Oaks Family Church Planting Update

On The Road Again

Planting a Church in Metro Atlanta means lots of time on interstate 20.

As most of you know, Heather and I are stationed in Birmingham while we finalize our support. Almost all Church Planters raise support and most of them have a season similar to ours. This process is hard, but the work is important!

Most of our support raising meetings involve a significant amount of education on Atlanta. Such as:

• Atlanta is the 5th largest city in the US with 6.1 million people. (revised from 5.4)
• Almost 80% of the 6.1 million people have no Gospel connection. (let that sink in)
• It is a global city. Korean, Chinese, Hispanics, Japanese, Liberians, French Africans, Eritreans, Sudanese, Ethiopians, Burmese, Bhutanese, Burundians, Iraqis, Somalis, Turks, Afganis, etc.. (the world is here!)
• Reaching Roswell creates enormous potential to reach the region and all the cultures of this global city.

Last Friday Heather and I were able to visit with several new friends in the area. These folks don't need the information upload. They already know the need is great. So instead we talked about our passion for discipleship and evangelism. It was a wonderful time for us. We felt like we were in the first steps of being missionaries.

I returned to Atlanta on Monday to join a monthly support/training session for other pastors and planters. Here  is a photo from our time of planning and prayer.












I will be back in Atlanta next Tuesday and Wednesday and hope to invest Thursday in Montgomery.

This will be par for the course until we reach 90% of our monthly budget. Then we can call Roswell home! Below are some updates and prayer request.

• Our interim preaching at 2Cities in Montgomery has come to an end. Serving this new Church was a tremendous blessing.
• Praise God! We are at 63% of our monthly needs.

Please continue to pray for:

• Peace as we live in transition
• The Lord's leading as we pursue individual and Church partners
• Our children as they experience the challenges of relocation
• The remaining 27% of monthly support required  so we can begin this work!