Discipleship Houses Across America

We had a quick meeting just after noon to discuss a couple quick business topics. It was announced that Steve Kreidler stepped down from our board for personal reasons. We also discussed potential replacements. Term cycles for all our members were discussed as we will want to rotate and not replace all members in the same year.

In addition to that business, I gave an update on our current relationship with Lightbearer’s Ministry and asked for a commitment to pray for God’s guidance.

We agreed to get together again in February to further discuss potential board members.

I had a meeting with Andrew Brill again this last week. It kind of let me talk about some hard stuff that I haven’t had anyone to talk to about. My stepdad & board member Steve Kreidler recently left my mom. I don’t believe that his reasons are justified, and they are clearly not in line with Scriptural views. He had been the only person consistently willing to help me with D-House stuff so I’m kind of left feeling alone in trying to bring this vision to fruition. This happened once before early on with a board member so that makes it even more discouraging. I had to honestly tell Andrew that even if Lightbearer’s could purchase a house right now in Edmond, I didn’t feel like we had the supporting staff to do it well. He asked if I would ever consider a ministry like this full-time. His statement was somewhat surprising to me, but it also rung a bell deep in my heart. I honestly told him I would love to do it full time; and that when I first started out with the vision, I thought I’d be doing it full time in a year or two. Anyways, I need everyone’s prayers for direction and support.

Andrew and I talked on the phone about the structure of a D-house and what kind of discipleship program we have in place.  He was also sharing with me they are planning to wrap-up their curriculum for discipleship in the next couple months.  Sounds like they would be complimentary.  Anyways, I’ll keep everyone informed on any new news.

Oh, and I also updated the Lightbearer’s link.  They have a new website check it out in the blogroll on the left.

I’ve switched hosting providers, and you’ll have to forgive me but the old posts are gone.  We’re starting over and I just wanted to give an update about what’s been going on.  We’ve met with the Lightbearers staff for a second time now, and we looked at a few properties this time.  God has a plan and it appears that a partnership with Lightbearers is it.  They are a great organization.  I would ask that everyone reading this do 2 things: 1. pray about our possible partnership with Lightbearers & 2. check out their website here.  (Although at the time of this writing their site looks down, make sure and try again later.)