Praying Dangerous Prayers: Search Me

Jun 22, 2025    Archie Bates-Mendoza

We have all said our fair share of safe prayers; "Lord, bless this food, my family, and my job." But what if we dared to say the prayers that would move us to a place of challenge and growth in our walk with Christ? 


Guest Preacher: Archie is a minister and missionary at heart. She holds a BA from the University of Maryland and a Master's in Christian Leadership from the John Leland Center for Theological Studies. Before Uptick, she served as an Associate and later Senior Pastor of a multi-cultural church in Arlington, Virginia.


She has led volunteer groups to serve locally and in different parts of the world training them to work across cultural differences while loving the people in the name of Jesus. Her greatest desire is that pastoral leaders would trust God in their calling and become experts of their communities in order to proficiently bridge the inequities that hinder them from thriving and experiencing His great love for all people.