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Another First Impression

Today is a big day for us.  In about an hour we will drive two hours away to meet with the elders and a few members from a possible sponsoring or partnering church.  It's big for two reasons.

Relationship.  I believe that in Church planting you must have a relationship with an older established church for balance.  Since the relationship with our current church did not evolve into our partnering church it is very important to me that we connect with another established church that we already know some of the members.  We have that kind of relationship with this church.  They are AMAZING people and they are fired up and ready for planting churches.  They know that the church that plants will be encouraged and changed as much as the lives of those reached by the planters.  I pray that God has been organizing this relationship for years and we are about to see it come to a beautiful depth in the next few years.

Security.  There's no doubt about it, if you are planting a church you are going to need funding.  Having a place to call "home", to have the funding run through, and to have a portion of our total goal pledged would be extremely affirming.  I, as a mother and church planter will feel more secure once this step is in place.  If not today, then whenever it happens.  We have been slow and steady in this progression because we want to be wise with our life choices.  The fundraising for Basilea is no different.

Please pray for us today. (If you are reading this after the fact, pray anyway... I believe He transcends time when it comes to prayers offered.)  And hopefully I'll be blogging again soon to share the emotions of today.

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