Lives Changed in Boston!
When Matt told this story, I wanted to share it with you because these stories represent something much greater than us — lives changed by the power of Holy Spirit and the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. And at the end of the day, that's what we're all about: planting churches that plant missional, Spirit-led, gospel-centered churches, so that more people might see and hear the Good News of Jesus. Below is a story about a new church's baptism service, as told by the lead pastor and Acts 29 member, Matt Chewning. — Scott Thomas
by Matt Chewning
Recently at Netcast Church in Boston, MA, we celebrated being 9 months old and we did it by seeing 6 people come to faith in Jesus and baptizing 7 people in front of an attendance of ...
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We love celebrating good stories in our churches. These stories represent something much greater than us — lives changed by the power of Holy Spirit and life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. And at the end of the day, that's what we're all about: planting churches that plant churches, so that more people might see and hear the Good News of the gospel. Below is a story about a new church's first baptism service, as told by the lead pastor and Acts 29 member, Justin Buzzard (pictured above).
by Justin Buzzard
Last week Garden City Church [in San Jose, CA] turned 35 days old and we celebrated our first baptisms. It was a Sunday we will never forget.
We rent space on Sunday afternoons from a very kind and generous church. For a variety of reasons we ...
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The Acts 29 Network was founded 11 years ago. In our first six years, we grew to team of 71 churches. We saw an explosion of growth over the last five years, adding 300 new churches, with hundreds more planters applying.
2010 was Acts 29’s biggest year yet – adding 133 churches to grow our network by 56%. We are thankful for all the growth we’ve seen, with thousands of people meeting Jesus and getting baptized in the United States and beyond in just this past year.
Join us in thanking God for the work he’s done in our network.
In this photo are 13 Houston-area Acts 29 planters that gathered in December to celebrate a year of brotherhood in church planting. Just 2 years ago, there were only 3 Acts 29 Pastors in Houston.
The Numbers:
392 current Acts 29 ...
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