It feels great to help solve complex problems when you see positive results. You have actually helped us do just that! Together as we partner prayerfully and financially, we are able to bring programs that equip urban leaders all over the world to plant healthy churches. It is crazy to think that 95% of urban pastors have not been trained. But we are changing that! On April 10th we will be commissioning 25 teams of pastors, many whom are movement and denominational leaders, as deans to go train up 100s of new church planters.
Over 7 weeks of intense learning we have equipped and empowered these men and women to host their very own church planting schools, where 100s of churches will be birthed. In the past we have always had everyone fly into a location and go through our Evangel Dean School, but due to COVID restrictions we hosted our very first online school. We have representation from 9 different states (California, Florida, Indiana, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, Texas, Virginia and Washington) and 5 countries outside of the US (Bangladesh, Canada, India, Kenya and Liberia).
Meeting with these diverse groups over so many time zones and hearing their hearts to help others plant churches has been inspiring and convicting. One team that we have been working with, led by Pastor Javier, is taking winning the nations for the Lord seriously. We had to make some accommodations and reschedule one of our coaching and planning sessions with them because in the middle of the school they were hosting meetings with potential church planters in Ecuador that they want to be a part of their upcoming school. One of the denominational leaders attending the class from Kenya brought a large team representing various segments of their country each with a burning passion to reach the lost and plant more churches.
Every time you give your support it helps enable us to provide accessible, high value programs like the Dean School. Your support allows us to offer these programs at very affordable prices for pastors and leaders working in the cities of the US or throughout the world in countries among many of the unreached or underreached people groups. We empower urban leaders and partner with local churches to reach their city with the Gospel. We hope to be able to share many more stories in the coming months and years as these leaders begin launching their own schools and training more people ready to reach their communities for Jesus Christ.
Thank you for lifting us up in prayer and making this ministry possible.
