As you (might) know, our strategy for church planting intentionally mimics that of Paul in the book of Acts, just on a smaller scale. Paul went from city to city doing the work of the Kingdom of God (proclaiming the Good News and caring for people's physical and emotional needs). Through this Kingdom-work, the Spirit created life-giving faith and in the wake of this Kingdom-work, churches were planted (people gathering together to grow in their faith and continue the Kingdom-work that had been started.)
I love what Luke writes in Acts 14:21-23, which occurs at the end of Paul's 1st Missionary Journey. In these verses it talks about how Paul strengthened the churches that were planted through his Kingdom-work and entrusted them to local elders.
For us, our strategy necessitates the development of Gospel Community Leaders, people who have the desire and giftedness to apply the Gospel to a group of people. Our primary avenue for this is to disciple people into faith and then equip them to eventually launch and lead their own Community. But we are also looking to "fast-track" some people who are ready to be Gospel Community Leaders. In fact, last week we had two "Gospel Community Leader Recruitment Dinners." Please be in prayer for these two families as well as the family that we'll be recruiting in the upcoming weeks along with the other "fast-track" families and individuals that the Spirit has placed on our radar!
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