“Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.”

Matthew 19:14             

Even when things may feel hopeless, chaotic, confusing—God is ALWAYS moving!  This has been a month of joy as we celebrated new baptisms in the Epiphany Church family!  One of the   churches Joseph works closely with (Epiphany Church in South LA) recently took to the beach to celebrate 5 children who have given their hearts to Jesus and wanted to be baptized. After going through a process within the church of hearing and understanding the gospel of Jesus, these children wanted to publicly declare their love for Jesus.

“Truly, I say to you, unless you turn and become like children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.” (Matt. 18:3) The faith of a child is so  powerful and we rejoice with these 5 children who have decided to follow Jesus and be baptized!!

Please pray for these children to grow closer to  Jesus.  Pray for wisdom for their parents as they seek to continue to teach their children how to love and follow Jesus all of their lives.

PARTNERING TO MAKE JESUS KNOWN, MULTIPLY THE CHURCH AND SERVE THE CITY

Joseph is part of the national leadership with Cru Church Movements.  As well as serving locally here in Los Angeles, he helps lead the National Church Movements division of Cru with these other 11 men and women.  They oversee the 83 staff in 37 different cities through the U.S.  This September this leadership team met (virtually) for multiple days and hours to plan for the coming year. http://www.churchmovements.com How can we best communicate and demonstrate the gospel to every person, so that every man, woman and child would know the gospel and experience the love of Jesus Christ? In the United States there are:

160,000,000 people are unchurched

2,500,000 leave the church every year

360 unreached people groups reside in the U.S

Please pray for Joseph and the National Team as they encourage, train, lead, and oversee the staff around the country to reach those who do not know Jesus.  It has been tricky and tiring to plan and meet all virtually these past 6 months—but please pray that the Lord would continue to lead and guide them with wisdom. 

Our Prayers and Vision for 2020-2021 is to:

Train 3,750 people in

1,250 people in Disciple Making

Partner to help start 500 new Churches or Missional Communities

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Thank you for continuing to pray for our family and the ministry here in Los Angeles.  This has definitely been a strange 2020—but we are so thankful God is always working and with us now matter what we are facing.  Please pray for the wildfires that continue to burn here—the air has been quite smoky and ash is everywhere, but recently we have been seeing more blue skies once again.  Thank you for your constant prayers, support an encouragement.  Please email or call us and let us know if we can be praying for you in anyway as well.