Howdy all! With everything going on in our lives and in our church I thought it would be encouraging and helpful to those who are interested to stay up to date on what God is doing in and through us and Faith Community Church.
For over a year now I have been wrestling with and investigating a potential call from God to plant a church. God started to stir up this desire in my heart as I studied the book of Acts through Antioch School's Acts course. After spending four months digging into that book within community, it became clear to me that Jesus has determined to set up His church as the center of His activity to heal a broken world and glorify His Name. The question for me became: would God call me to plant "through" FCC or "from" FCC?
This past fall I worked through a personal development plan, examining my gifts as well as what circumstances motivate me. Giving this serious thought made it clear to me that I at least needed pursue the possibility of starting a new church in an urban center.
The first person I told about this stirring was my bride. And with a house full of crying kids, she just looked at me and said, "we obviously aren't planting a church. Would you stop talking and hold a baby?" But God began to change her heart and that set in motion a process of seeking counsel from many people, especially the elders of FCC. With their blessing and affirmation, we have now developed a formal process to test this potential call.
The first step in this process brings me to this day, May 24th, 2012. Today marks my last full "work day" for the next two months. My family and I will be on sabbatical in Milwaukee this summer to actively test this call. We will be leaving New Richmond on Sunday, June 3rd and plan to return on Friday, August 3rd. In between here and there, my intention is to keep folks informed as to what God is revealing to us. My hope is that through this blog readers will see God more clearly and love Him more fully as He shows us more ways that He is on the move!
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