When It Sounds Greek, Ask Pastor Ben Cachiaras
- S3E125
- 1:03:48
- April 12th 2022
You have to listen to his grandpa's story of coming to America from Greece.
Pastor Ben answers the questions:
How to be relevant as a pastor?
What's the long term impact of the Pandemic on the church?
And many other questions.
Ben Cachiaras has served since 1997 as Lead Pastor with Mountain Christian Church located on the outer reaches of Baltimore, Maryland.
A graduate of Minnesota Bible College (renamed Crossroads College), he has studied at Bethel Theological Seminary and Fuller Theological Seminary, and graduated with the Master of Divinity degree from Emmanuel Christian Seminary where he is currently completing his Doctor of Ministry final project.
Ben served as Trustee for Emmanuel Christian Seminary for twenty years, and now as Trustee with Milligan college. He has served as President for the North American Christian Convention (2010) on its Board of Stewards, and as a Contributing Editor for Christian Standard magazine as well as on the Publishing Committee for Standard Publishing and on various other ministry boards.
He is the co-founder of MOVE Northeast, a church planting network. Ben follows in the footsteps of his grandparents and parents who spent their lives in ministry among the Christian churches, mostly in the state of Minnesota.
With its beginnings in 1824, the story of the Mountain Church is remarkable. Located in the Northeast U.S., which is a vital mission field with a high concentration of unchurched people, God is using Mountain to make a regional and global impact. God has given
Mountain many stories to tell, amazing fruit and growth to celebrate, and a huge vision to fulfill. Mountain’s mission is to make disciples who love God, love people, and serve the world. Mountain is known for ministry that happens in the community as the
people of God scatter on mission.
Mountain is a multi-ethnic, multi-site church that gathers in four locations. Mountain’s newest campus runs over 1200, another is thriving in a health club, and Mountain’s Edgewood campus is also a community center for ministry outreach, with a focus on changing the trajectory of the lives of under-resourced children through incarnational love.
Ben and his wife Karla, have three awesome children, Nathan, Andrew, and Ellie. He has an irrational devotion to the Minnesota Vikings, bats around a lot of tennis balls, gets a kick out of skiing on water and snow and remembering when he did more rock climbing. Most of all, he loves his family, has a passion for preaching and leadership, and is devoted to building Jesus-shaped communities that draw people to the love of God.
Laughter for All Podcast with Comedian Nazareth
The Laughter for All Podcast is for people who appreciate funny clean comedy. It’s for those who want some Good Medicine, encouragement and inspiration.
You will Laugh, be Entertained and Encouraged
Each Tuesday, Join Comedian Nazareth as he welcomes Comedians, Artists, Musicians, Pastors, Leaders and other interesting people to entertain and encourage you. https://www.nazarethusa.com/
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Nazareth’s Comedy has reached millions on television broadcasts as varied on Comedy Central, ABC Family, NBC Nightly Newsand more. Churches number among Nazareth’s favorite venues. Tough audience? No problem – Nazareth has entertained congressmen, IRS agents, death-row inmates, and leaders of America’s top corporations.
Nazareth – yes, that's his real name – was born the youngest of three brothers in Jesus' hometown.
After years in Hollywood sharing the stage with comedians like Chris Rock, Adam Sandler and Kevin James and a promised Sitcom, Nazareth decides to accept the claims of Jesus Christ and leaves Hollywood to use his comedy for the Kingdom.
The New York Times reported about one of his performances saying, “The show had the audience convulsing.”
He is proud to be American. But most of all, comedy opens even the toughest audiences to hear the Good News that transformed his life. The 300-member Christian Comedy Association voted him its president for few years.
A Comedian by profession but an Evangelist at heart, Nazareth witnessed thousands of First-Time commitments to Christ following the invitation he offers towards the end of his comedy shows. His Laughter for All Outreaches at stadiums and arenas around the Country has brought laughter, Encouragement and Hope to Under-resourced people in hurting communities around the US.
Nazareth has helped raise hundreds of thousands of dollars for Crisis Pregnancy Centers and other non-profit organizations around the United States. He takes pride in the opportunity he has in bringing relief to our men and women in the Armed Forces in the U.S. and Germany. One of the roles that he takes great Joy in is being a director for a ministry that supports Christians in the Gaza Strip.
Added to that joy, is his role as co-founder of a ministry that reaches out to thousands of refugees fleeing Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan and Iran to find refuge in Southern California.
Nazareth is also an author. He wrote several books. One is called: “You’re So Funny Daddy – Learning How To Communicate With Your Children Using Humor.” Where he encourages parents to use humor instead of stress at home. He gives the reader over 50 ideas of how to bring laughter and joy into the home.
His latest book is called: “Hope In 24 Hours – Your Situation Can Change For The Better.”
Nazareth has a weekly Podcast called: “Laughter for All Podcast” as well as a Nightly show on Facebook called: “Live with Naz – Quarantining in Corona” where he encourages the audience to become the comedians.
Though he has the title of an award-winning comedian, his greatest credit is having the role as husband and father. Nazareth has been happily wed to his bride for over 24 years and is a father of 3 children. They reside in Southern California.
