Why do we need these new churches? Shouldn’t we invest our efforts into continuing these other churches that have plenty of room to grow or some dying congregations that need a jolt of life breathed into them? …Continue reading Nils Smith’s reflections during his Church Planting Course at Rockbridge Seminary.
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Pastor Pat Giraldin had rarely been to church for 14 years when his girlfriend took him to Cornerstone Church in Simi Valley in 1995.
“It was the first time I heard a pastor talking to me, not at me,” said Giraldin, who was raised Catholic but left the church at 16. Continue reading the news about Pat.
On August 21, 2009 Pastor Kerry Mackey contacted Pat to see what God was doing in his life. After sharing the vision with Kerry, Pat learned that Kerry not minutes earlier had been challenged by his mentor Dr. Daryl Eldridge (Rockbridge Seminary) to consider planting a church. Pat and Kerry began praying daily for God’s direction and timing of next steps. Since that date, God has given many signs to both Pat and Kerry as well as their wives and others that they have…Continue reading the news from Kerry.
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