Since we moved to Guatemala I have had a desire to plant a gospel and grace centered church to continue to see the gospel advance to transform lives and enlarge God’s kingdom. I knew that I could not do this alone so I began to pray for Carlos Lopez that God would place this desire in his heart.
Fast forward 5 years to the end of 2017 when Carlos and I took a fundraising trip stateside. Through this trip which was more about fundraising than making connections to plant a church but the Lord had other plans. The Lord during this time began to work on Carlos and gave him a desire to be a part of a new expression of the church of Jesus in Magdalena. I knew that the Lord was not calling us to do church “normally” and during this trip we met Pastor Jonathan who had a vision to plant churches all over the Latino world. He also had a different vision and way of planting churches.
As we talked more and more I knew that the Lord was calling us to serve with the New Life Network. We joined this network and begin our services on January 31, 2018. We started with about 12 people meeting in our apartment with the desire and vision to plant many churches all across Guatemala. We are just now getting ready to finish our first year and so far we have seen the Lord do some great things. We have seen about 20 people make decisions for Christ. We have had 13 people make the decision to be baptized. We have begin 3 different groups in houses with the goal to have two more churches in houses by the end of 2019. Our goal is to plant small gospel centered communities in houses, cafes, businesses and other places where we are not dependent on a large facility or large financial need. We are following the 12 multiplication principles of the New Life Network to continue multiplying disciples and churches! To God be the Glory!
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