Batterson’s Post
Last April I was at the Exponential Conference in Orlando, Florida. I know what you are thinking. When you see “conference” and “Orlando” in the same sentence, you immediately think, “Yea, that conference was just an excuse to go see Mickey and soak in some rays.” Well, I actually did go to the conference. Exponential Conference is the premier church planting conference in the country. Anybody who is anybod in church planting is there. One afternoon I chose a seminar to attend that was led by a guy I had never heard of but his topic sounded very interesting to me. It turned our to be Mark Batterson who is the pastor of National Community Church in Washington, DC. They meet in five movie theatres across the DC area and own and operate as a ministry/business the largest coffeehouse on Capital Hill (Ebenezer’s). I was so impressed with him that this summer when I went to DC with my oldest son, Caleb, I went to Ebenezer’s and bought me a souvenir mug. Their passion for Jesus is incredible and their ministry in the DC area is amazing.
As we begin Journey Church, it is challenging and inspiring to read about other church plants. How they got started, all their stages and where they are now in their faith journey. I pray that in the years to come that as we look back on what God has done we will be able to say that only God could do what happened in the life of Journey Church. You see, when God has a plan, God will make a way and all we have to is follow! Take a moment to look at Mark’s recent blog, “If You Knock Long Enough”- http://evotional.com/2009/01/if-you-knock-long-enough.html
