I spent yesterday afternoon with our Church Planting Network. It's a 5 church collaborative where we're partnering together to start new like-minded churches in Michigan. The first one will be launching this next spring in Boyne City. We've participated together in drawing up the guidelines, funding, and assessing and coaching potential church leaders. The first guy to lead out is Jaime Woodall in Boyne City. He's a great guy, who has a big heart for those who are disconnected from God. His main coach is Norm Byers up at Genesis Church in Petosky.
I'm excited about our partnership and what it will mean long-term here in Michigan. I know for many of you - you don't get to see all that is behind the scenes at The Journey. But, I wanted you to know what's happening here - as it's BIG. And, if you know people who are disconnected from church and Jesus and they live in the Kalamazoo/Portage/Paw Paw area, in the Sawyer area, in Petosky, or in Boyne City - let me know and we can hook you up with some great churches.
By the way - one of the ways we're working together is that we'll be sending $5,000 to the Boyne City team to help them get started. Each of our 5 churches will be doing that. We don't have an extra $5,000 sitting around, burning a hole in our pocket, but we're going to be generous and bless someone else. God's the blessor, we're the blessed, to be a blessing.
More to come on some of the partnerships we're making and how we're planning to be generous as a church.
