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Life, Leadership, and Legacy by pray.com features the world’s most passionate and devoted leaders. In these mini-podcast series we get an exclusive look into the stories, experiences, and lessons learned that make these people some of the

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most influential leaders on earth. Join us as we discover how these respected leaders overcome vast obstacles and defeat the odds by turning massive challenges into success. Learn from their experiences and apply them to live a better life. If you enjoy our podcast please leave a rating and review.

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  1. 145This week on PRAY: Dr. Kim KimberlingDr. Kim Kimberling has been a professional counselor for over thirty years. He holds a Ph.D. and a Doctor of Ministry in Christian Counseling as well as a Masters’ Degree in Christian Ministry and Theological Studies. He is also a member of the Christian Coaches Network and the International Coach Federation. He served as the president and co-founder of Family Christian Counseling in Oklahoma City, before becoming the president and co-founder of Awesome Marriage. Awesome Marriage reaches thousands of people each month with God’s plan for marriage and relationships. He and his wife, Nancy, have been married for 49 years - together they have two adult married children and five awesome grandchildren. Please leave us a rating and subscribe so that you never miss an episode. For more inspirational content visit: https://www.pray.com/discover3 min
  2. 146Overview of Bishop Edward Cook’s Life, Leadership, and Legacy​Bishop Edward T. Cook is a lifelong, 3rd generation member of the Church of God in Christ. In 1994, he led the merger of the Zion and New Jerusalem congregations to successfully form The New Life Church of God In Christ. Previously, Bishop Cook was the pastor of the New Jerusalem Church of God in Christ and the Zion Church of God in Christ, both in Toledo, Ohio. In 2008, Bishop-designate Cook was recommended to the General Board of the Church of God in Christ by the pastors of Ohio North First Jurisdiction to succeed Bishop Walter E. Jordan as Jurisdictional Prelate of Ohio North First Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction of the Church of God in Christ, the seventh in succession. Additionally, has served as a leader and Board Member for many intervention, outreach ministries, and revitalization initiatives throughout Toledo. In 1998, he was a joint recipient of the NAACP President’s Award for his work as an officer and member of Covenant Community Development Corporation (CCDC) and their pioneering work in community development, as well as the recipient of the NAACP Humanitarian Award in 2005. He is the eldest of six children and is married to Sheila Lynn Terry Cook, his wife of 47 years. Together they have two children and two grandchildren. Please leave us a rating and subscribe so that you never miss an episode. For more inspirational content from pray.com visit: https://www.pray.com/pray-bible-experience22 min
  3. 147Edward Cook - Legacy - “Legacy Happens When We Live”​Bishop Edward T. Cook is a lifelong, 3rd generation member of the Church of God in Christ. In 1994, he led the merger of the Zion and New Jerusalem congregations to successfully form The New Life Church of God In Christ. Previously, Bishop Cook was the pastor of the New Jerusalem Church of God in Christ and the Zion Church of God in Christ, both in Toledo, Ohio. In 2008, Bishop-designate Cook was recommended to the General Board of the Church of God in Christ by the pastors of Ohio North First Jurisdiction to succeed Bishop Walter E. Jordan as Jurisdictional Prelate of Ohio North First Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction of the Church of God in Christ, the seventh in succession. Additionally, has served as a leader and Board Member for many intervention, outreach ministries, and revitalization initiatives throughout Toledo. In 1998, he was a joint recipient of the NAACP President’s Award for his work as an officer and member of Covenant Community Development Corporation (CCDC) and their pioneering work in community development, as well as the recipient of the NAACP Humanitarian Award in 2005. He is the eldest of six children and is married to Sheila Lynn Terry Cook, his wife of 47 years. Together they have two children and two grandchildren. Please leave us a rating and subscribe so that you never miss an episode. For more inspirational content from pray.com visit: https://www.pray.com/pray-bible-experience23 min
