Southlands Santa Ana celebrates 1 year since they started meeting as a church. Here are some reflections on the past season.
New Venue for Frontline Church, Fayetteville, North Carolina.
Recently, Frontline Church, In Fayetteville, North Carolina, moved into their new venue. We caught up with them to hear more about the story of how they came to finding this spot, as well as how God provided the means for them to move in! Here is what Blake Burrough, one of the leaders, had to say: “The story is pretty wild. … Read More
North American Hub Gatherings.
At the heart of what we do as a movement is to plant and strengthen churches. One of the ways we seek to strengthen is to build and nurture the relationships between churches, so that we can express authentic partnership in the gospel. These gathering moments are for building up leaders, strengthening bonds and increasing collaboration and partnership as we … Read More
The first Advance church plant into Canada
Lawrence and Elizabeth Keen are planting out of City Gates Church, into the small town of Quesnel, in Western Canada. We caught up with the Keen’s and Vic Stander (City Gates) for some background to this exciting move. City Gates has put together a great introductory clip. Check it out and then read up on some of the details below. … Read More
The Way to Heaven via St. Louis
Erik Santiago, Operations Director for Advance Global & North America, wrote us a great summary of the recent North American Central Hub gathering in St Louis, Missouri. By the time I touched down in St. Louis for the Advance Central Hub Conference I had cancelled trips to Nashville, Portugal, France, Luxembourg and the UK this year due to COVID. What … Read More
Political Polarization In The American Church
In this presentation, Erik Santiago chats to Brett McCracken, Vaughn Jarrett and Donnie Griggs about the challenge of political polarization in the American church. They discuss the rise of politics as religion, the challenges of pastoring a church in this climate, divisions along age and race groups and preparing for the post election season.
Planting in Santa Ana, SoCal
Jon and Kimberly Marshall are heading up Southlands’ new plant in Southern California. Jon sent us a quick update on their progress. Southlands is starting a new congregation in a culturally and socio-economically diverse part of Southern California. It has about 10 major languages spoken by a significant portion of the populace. It has witnessed very significant revival in the … Read More