If you are reading this, chances are you have some idea of the new adventure Meagan and I are setting out on. If not, I'll catch you up to speed shortly.
Meagan and I have been chosen to be part of a new church planting effort in Austin, TX. We will be working with a new organization called grace conneXion. These new church plants will be mid-sized, missionally minded minded communities, called clusters. A cluster will be comprised of 2-3 home groups, and will be about 45-60 people. A cluster is designed to target a specific group of people, and to plant the church where they live, work, and/or play. They will be self supporting, and easily reproducible. The goal of this project is to create a network of clusters throughout the Austin and San Antonio area.
I will be updating this blog in the next few days with more detailed information about grace connexion, our church plant, and why we want to do this. In the meantime I have a few prayer concerns I'd like to share with you.
1. Pray for the McLeers and the Goodmans. They are the leaders of this organization and they will be the ones who are training the rest of us. Pray for wisdom for them as they try to make their vision a reality.
2. Pray that Meagan and I would receive clear direction as to the population segment we would like to target. Right now we have absolutely no idea.
3. Pray that God would provide us with the money and time to make this effort a success. Starting in September we will be driving down to Austin at least once a week for training. Once the church is planted it is possible that we will be down there more often than that. Austin is about an hour and a half from Waco, so we're going to be in the car a lot.
4. Pray for our entire team. The goal is to start 10 cluster by next spring. The vast majority of us are brand new to church planting so we will all be learning together.
Thank you in advance for your prayer support. We believe that when the people of God come together in prayer, amazing things happen! Keep watching for new updates!!
Standing in the Gap
Kyle and Meagan
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