  4. 148Edward Cook - Leadership - “Listen, Hear, and Obey”​Bishop Edward T. Cook is a lifelong, 3rd generation member of the Church of God in Christ. In 1994, he led the merger of the Zion and New Jerusalem congregations to successfully form The New Life Church of God In Christ. Previously, Bishop Cook was the pastor of the New Jerusalem Church of God in Christ and the Zion Church of God in Christ, both in Toledo, Ohio. In 2008, Bishop-designate Cook was recommended to the General Board of the Church of God in Christ by the pastors of Ohio North First Jurisdiction to succeed Bishop Walter E. Jordan as Jurisdictional Prelate of Ohio North First Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction of the Church of God in Christ, the seventh in succession. Additionally, has served as a leader and Board Member for many intervention, outreach ministries, and revitalization initiatives throughout Toledo. In 1998, he was a joint recipient of the NAACP President’s Award for his work as an officer and member of Covenant Community Development Corporation (CCDC) and their pioneering work in community development, as well as the recipient of the NAACP Humanitarian Award in 2005. He is the eldest of six children and is married to Sheila Lynn Terry Cook, his wife of 47 years. Together they have two children and two grandchildren. Please leave us a rating and subscribe so that you never miss an episode. For more inspirational content from pray.com visit: https://www.pray.com/pray-bible-experience20 min
  5. 149Edward Cook – Life - “Inevitable Influences”​Bishop Edward T. Cook is a lifelong, 3rd generation member of the Church of God in Christ. In 1994, he led the merger of the Zion and New Jerusalem congregations to successfully form The New Life Church of God In Christ. Previously, Bishop Cook was the pastor of the New Jerusalem Church of God in Christ and the Zion Church of God in Christ, both in Toledo, Ohio. In 2008, Bishop-designate Cook was recommended to the General Board of the Church of God in Christ by the pastors of Ohio North First Jurisdiction to succeed Bishop Walter E. Jordan as Jurisdictional Prelate of Ohio North First Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction of the Church of God in Christ, the seventh in succession. Additionally, has served as a leader and Board Member for many intervention, outreach ministries, and revitalization initiatives throughout Toledo. In 1998, he was a joint recipient of the NAACP President’s Award for his work as an officer and member of Covenant Community Development Corporation (CCDC) and their pioneering work in community development, as well as the recipient of the NAACP Humanitarian Award in 2005. He is the eldest of six children and is married to Sheila Lynn Terry Cook, his wife of 47 years. Together they have two children and two grandchildren. Please leave us a rating and subscribe so that you never miss an episode. For more inspirational content from pray.com visit: https://www.pray.com/pray-bible-experience22 min
  6. 150This week on PRAY: Bishop Edward Cook​Bishop Edward T. Cook is a lifelong, 3rd generation member of the Church of God in Christ. In 1994, he led the merger of the Zion and New Jerusalem congregations to successfully form The New Life Church of God In Christ. Previously, Bishop Cook was the pastor of the New Jerusalem Church of God in Christ and the Zion Church of God in Christ, both in Toledo, Ohio. In 2008, Bishop-designate Cook was recommended to the General Board of the Church of God in Christ by the pastors of Ohio North First Jurisdiction to succeed Bishop Walter E. Jordan as Jurisdictional Prelate of Ohio North First Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction of the Church of God in Christ, the seventh in succession. Additionally, has served as a leader and Board Member for many intervention, outreach ministries, and revitalization initiatives throughout Toledo. In 1998, he was a joint recipient of the NAACP President’s Award for his work as an officer and member of Covenant Community Development Corporation (CCDC) and their pioneering work in community development, as well as the recipient of the NAACP Humanitarian Award in 2005. He is the eldest of six children and is married to Sheila Lynn Terry Cook, his wife of 47 years. Together they have two children and two grandchildren. Please leave us a rating and subscribe so that you never miss an episode. For more inspirational content from pray.com visit: https://www.pray.com/pray-bible-experience3 min
