(originally published in WCD June 09 Newsletter…posted here for broader feedback)

If you are reading this article it is likely because you serve in a place of leadership: in a local church, in a town, in a city, in a neighbourhood, amidst a people, as part of an identifiable church within an identifiable community.  Some years ago a certain group of people sat up and decided to plant; to establish the church where you now serve.  They were busy people, with jobs, families and mortgages.  They inconvenienced themselves, they sacrificed, they gave significantly and at a cost so that yet another gathering of people redeemed by Jesus Christ could shine his light and make disciples in yet another neighbourhood.  Continue Reading »