Thank you for taking this journey of
faith with us. The last three
months have been fruitful. By
God’s grace, we have enjoyed many opportunities to share our vision and hope
for church planting with churches in Alabama, North Carolina, and Texas. As a result, we currently have 12
partnering churches, along with several individual partners. We are incredibly grateful for the
generosity of God’s people!
We are still waiting for a buyer to
purchase our house. Until then, we
remain in Tuscaloosa. Emmanuel has
graciously allowed us to remain on staff as we continue to raise support and
wait for our house to sell. As we
wait, we are working on all the busy work associated with planting a new church
like incorporating, establishing a constitution and by-laws, and setting up a
future payroll. This time has also
proven beneficial for our core team.
We now have a core team comprised of four families making plans to plant
their lives in Portland. We meet
each week to share a meal, fellowship, study the Bible, and pray together. This is has become our favorite time of
each week, and we look forward to this team growing in Portland!
We have been told the two primary
reasons church plants fail are money and marriage. We need people to pray for both, but especially for our
marriages. Please pray that our
marriages will be healthy and distinctively Christian. Please pray for our kids as we move to
a place that does not share many of our Christian
values. Pray that they will grow
to know, love, and follow Jesus regardless of the cost. Please pray for our families that will
be left behind. Please pray that
our team will have unity and give evidence that we are disciples of Jesus. Please pray for favor with our
neighbors and community. Pray
especially that people will repent of their sins and trust Jesus for their
salvation and that a new church will be planted. This is a journey of faith and we need God’s people to
partner with us in prayer.
Written by Justin
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