God is Up to Something in Kansas City
Last night Lindsay and I had the privilege of hosting Scott and Sharlain Donahue for dinner at our place, and talking ad nauseum about church planting. Scott and Charlane are currently living in Oklahoma, and are seriously thinking about moving back to KC, MO to plant a church somewhere in the metro area. Their journey toward church planting has some similarities to our own, and it was great to hear the story.
Aside: I’m realizing this is one reason people involved in church planting like to hang out together—it’s kind of like listening to yourself talk and then saying, “Yeah, that’s exactly right, dude.”
With 5.2 billion invested in development, over 500,000 people in the metro area and 2 million in greater KC, this area needs dozens of new churches. The cool thing is, I’m aware of at least a half dozen working to get off the ground right now. Off the top of my head, I can think of 3 Southern Baptist plants, a couple non-denominational, one Lutheran, and one Acts 29.
One thing that gets me pumped is the prospect of cooperating with like-minded people who get the gospel, love Jesus, love the city, to help KC get a renewed vision for who Christ is. There’s every reason that should be a group effort.
September 16th, 2008 at 11:15 am
Yeah that’s right dude!