“This is a trustworthy saying that deserves full acceptance (and for this we labor and strive), that we have put our hope in the living God, who is the Savior of all men, and especially of those who believe.” (1 Timothy 4:9-10)
Welcome to our Annual Bring Your Neighbor day! Certainly in 2013 the DC Church has labored in the pains of childbirth adding 69 precious souls to the DC family (45 baptisms, 9 restorations, 15 place memberships); giving $221,418 – 48% of all our church’s income to world missions; and sending out 29 disciples to four cities which helped to birth a mighty church in Denver, Colorado!
“Forgetting what is behind and straining toward”, we have just returned from the life-changing 2014 LA Winter Workshop and the equally powerful Northeastern United States Winter Workshop! What struck me most was how our disciples on the west coast and the east coast are “one in heart and mind” (Acts 2:42) and that the love, spirit, power and purpose of our workshops have brought all of us to “complete unity [letting] the world know” (John 17:23) that God has sent us to be The Hope Of All Nations! (Matthew 12:21) All of the preaching was powerful… but, I have to lift up my wife Tracy who preached the sermon of her life, entitled A Hope That Purifies. In my 21 years as a disciple, I have rarely seen a room full of women moved not only to tears, but to brokenness and repentance the way I witnessed. Her sermon has had more hits, in the first two weeks, than any other sermon we’ve ever uploaded in our movement! I’m so very proud of her and of all our disciples in the incredible DC church. We are looking forward to 2014 as we begin with our study of the book of Hebrews today. I hope you are as encouraged as I am to be today!
Ron Harding
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