  7. 151Overview of Anthony Hudson’s Life, Leadership, and LegacyPastor Anthony M Hudson Sr is the founder and head pastor of Greater Faith of Ministries of God in Christ in Cincinnati, OH. A Cincinnati native, he was raised at Holy Trinity COGIC and became a licenced minister in 2005. He was ordained as an Elder in the Church of God in Christ in 2008. He is the founder of Faith for Life Community Development Corporation, which provides meals and warm clothing to Cinicinnati’s homeless population, as well as school supplies and GED programs to multiple underserved communities. In addition to numerous community leadership roles, pastor Hudson is a National Adjutant, and serves as the Chief Adjutant of The Ohio Southern Jurisdiction, as well as the Vice President of the Youth Department for the Mid-North Global region of the COGIC to serve Michigan, Canada, Ohio, and Western Pennsylvania areas. One of the youngest Chief Adjutants in the COGIC, he is the proud father of two sons and twin daughters. Please leave us a rating and subscribe so that you never miss an episode. For more inspirational content visit: https://www.pray.com/pray-bible-experience19 min
  8. 152Anthony Hudson - Legacy - “Your Legacy Should Transcend Time”Pastor Anthony M Hudson Sr is the founder and head pastor of Greater Faith of Ministries of God in Christ in Cincinnati, OH. A Cincinnati native, he was raised at Holy Trinity COGIC (Church of God in Christ) and became a licenced minister in 2005. He was ordained as an Elder in the Church of God in Christ in 2008. He is the founder of Faith for Life Community Development Corporation, which provides meals and warm clothing to Cinicinnati’s homeless population, as well as school supplies and GED programs to multiple underserved communities. In addition to numerous community leadership roles, pastor Hudson is a National Adjutant, and serves as the Chief Adjutant of The Ohio Southern Jurisdiction, as well as the Vice President of the Youth Department for the Mid-North Global region of the COGIC to serve Michigan, Canada, Ohio, and Western Pennsylvania areas. One of the youngest Chief Adjutants in the COGIC, he is the proud father of two sons and twin daughters. “Many people behind you are depending on your purpose, because it’s your purpose that’s going to give birth to their purpose.” Please leave us a rating and subscribe so that you never miss an episode. For more inspirational content visit: https://www.pray.com/pray-bible-experience19 min
  9. 153Anthony Hudson - Leadership - “Be An Innovative Visionary”Pastor Anthony M Hudson Sr is the founder and head pastor of Greater Faith of Ministries of God in Christ in Cincinnati, OH. A Cincinnati native, he was raised at Holy Trinity COGIC and became a licenced minister in 2005. He was ordained as an Elder in the Church of God in Christ in 2008. He is the founder of Faith for Life Community Development Corporation, which provides meals and warm clothing to Cinicinnati’s homeless population, as well as school supplies and GED programs to multiple underserved communities. In addition to numerous community leadership roles, pastor Hudson is a National Adjutant, and serves as the Chief Adjutant of The Ohio Southern Jurisdiction, as well as the Vice President of the Youth Department for the Mid-North Global region of the COGIC to serve Michigan, Canada, Ohio, and Western Pennsylvania areas. One of the youngest Chief Adjutants in the COGIC, he is the proud father of two sons and twin daughters. “Many people behind you are depending on your purpose, because it’s your purpose that’s going to give birth to their purpose.” Please leave us a rating and subscribe so that you never miss an episode. For more inspirational content visit: https://www.pray.com/pray-bible-experience20 min
