For the month of August, while others are taking time off for vacation, Rev. Dr. DeForest Soaries, Senior Pastor of the First Baptist Church of Lincoln Gardens, located in Somerset, New Jersey, has decided to stay home and preach Sundays on How to Beat the Recession.

For those staying home for vacation and live in the vicinity of First Baptist Church (directions), this is one sermon series you do not want to miss!

For Faith In Action Network viewers, video streaming will be provided live at 9:30 am and 11:30 am. In addition, after the 11:30 am service, a special Q&A session will occur with Rev. Soaries. You can email your questions concerning the sermon and Rev. Soaries will answer as many as possible.

The ministry of Rev. Soaries focuses on spiritual growth, educational excellence and economic empowerment. A pioneer of faith-based community development, Dr. Soaries led First Baptist in the construction of a new $20 million church complex and the formation of many not-for-profit entities (fbcdc.com) to serve the community surrounding the church.

Highlights of Dr. Soaries’ ministry include:

Recruiting 333 families to become foster parents to 531 children
Helping 216 children find adoptive parents (harvestofhopefamily.com)
Constructing 145 new homes for low and moderate income residents to own
Redeveloping 150,000 square feet of commercial real estate
Operating a green jobs training program
Serving hundreds of youth in an after school center and homework club
Forming a youth entrepreneurship program
Organizing a community development credit union
Implementing a strategy to help 1000 families become debt free (Dfree)
Creating a foreclosure prevention strategy that helps homeowners avoid losing their homes.

For more information about Dr. Soares or the new sermon series, How To Beat The Recession, log onto http://www.fbcsomerset.com!

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