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Pastor Jim Cymbala
Pastor Jim Cymbala is a native New Yorker, raised in the borough of Brooklyn. His early love of basketball earned him a scholarship to the University of Rhode Island, where he became captain of the basketball team. After graduation, he immediately entered the business world and, soon after, he married his childhood sweetheart, Carol Joy Hutchins. Pastor Cymbala and Carol began their lives together and before long, though he did not have formal theological training, Pastor Cymbala felt a call to the ministry.
In the early 1970s Pastor Cymbala took over the leadership of The Brooklyn Tabernacle on Atlantic Avenue in downtown Brooklyn. The small, struggling congregation numbered less than twenty people and met in a small, run-down building surrounded by the physical and moral blight of the inner city. No money was available for adequate salaries during most weeks in those early years, so Pastor Cymbala and Carol took second jobs and struggled to make ends meet both in the church and at home.
Nevertheless, this was where they felt God had placed them, and they so
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Cymbala, Jim 1943-
PERSONAL:
Born 1943.
ADDRESSES:
Office—The Brooklyn Tabernacle, 290 Flatbush Ave., Brooklyn, NY 11217. Agent—Zondervan Publishing, 5300 Patterson Avenue, Grand Rapids, MI 49530. E-mail—[email protected].
CAREER:
Pastor and author. Brooklyn Tabernacle, Brooklyn, NY, pastor.
AWARDS, HONORS:
Several Gold Medallion awards.
WRITINGS:
(With Dean Merrill) Fresh Wind, Fresh Fire: What Happens When God's Spirit Invades the Heart of His People, Zondervan Publishing (Grand Rapids, MI), 1997.
(With Dean Merrill) Fresh Faith: What Happens When Real Faith Ignites God's People, Zondervan Publishing (Grand Rapids, MI), 1999.
(With Stephen Sorensen) The Life God Blesses: The Secret of Enjoying God's Favor, Zondervan Publishing (Grand Rapids, MI), 2001.
(With Stephen Sorensen) God's Grace from Ground Zero: Seeking God's Heart for the Future of Our World, Zondervan Publishing (Grand Rapids, MI), 2001.
(With Stephen Sorensen) The Church God Blesses, Zondervan Publishing (Grand Rapids, MI), 2002.
Fresh Power: Experiencing the Vast Resources of t Jim Cymbala has been the pastor of The Brooklyn Tabernacle for more than twenty-five years. In that time the congregation has grown from twenty members to more than six thousand. The author of Fresh Wind, Fresh Fire; Fresh Faith; and Fresh Power, he lives in New York City with his wife, Carol Cymbala, who directs the Grammy Award-winning Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir. More about Jim: In the autumn of 1971, my wife Carol and I took over the leadership of The Brooklyn Tabernacle on Atlantic Avenue in downtown Brooklyn. The small, struggling congregation numbered less than 30 people and met in a small run-down building surrounded by the physical and moral blight of the inner-city. But this was where God had placed us and we very soon realized that it was a unique opportunity to see the power of the Gospel in action by loving and ministering to all colors and kinds of people. Most were poor and many struggled with the typical inner-city problems of drug and alcohol abuse or the pain of disintegrating families. No money was available for salaries during most weeks so we t
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