  10. 154Anthony Hudson – Life - “Life Happens, Even to the Believer”Pastor Anthony M Hudson Sr is the founder and head pastor of Greater Faith of Ministries of God in Christ in Cincinnati, OH. A Cincinnati native, he was raised at Holy Trinity COGIC and became a licenced minister in 2005. He was ordained as an Elder in the Church of God in Christ in 2008. He is the founder of Faith for Life Community Development Corporation, which provides meals and warm clothing to Cinicinnati’s homeless population, as well as school supplies and GED programs to multiple underserved communities. In addition to numerous community leadership roles, pastor Hudson is a National Adjutant, and serves as the Chief Adjutant of The Ohio Southern Jurisdiction, as well as the Vice President of the Youth Department for the Mid-North Global region of the COGIC to serve Michigan, Canada, Ohio, and Western Pennsylvania areas. One of the youngest Chief Adjutants in the COGIC, he is the proud father of two sons and twin daughters. “Everything we do should be gauged by how Jesus himself set the standard for us.” Please leave us a rating and subscribe so that you never miss an episode. For more inspirational content visit: https://www.pray.com/pray-bible-experience19 min
  11. 155This week on PRAY: Pastor Anthony HudsonPastor Anthony M Hudson Sr is the founder and head pastor of Greater Faith of Ministries of God in Christ in Cincinnati, OH. A Cincinnati native, he was raised at Holy Trinity COGIC and became a licenced minister in 2005. He was ordained as an Elder in the Church of God in Christ in 2008. He is the founder of Faith for Life Community Development Corporation, which provides meals and warm clothing to Cinicinnati’s homeless population, as well as school supplies and GED programs to multiple underserved communities. In addition to numerous community leadership roles, pastor Hudson is a National Adjutant, and serves as the Chief Adjutant of The Ohio Southern Jurisdiction, as well as the Vice President of the Youth Department for the Mid-North Global region of the COGIC to serve Michigan, Canada, Ohio, and Western Pennsylvania areas. One of the youngest Chief Adjutants in the COGIC, he is the proud father of two sons and twin daughters. “You find out what victory is when you learn how to really go through and endure.” Please leave us a rating and subscribe so that you never miss an episode. For more inspirational content visit: https://www.pray.com/pray-bible-experience3 min
  12. 156Overview of Dr. Jewel Williams' Life, Leadership, and LegacyDr. Jewel Williams is a pastor and founder of Tri-Production Publishing. After her own book, Fearfully and Wonderfully Made, was published, she answered her call to help others become published by starting her own publishing company and author mentorship program. With a doctorate of ministry from Bethel Seminary-St Paul, she has been an educator and leader for countless Chicago-area Christian organizations. She currently serves as pastor at Abundant Life Worship Center in Chicago, IL. Please leave us a rating and subscribe so that you never miss an episode. For more inspirational content visit: https://www.pray.com/pray-bible-experience26 min
  13. 157Dr. Jewel Williams - Legacy - “Create a Fire in Others”Dr. Jewel Williams is a pastor and founder of Tri-Production Publishing. After her own book, Fearfully and Wonderfully Made, was published, she answered her call to help others become published by starting her own publishing company and author mentorship program. With a doctorate of ministry from Bethel Seminary-St Paul, she has been an educator and leader for countless Chicago-area Christian organizations. She currently serves as pastor at Abundant Life Worship Center in Chicago, IL. “The struggles with leaving a legacy is will what I’m doing matter. Or will those behind me really cary it forward. . . . My challenge then isn’t so much will it matter. My challenge is to make sure my legacy isn’t all about me, but leaving something that continues to point the next generation to Christ.” Please leave us a rating and subscribe so that you never miss an episode. For more inspirational content visit: https://www.pray.com/pray-bible-experience24 min
  14. 158Dr. Jewel Williams - Leadership - “Love”Dr. Jewel Williams is a pastor and founder of Tri-Production Publishing. After her own book, Fearfully and Wonderfully Made, was published, she answered her call to help others become published by starting her own publishing company and author mentorship program. With a doctorate of ministry from Bethel Seminary-St Paul, she has been an educator and leader for countless Chicago-area Christian organizations. She currently serves as pastor at Abundant Life Worship Center in Chicago, IL. “I owe God myself, because of what He sacrificed through Christ to give to me. . . . And so I offer myself to Him so that he can now love through me.” Please leave us a rating and subscribe so that you never miss an episode. For more inspirational content visit: https://www.pray.com/pray-bible-experience26 min
