Casting the Vision of Church Planting

Beginning tomorrow Sarah and I are going on a 10 day trip across parts of TN and GA casting the vision for church planting. We will be speaking in and/or meeting with three churches and one parachurch organization who have decided to invest in the life of Northwest Community Church as we lead people to experience a new life in Christ. It is always a privilege to talk with anyone who understands the value of the local church. Like others, we believe that healthy local churches are the hope of the world and we are honored to partner with likeminded people who want to see healthy churches planted that will one day help plant other local churches. In fact, there are very few things in life that get me more excited than to talk about healthy, life-changing, gospel-centered, Acts 2 style churches.

We will conclude our trip by leading a fall retreat for Northway Student Ministry (NSM) from Macon, GA November 19-22. As always, I am excited to speak to a group of high school students who desire to live out a radical faith. My talks to NSM will focus around David Platt's book "Radical" which has proven to be a very convicting read for me over the past several weeks. In fact, Northwest Community Church better get ready because we are definitely going to read this book together in 2011. The funny thing is that the group of students I will be speaking to from NSM will be larger than our entire church!

Please pray for us as we travel. Pray that God will use us to pour into others and cause people to see the Kingdom benefits of church planting. Pray too for Northwest Community Church as they continue to lead Bella Vista to experience a new life in Christ.