It's been a long while

Yes folks, we just about dropped off the face of the planet. We've had some moderate setbacks. Ok, some rather serious setbacks. No financing is available for the space we need. We don't have the cash on hand for the space, or for that matter, most of the equipment we need. Some of the folks volunteering to help out have other commitments they need to attend to. In short, we were nearing the point where we could really start running a church, and then it all fell apart.

It's time to change the plan. It's time to make some lemonade.

I was looking at ways to make this work, to put a congregation together on even more of a shoestring budget than before, and I've decided to start tiny. Not just start-small, but truly tiny. To do so, I'll take a lesson from Kingdom Life Church, which is over 2,300 members strong today. Like their pastor, I'll start out by renting a ballroom in a local hotel to preach in. I'll YouTube the sermon by borrowing some video cameras. I'll podcast the audio. I'll blog the sermon itself. I'll be making due with what I have and what I can afford.

I look at it this way - God wants me to be successful so long as I follow His plan. That doesn't mean he's just going to let me get to the finish line in one easy stride... no, there are going to be challenges; challenges He has put in my path to test my faith and my mettle. I vow to meet those challenges, because I know in my heart that to meet them and overcome them will be pleasing to God, because I'll be following His plan for me.

So look out world, here we come!