  15. 159Dr. Jewel Williams – Life - “Learn to Bloom from the Dirt”Dr. Jewel Williams is a pastor and founder of Tri-Production Publishing. After her own book, Fearfully and Wonderfully Made, was published, she answered her call to help others become published by starting her own publishing company and author mentorship program. With a doctorate of ministry from Bethel Seminary-St Paul, she has been an educator and leader for countless Chicago-area Christian organizations. She currently serves as pastor at Abundant Life Worship Center in Chicago, IL. “I owe God myself, because of what He sacrificed through Christ to give to me. . . . And so I offer myself to Him so that he can now love through me.” Please leave us a rating and subscribe so that you never miss an episode. For more inspirational content visit: https://www.pray.com/pray-bible-experience24 min
  16. 160This week on PRAY: Dr. Jewel WilliamsDr. Jewel Williams is a pastor and founder of Tri-Production Publishing. After her own book, Fearfully and Wonderfully Made, was published, she answered her call to help others become published by starting her own publishing company and author mentorship program. With a doctorate of ministry from Bethel Seminary-St Paul, she has been an educator and leader for countless Chicago-area Christian organizations. She currently serves as pastor at Abundant Life Worship Center in Chicago, IL. Please leave us a rating and subscribe so that you never miss an episode. For more inspirational content visit: https://www.pray.com/pray-bible-experience3 min
  17. 161Overview of Mike Kai's Life, Leadership, and LegacyMike Kai has led Inspire Church, a multi-site congregation in Hawaii, for more than twelve years. He is also the author of Plateaus: Move From Where You Are To Where You Want To Be. In an effort to support Islanders with tools to lead, he founded Equip and Inspire Conferences, which has expanded into an international organization. In 2007, he founded Send Hope International to support and strengthen church-planters and missionaries alike. He has coached, trained, and mentored pastors from Hawaii, the Pacific Rim, and the mainland US. Please leave us a rating and subscribe so that you never miss an episode. For more inspirational content visit: https://www.pray.com/pray-bible-experience25 min
  18. 162Mike Kai - Legacy - “Life, Love, Leadership, and Laughter”Mike Kai has led Inspire Church, a multi-site congregation in Hawaii, for more than twelve years. He is also the author of Plateaus: Move From Where You Are To Where You Want To Be. In an effort to support Islanders with tools to lead, he founded Equip and Inspire Conferences, which has expanded into an international organization. In 2007, he founded Send Hope International to support and strengthen church-planters and missionaries alike. He has coached, trained, and mentored pastors from Hawaii, the Pacific Rim, and the mainland US.“If there’s anything that I want to be known for is, in my daughters lives, I want to be known as the G.O.A.T. I want to be known as the greatest of all time when it came to a father.” Please leave us a rating and subscribe so that you never miss an episode. For more inspirational content visit: https://www.pray.com/pray-bible-experience Join Mike Kai's church, Inspire Church at https://www.pray.com/org/inspire-church-waipahu-hi14 min
  19. 163Mike Kai - Leadership - “Let God Blow Your Mind”Mike Kai has led Inspire Church, a multi-site congregation in Hawaii, for more than twelve years. He is also the author of Plateaus: Move From Where You Are To Where You Want To Be. In an effort to support Islanders with tools to lead, he founded Equip and Inspire Conferences, which has expanded into an international organization. In 2007, he founded Send Hope International to support and strengthen church-planters and missionaries alike. He has coached, trained, and mentored pastors from Hawaii, the Pacific Rim, and the mainland US. “I delighted myself in God and he gave me the desires of my heart, but my desires began to change. My desires became His desires. I wanted what God wanted.” Please leave us a rating and subscribe so that you never miss an episode. For more inspirational content visit: https://www.pray.com/pray-bible-experience26 min
