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The Joys of Planting a Church

“I GET to do this another year!” This is how I feel as another year church planting lies before me. I feel in my heart a sense of gratefulness and surprise at God’s sustaining grace in our church plant here in Naperville: Cross of Christ Fellowship. (I often feel surprised at the beginning of the […]

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Gospel Partnerships

In Phil 1:3-5 we see Paul thank God for the partnership he experienced with the Philippians in the gospel. The Philippians were dear to Paul, and they prayed for him (1:19) and gave generously to help him in the gospel work (4:10-20). We as a church plant have experienced a sweet partnership in the gospel […]