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Church Planting Insight #1 | missionalchallenge.com

When starting a church over twenty years ago, if I was told this one time, I was told it ten times:

[featured_image]I remember the day very clearly. It was twenty years ago on this date, November 4, 1990, that Lake Hills Community Church was birthed. The week before we had a dress rehearsal in the multi-purpose room at Live Oak Elementary School and 18 people showed up. We were hopeful – but we didn’t have any […]

Lake Hills Community Church: 20 Years Ago | missionalchallenge.com

Lake Hills Community Church in Castaic, CA had it’s grand opening worship celebration on November 4, 1990.

Twenty years ago my wife and I partnered together with a few friends to start a new church in Castaic, CA. We were convinced that starting new churches is vital to extending God’s kingdom.

Lessons I Learned Planting Lake Hills Church | missionalchallenge.com

God is in control and I’m not and I don’t have to be and I can trust Him. He is completely sovereign. “Our God is in heaven; He does whatever pleases Him.”

One of the things that have been on my mind a lot lately has been FINISHING WELL. A few years ago, my friend Karl Teichert gave me a book called Starting Well.