Dear Acts 29 Family,
As we approach Thanksgiving—a time to give thanks—and the end of 2009—a time to reflect—we have much for which to give God praise. We have been incredibly blessed to see many new churches planted, a growth of influence and new friendships with leaders and church planters across the globe. We had 131 new church planting churches join the network this year to date, increasing the number of churches in Acts 29 Network to 288. We have 336 new applicants just in 2009 alone (about one per day). With this trajectory, we are anticipating over 120 churches being planted in 2010.
A Global Movement
God is blessing the efforts of Acts 29 all across the nation and world. This spring, we hosted our first World Church Planting Summit ...
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Thanksgiving is less than three weeks away. The holidays are upon us. We are posting this early to be a help to you as you finalize holiday plans and before they have commenced.
By C.J. Mahaney
Full article available here. Reproduced with permission.
What a family looks like—what a family experiences on a vacation—is largely determined by the father’s attitude and leadership prior to and during the vacation. Some fathers charge into a vacation at a place like Disney World committed to visiting every venue, seeing every show, and experiencing every ride. Every moment and detail has been planned with military precision as the father leads his wife and children on the long-awaited mission. But by noon the first day, the ...
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Returning from speaking at the Exposing God conference, pastor Thabiti Anyabwile wrote on his blog what he learned from fellow-speaker CJ Mahaney's teaching. Here is an excerpt of this thoughts.
[CJ Mahaney preaches on 1 Tim: 4-15: "preach the word in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and exhort, with complete patience and teaching."]
One thing I've continued to roll over in my head is C.J.'s wise exhortation to be patient with our people's growth in knowledge and sanctification...
What happens when our applications and instamatic sermons don't produce what we want to see overnight? (and they won't) If it's really impatience at work, we'll begin to despair of seeing growth and change. If it's a certain lack of grace in our outlook, we'll miss the gracious ...
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