Through biblical stories and often-humorous personal examples, Bezet encourages us to live with passion, integrity, and perseverance. He releases us from the spiritual death that comes with pretending and leads us into a new life characterized by transparency rather than fear.

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Rick Bezet is the founder and lead pastor of New Life Church in Arkansas. Since 2001, New Life has grown to include nine churches with over twenty services and an online service. Rick speaks all over the world, inspiring and training church planters and leaders, but his heart is always to see the next person encounter Jesus. This passion led to the development of the Arkansas Dream Center, which serves thousands of individuals and families daily in local communities. Rick is a founding board member and overseer of the Association of Related Churches (ARC), an organization dedicated to planting life-giving churches across the nation.

Rick and his wife, Michelle, have four children and have been married for over twenty-five years. They live in Arkansas.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Baker Books
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2014
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 080101669X
• ISBN 13: 9780801016691
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 208
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