Ok, so a week and a half ago I was preparing to fly to Raleigh to do some fundraising for our project in the Springs. We have been moving forward with a commitment to trying to plant a church but my beautiful wife has been pretty insistent that the timing was not right. About two weeks before I was to leave for Raleigh she asked if I would send out some resumes to a few churches just to see what happens. So I did what she asked and something happened. The most intriguing happened less than 24 hours before I was to fly to Raleigh. I had e-mailed a cover letter and resume to a church in Wichita at 12:18am Friday and at 8:30am I received a phone call from them. After about 20 minutes of answering questions I was told that from what I had said and on paper I looked to be a good fit but they wanted to see a DVD of me "in action". So latter today I will be sending a DVD to them. Having looked at their website and listened to several sermons including the Senior Pastor's "State of the Church" vision sermon I have become extremely excited about the possibility of being a part of that church. As I told a friend this morning, if I were to design a church, this would be it. It is a chruch that has a deep God-given desire to plant churches in order to reach their area for Christ. They have been active in reaching the community with the Gospel. 96 people accepted Christ last in the past year.
Now, I know that it is easy for me to get excited about this even though it is very, very early but I am praying that God will open the door to be a part of that church quickly.
I am tired and have come to grips with that fact that I do not have the energy to do a church plant at this point in my life. My wife does not feel comfortable with the timing. God help me to know your plan for us.
Tuesday, September 4, 2007
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