Weekly we'll be sharing videos from Acts 29 churches that tell stories of the Gospel transforming the hearts of people, communities, and cities.
Below is the story of Lauren, who was raised in a Christian home but, after becoming unfulfilled with moralism and self-righteousness, pursued other idols that left her just as empty and hopeless. In 2010, God softened her heart and pursued her through a friend. She understood the gospel and its freeing power for the first time, which transformed her life and continues to do so now.
"I heard about grace that I had neverheard before — that Jesus willinglydied for my deepest and darkest."
Church: The Paradox ChurchPastor: Jim EssianLocation: Fort Worth, TX
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Weekly we'll be sharing videos from Acts 29 churches that tell stories of the Gospel transforming the hearts of people, communities, and cities.
Below are stories of foster-care and adoption from members of an Acts 29 church in The Woodlands, TX. Each one of them has a different story, but all of them are moved by the same story: the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Orphan care is a beautiful picture of God's love for His children, and these heartfelt testimonies and stories could not exemplify that love more perfectly.
"God has really changed my heart andmade it clear that it has always been His planfor me to care for [orphans]."
Church: Woodlands Point Community ChurchPastor: Jason JohnsonLocation: The Woodlands, TX
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Weekly we'll be sharing videos from Acts 29 churches that tell stories of the Gospel transforming the hearts of people, communities, and cities.
Below is the story of Doug Logan, who went through a church planter residency program at Epiphany Fellowship and planted a church in Camden, NJ, which is perennially one of the most dangerous and impoverished cities in the US. Watch the video below to hear their vision and passion for church planting and reaching urban cities like Camden.
"It wasn't a vision for one church, but to bea church-planting church."
Church: Epiphany Fellowship Philadelphia / CamdenPastor: Eric Mason / Doug LoganLocation: Philadelphia, PA / Camden, NJ
Epiphany Fellowship Camden recently teamed up with another Acts 29 church, Portico in Charlottesville, VA, ...
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Weekly we'll be sharing videos from Acts 29 churches that tell stories of redemption and salvation in Christ.
Below is the story of Todd, who was saved through a friend that invited him to church and into community.
"I just jumped up and said, 'I gotta get saved - can I get saved in a house?'"
Church: Imago DeiPastor: Ryan RiceLocation: Phoenix, AZ
"Let us always long to hear the stories of grace in others' lives. Every conversion is the story of a blessed defeat." C.S. ...
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Every summer since the beginning, The Acts 29 Church Planting Network has gathered for a week to pray, worship, consider our overall health, and dream of what God might accomplish in and through our lives and churches. This past June we gathered in Newport Beach with our wives and God was very much among us. We spent the first night in worship and prayer and I was personally challenged and blown away by the thickness of God’s presence in the room with us. The week was different than weeks in the past. Scott Thomas was no longer on staff with A29 but is serving in an A29 church and Mark Driscoll is no longer serving as President but still involved with the Executive Board. We had the opportunity to honor several men and marvel at all God has been accomplishing for HIS name and HIS ...
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