Pray, Pray, Pray for "5 To Come Alive"

God is moving in our church planting ministry on many fronts. We're meeting lots of people, having good interactions with people we already know (neighbors, soccer families, etc.), ministry finances are strong, we're learning a lot about the process of beginning a church, and see God working in our lives. Yet, one of the points of (seemingly to us) slow movement is growing our spiritual formation group. There are a group of 7-9 adults that regularly attend our meetings. We have a great time together and we praise God that each of our teammates are seeking to reach those around them with Jesus' love. We thank God for these pioneers!

As you know, it has been our goal for several months now to see 5 families, in addition to our own, committed to the vision of meeting together regularly with the goal of forming a church. To realize this goal, we really need 2 more families.

In an effort to grow our group, we've changed our meeting time to better accommodate people's schedules that we are reaching out to. We're praying actively for God to move. We're inviting new people all the time. In fact, I committed to our group that I would personally contact at least 20 families. I'm about 3/4 through my list and changing/adding to it all the time. The others in our group are also looking for opportunities to invest and invite. Please pray that people would respond to our invitations and check out one of our gatherings. We're trying to do what is within our control to grow our group.

For whatever reason, God is moving slowly in this area. That's His prerogative. He's the One with the perfect plan and timing. I like to think I know what needs to happen and when...but church planting seems to be a tool in God's hands that gently hammers (like that image!) my pride. Or, maybe God just wants us to keep trusting Him and keep working. This is what walking by faith and NOT BY sight is all about.

Please pray with us that God would move by revealing people/families (seekers or saved) willing to journey with us towards beginning a new church in northeastern Franklin County.