This summer Life Covenant Church (the community I’m privileged to lead) passed a major milestone – we planted our third church, and the first one to be started overseas. It came out of an orphanage and community center we had the privilege of working to found with some Mozambican leaders, and out of our broader commitment to this country over the last several years. We’ve been working to plant a church there, but didn’t expect it to come through this arm of the ministry. But lo and behold, our venture into serving women and children at risk led to the birth of a young church who shares our passion to see more churches planted, and to get to the unreached peoples in the north of their country.
We sent a team to serve there this summer, and they expected to dedicate the orphanage while they were there. To our team’s surprise, they were the dedication was not just for the orphanage, but for this new church too. The church sees us as their parents and asked to take our name, so now there is a Life Covenant Church in Beira, Mozambique. Amazing how God works, and the privilege we feel to be part of this.
It’s beyond exciting, and beyond humbling! How does a young church of less than 150 people with a modest budget and a leader of modest gifting plant four churches in seven years? More posts to come, but all will be an elaboration on the short answer: Pure grace.
