Love INC (In the Name of Christ) of Metro Tampa REACH Program: Relationships that Equip, Affirm, Challenge and Heal Background: Love INC Relational Ministry Model Love INC is a proven capacity-building ministry that helps churches help people in need. The Help Center (Clearinghouse) is the foundation of this ministry,...
Read MoreLove INC advocates boldly for those He loves. We’ve all heard the saying that “A rose by any other name would smell as sweet”. Our recent 60-day journey with “Rose” represents an entirely new meaning for this phrase; a “Rose” of unmeasurable resilience and hope. ”Rose” was...
Read MoreOn Saturday, December 21, 2019, 14 volunteers from Sacred Heart Ministries’ Open Doors Men’s Prayer Group and Love INC completed phase one of an apartment "refresh" for Anna B., a single mom of six children (ages 11-4). Love INC has a two-year history of significant, “hands...
Read MoreOne of the most important things a church can do is to not let a person’s need become the church’s crisis. During recent morning rounds, my first stop was Love INC member church First Baptist Church (FBC) to deliver a copy of Redemptive Compassion to new...
Read MoreMutuality: having a reciprocal degree and feeling of (interest) between partners; the state derived from equality of (participation and contribution) in a relationship. - Urban Dictionary By design, Love INC (In the Name of Christ) of Metro Tampa is intentionally relational. This means we foster mutuality; an even exchange in...
Read More“The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say thank you. In between the two, the leader must become a servant and a debtor. That sums up the progress of an artful leader. ― Max DePree, Leadership is an Art Love...
Read More“But he wanted to justify himself, so he asked Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?” Luke 10:29 One of the most recognized stories to both Christians and nonbelievers is The Good Samaritan. While religious leaders, a priest and Levite, disregarded the man’s plight, having been robbed and...
Read MoreLove INC (In the Name of Christ) of Metro Tampa's partner ministry, Portico Workforce Housing Solutions (PWHS), has a mission: "To mobilize local Christian churches and their trained members to transform the lives of single men struggling with homelessness and our Tampa community, in the Name of...
Read MorePanhandling works perfectly. On many street corners, a person or exhausted mom of scarcity with kids in tow, holds a scrap of cardboard stating “hungry; anything helps” and stares plaintively through your windshield. How can you possibly resist responding? However, is panhandling God’s plan for any of...
Read More“To get what you want, deserve what you want. Trust, success, and admiration are earned.” In 2007, Charlie Munger gave the commencement address at USC Law School, opening his speech by saying, “Well, no doubt many of you are wondering why the speaker is so old....
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