Tweaks
Blogging is going to look a little different over here at Mining Grace from here on out.
As you know from my announcement, my attention has turned toward church planting. You’ll probably see a good bit more about that in terms of content. I’ll also continue to provide my thoughts on parts of the Bible or on old creeds that interest me. In addition to that you’ll probably also notice some more personal posts updating you on what is going on with me, my family, my ministry in Mississippi, and my preparation for church planting in Culpeper.
Another big change is that I’ve done away with comments. Its not because I don’t love you or don’t think you have anything profound to say, its just that I don’t have time to moderate all those gems you lob in my direction. For every helpful comment there are three that are down right goofy unhelpful. So if you want to talk about something I’ve written please feel free to email me, friend me on facebook, or interact with me on twitter.
What has consumed my time most recently is trying to come up with a three year budget for my church plant. That will enable me to approximate how much I need to raise from donors–churches and individuals–before we can go to the field.
People keep telling me, “It is a horrible time to ask people for money.” My response is, “Yeah, but its never a horrible time to plant a church.” I truly believe that God has taken the money for the Culpeper work and scattered among people who need to be involved in it. My privilege is to find those people and invite them to invest in a work God has already planned for them.
In the end, I want to see people who don’t know Jesus come into relationship with him. I want to see the people in Culpeper without a church find a church home where they can be encouraged and built up in grace.
For now it is the difficult work of excel sheets, donor charts, and lots of phone calls.
I’m also working on an official prospectus for the Culpeper work which I’ll link to once its done.
Keep praying for what Jesus is doing in Culpeper!
