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My Top 10 List for Church Planters

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1. JESUS LOVES YOU!  Jesus doesn't express His love for you, nor how pleased He is with you by how big your church becomes. He expressed His love for you on the cross, and continually displays His love for you by abiding in you and with you throughout your life (John 15:9-11; Romans 8:39). 2. JESUS WILL NEVER LEAVE YOU! (Matthew 28:20)  During one of my darkest and loneliest times in ministry, I awoke one morning with the weight of the world on my shoulders, uncertainty filled my heart, and pressure was pressing in on every side. In that moment God calmed my spirit with His loving, encouraging, still small voice by saying, "I am with you. I have not forgotten about you. I will lead you through this" (cf. Isaiah 41:10) 3. SURROUND YOURSELF WITH WISE COUNSELORS  (Proverbs 11:14, 15:22).  A wise friend once told me this when I was in the midst of a struggling church plant. "Did you think it would be easy and all uphill? What you are experiencing is not un...

The Mission of our Church

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VISION of The Church at Promenade: We believe that the reason we exist as individuals and as a Church is ultimately to know Jesus and to make Jesus known to others. Therefore, the vision behind all that we do at The Church at Promenade points us, and others to this chief end. MISSION of The Church at Promenade: We have four core values that we believe will enable us to faithfully fulfill the VISION of our Church. We seek to produce people who WORSHIP God, CONNECT with other believers, SERVE the Body of Christ and REACH the world. Value 1 WORSHIP - This is how we express our love for God. By seeking to become people who pursue intimacy with God through WORSHIPPING Him with music, communing with Him in prayer, and growing in our understanding of His word through Sunday Sermons, mid-week Life Groups, and our own personal daily Bible reading and application. Value 2 CONNECT – This is how we express our love for other believers. By seeking to become peo...