Ernest McNear

Ernest McNear, raised in the projects by a single Mom, was one of the early Center for Urban Theological Studies / Geneva College graduates who started his own church, True Gospel Tabernacle, while working for the Philadelphia Electric Company. He went on to pursue a Master's degree at Lutheran Seminary and eventually a D.Min. at Regent University in Virginia. He and his wife, Evangelist Barbara McNear, launched a daycare program and eventually a Christian elementary school in South Philadelphia. He took up the challenge of ministering to people suffering with AIDS, was drafted to serve on the board of Philadelphia FIGHT, Pennsylvania’s largest outreach and service organization dealing with the HIV/AIDS epidemic, and has recently been elected president of that board of directors.

Case Study: Global Outreach in an Urban World

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“Location, location, location”–this is the cliché and mantra of real estate professionals in every city. It is also a reality for any church which is serious about reaching its neighbors and the wider world with the message of hope and salvation in Jesus Christ. Many churches in the inner cities of the United States have […]

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Ernest McNear

Case Study: Global Outreach in an Urban World

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