  20. 164Mike Kai – Life - “Not all prayers will be answered”Mike Kai has led Inspire Church, a multi-site congregation in Hawaii, for more than twelve years. He is also the author of Plateaus: Move From Where You Are To Where You Want To Be. In an effort to support Islanders with tools to lead, he founded Equip and Inspire Conferences, which has expanded into an international organization. In 2007, he founded Send Hope International to support and strengthen church-planters and missionaries alike. He has coached, trained, and mentored pastors from Hawaii, the Pacific Rim, and the mainland US.“I thought my marriage would get fixed I thought she’d come back and like the changes, I thought things would be different. But even though my circumstances never changed, I was changing.” Please leave us a rating and subscribe so that you never miss an episode. For more inspirational content visit: https://www.pray.com/pray-bible-experience Join Mike Kai's church, Inspire Church at https://www.pray.com/org/inspire-church-waipahu-hi Download the Pray.com app and join your community today.21 min
  21. 165This week on PRAY: Pastor Mike KaiMike Kai has led Inspire Church, a multi-site congregation in Hawaii, for more than twelve years. He is also the author of Plateaus: Move From Where You Are To Where You Want To Be. In an effort to support Islanders with tools to lead, he founded Equip and Inspire Conferences, which has expanded into an international organization. In 2007, he founded Send Hope International to support and strengthen church-planters and missionaries alike. He has coached, trained, and mentored pastors from Hawaii, the Pacific Rim, and the mainland US. Please leave us a rating and subscribe so that you never miss an episode. For more inspirational content visit: https://www.pray.com/pray-bible-experience Join Mike Kai's church, Inspire Church at https://www.pray.com/org/inspire-church-waipahu-hi3 min
  22. 166Overview of Christian Aranza's Life, Leadership, and LegacyChristian Aranza is the Head Pastor at Valley Rise Church. Raised in southern Louisiana, he moved to Detroit Michigan for high school. After graduation, Christian served as a medic in the airforce, and later earned his degree from Oral Roberts University. After some challenges, Christian began his life of service at Church of the Highlands in Birmingham, Alabama. In January 2018, he launched Valley Rise Church in Houston, Texas, where he continues to build an open and inviting community. Please leave us a rating and subscribe so that you never miss an episode. For more inspirational content visit: https://www.pray.com/pray-bible-experience24 min
  23. 167Christian Aranza - Legacy - “Serving Our Fellow Man”Christian Aranza is the Head Pastor at Valley Rise Church. Raised in southern Louisiana, he moved to Detroit Michigan for high school. After graduation, Christian served as a medic in the airforce, and later earned his degree from Oral Roberts University. After some challenges, Christian began his life of service at Church of the Highlands in Birmingham, Alabama. In January 2018, he launched Valley Rise Church in Houston, Texas, where he continues to build an open and inviting community.“Sometimes I think we need to simplify it and just go: ‘What am I doing for my fellow man’. Cause I think that’s where our legacy really comes from. Not from what we accomplished but what we did for our fellow man.” Please leave us a rating and subscribe so that you never miss an episode. For more inspirational content visit: https://www.pray.com/pray-bible-experience28 min
  24. 168Christian Aranza - Leadership - “Leadership Isn’t Lonely”Christian Aranza is the Head Pastor at Valley Rise Church. Raised in southern Louisiana, he moved to Detroit Michigan for high school. After graduation, Christian served as a medic in the airforce, and later earned his degree from Oral Roberts University. After some challenges, Christian began his life of service at Church of the Highlands in Birmingham, Alabama. In January 2018, he launched Valley Rise Church in Houston, Texas, where he continues to build an open and inviting community.“Sometimes I think we need to simplify it and just go: ‘What am I doing for my fellow man’. Cause I think that’s where our legacy really comes from. Not from what we accomplished but what we did for our fellow man.”Please leave us a rating and subscribe so that you never miss an episode. For more inspirational content visit: https://www.pray.com/pray-bible-experience27 min
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