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    Boom!: Busting out of Mediocrity
    Boom!: Busting out of Mediocrity
    Boom!: Busting out of Mediocrity
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    Boom!: Busting out of Mediocrity

    By Archbishop Alfred A. Owens Jr. and Cleveland E. Bates

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    God has blessed us all with extraordinary potential; however, only a few of us will realize this great blessing. Why? We settle for just survival, just enough, or living mediocre lives. Many times we allow the detours, trials, obstacles, and struggles encountered to sway us away from Gods promises and our predestined greatness. Hard times and discouragement can cause us to take a back seat posture and watch life go by. However, we were not created to take a rest on the path of mediocrity. We were created to experience BOOM! We are all made in Gods image to do great works and the life He gave us to the fullest. Yet, when the gale strength winds begin to blow, we run for cover instead of standing on Gods Word. The BOOM will not happen for us if we are unwilling to take risks regardless to how bleak our individual situations seem.

    Ever wondered what it would take to get you out of the monotonous lane of life? Do you have unfulfilled dreams and visions that live in the graveyard of procrastination? When you take a moment to view life in hindsight, are you dissatisfied with where you are? Do you want to know what it would take to move you from failure to success? Do you wish to step away from the ordinary and embrace the gusto of life? Do you want to move away from the crowd and began to live life as it was meant to be? Have you allowed yourself to get stuck in complacency, stagnation, vision myopia, despair or fear? If your response to any of the questions is a resounding yes, then BOOM is the book for you.

    This book is God-inspired to help you move from the isolated, mundane, pits of despair to a place where dreams, visions and goals come to pass. Dont let the BOOM past you by, for BOOM is not a moment, its a movement.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherXlibris US
    Release dateJul 31, 2015
    ISBN9781503586901
    Boom!: Busting out of Mediocrity
    Author

    Archbishop Alfred A. Owens Jr.

    Pastor Cleveland Bates is a native of Chesapeake, Virginia, and a product of the Chesapeake, Virginia, Public School System. After graduating from Great Bridge High School, he continued his education at Norfolk State University in pursuit of a degree in business administration. Pastor Bates would continue his education sometime later, graduating from Nyack College in Washington, DC. With his degree in organizational leadership, Pastor Bates is currently pursuing a degree in psychology and counseling at Regent University in Virginia Beach Virginia. He is a graduate of Calvary Bible Institute. Pastor Bates is committed to serving people, whether in the pulpit or as an advocate of those who are disenchanted within the community. His commitment to excellence motivates him to always use every gift and resource God provides him. His love for the people of God causes him to reach out and love those who are deemed by others to be unlovable. Pastor Bates never meets a stranger but treats all people with dignity and respect. His favorite saying is People do not care how much you know, they want to know how much you care. A kind word and a pat on the back are his trademarks. He consistently shows the love of God to all people regardless of where he finds them. Pastor Bates has served as shepherd and leader of the Rose of Sharon Revival Center for the past seven years. Within the short time that he has served as pastor, he has made his mark on the Park Place Community. For the last five years, Pastor Bates collaborated with the City of Norfolk to provide an avenue for the youth of the community to display their talents and to empower the people of this community with opportunities to register to vote, to be tested for health challenges, and even a book giveaway, imparting books into the lives of the community. In addition, Pastor Bates unselfishly provides funding for other youth activities and is an advocate and counselor to many. He has and continues to develop many Timothies. He is an anointed deliverer of the Gospel of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and a teacher extraordinaire. Pastor Batess desire is to always be faithful to the task that the Lord has given him, to continue to grow in the knowledge of God, and to always preach the unadulterated Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ. Pastor Bates served for more than twenty years at the Greater Mt. Calvary Holy Church located in Washington, DC. During his time at Calvary, Pastor Bates was very active in ministry, serving on Calvarys audio ministry, singing with the male chorus and the Voices of Calvary Choir, serving as a deacon board cell captain, serving as cofounder of Bended Knee Mens Prayer Group, and as director of mens ministry for over ten years. In addition, Pastor Bates was a member of Calvarys evangelistic board before accepting the pastorate. Pastor Bates has recently accepted the appointment of international director of mens ministry for the Mount Calvary Holy Churches of America organization. In 2014, one of the many highlights of this powerful man of Gods ministry was, he was chosen as one of the top twenty-five inspirational leaders in the Tidewater Virginia area by Blessed Lifestyle Magazine. The Rose of Sharon church he pastors was nominated as church of the year. God is working through and in this anointed humble servant. Pastor Bates enjoys traveling and has had the opportunity to travel and preach in such countries as Israel; Lagos, Nigeria; Nairobi, Kenya; Barbados; Trinidad; Jamaica; St. Maarten; and the Bahamas. Pastor Bates is strongly supported by whom he affectionately calls his Barbara and five daughters and one son.

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