It slipped my mind, but I was reminded today, that one year ago we had our first Sunday night worship gathering to build our launch team. Very encouraged and thankful for all the people who have partnered with us in this crazy adventure of church planting. So cool to see God bringing and connecting new people every week! Feel very privileged to be part of what is happening and looking forward to what the next few months will bring.
This milestone in the life of CPWP has also served to remind me of the message I got to share that first night...that we need an ongoing focus on the gospel. I shared this quote from C.J. Mahaney that I hope we never lose sight of...
The greatest need in the American church today is the recovery of the church’s central message, the gospel. Far too often in evangelical churches the gospel is simply assumed and, being so assumed, its voice is muffled, its entailments are ignored, and its power is drained. More significantly, when the gospel is assumed it is in grave danger of being displaced. The church is, therefore, in great need of a thoroughgoing return to gospel-centrality.
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