Rebirth International is a new organization with old ties to urban ministry in New Orleans, Louisiana. Our founder and president, Mo Leverett, has worked for almost 20 years to establish Desire Street Ministries - a work of revitalization in one of our nation’s most challenged communities – the Desire Housing Project community of the upper-9th ward. Mo founded DSM and was its President and Executive Director for 16 years. Post-Katrina, he is bringing this wealth of experience, perspective and enduring vision to the work of urban ministry in general, throughout this devastated city and beyond.
Rebirth International is phase II for Mo Leverett’s work. While Mo and his family hammered out a model of incarnational urban ministry, indigenous leadership development and community transformation initiatives at Desire Street Ministries, he is now looking to replicate those principles and ministry models in other pockets of poverty wherever the Lord by His providence leads. We are excited about this new phase - fully anticipating that the 2nd phase of Mo’s ministry will be even more fruitful than the first.
In addition to his ministry efforts, Mo is an accomplished musician, singer/song writer, producer and public speaker, having recorded nearly 10 seperate CD’s and spoken and performed before thousands of individuals nationwide. His music is the outgrowth of his many varied experiences and reflections as He lived out incarnational ministry priorities in one of the most challenged urban communities in the country.
In regards to Blades of Love-
It's a gritty slice of hard-won hope, with Leverett's growling, Macon, Ga.-bred voice and acoustic guitar augmented by horns, piano and upbeat grooves that provide touches of his adopted Crescent City home.
-Reid Davis Paste Magazine
The Sacrament Of Life
This CD is moving, funny and funky resonating with a wonderful mix of jazz, blues, soul and funk. The 12 here songs exude energy and enthusiasm for life and the wonder of God's work among the poor. "Holding On To Randy" is perhaps the saddest of the songs, written from the point of view of one of Mo's co-workers, who lost both of his brothers to suicide. However, for the most part these songs are full of joy, in spite of the harsh surroundings that they often spring from. The recording is spot on, with wonderful percussion and accompanying instruments. There are touches of Santana, Van Morrison and Paul Simon hidden away, but the clearest influence is geographical, a dirty, southern blues. The musicianship is of such a high standard that every song is a pleasure to listen to.
Ewan Jones crossrhythms.co.ukFor booking please contact Erin Lee at [email protected]
