solidrockflock

It’s official…We’ve been asked by the AG District to lead a replant team at the Solid Rock Church location (1040 N. Sherman Ave.) just north of the OTC campus.  Since I’m full-time at Evangel, this will be a real team effort hopefully resulting in a unique church community one that will provide a venue for training young leaders to plant faith communities in other areas as well.  Several of us have been praying about an opportunity not simply to plant another church, but instead to build a faith community with people here in the Springfield area.  We’ll be forming teams over the next couple months and working to have a relaunch at the end of the summer.  While we’re not interested in doing church as usual—that is, building a huge church machine to maintain—we are interested in building a relational community that provides an opportunity for people to “sabbath” together each week and to be encouraged to follow Jesus’ example as they engage culture and make a kingdom difference during the week out in the real world. “Jesus without all the hype and institutional baggage”…that’s what I’m praying for and will work to establish.  Let us know if you are interested in being a part of this adventure…we’ll keep you informed as we launch a web presence and begin the process of building community teams.  Blessings, SS