I am sharing some big news today. Its a happy news slash sad news kind of thing. We talked about it in church yesterday. You can click here to watch a video of the entire service.

The Connection Church has always been all about reaching people far from God. Pastor Cole has had a vision to reach the I-35 corridor between San Antonio and Austin for a long time. I personally have been praying that our church would do this for years but had no idea what I was actually asking God to do.

So here it goes. The great news is that The Connection Church will be partnering to start a new church in Schertz, TX.

And the sad news? I am the one moving my family to lead this new church. That is one of the toughest lines I have ever blogged…

A short story version of what happened:
Over two years ago I was asked to start a new church and I immediately shot down the opportunity. I figured nobody would ever want to work with me again.

This past October, I started feeling like maybe it was time to start a new church. I didn’t share the info with a single person other than Amber and two weeks later I was asked to start a new church again. I’ll leave out all of the long details about how we decided on a place and time table.

Bottom line: Amber and I have decided that the only way we can be obedient to God is to move and start this new church.

Let me say this: this is not necessarily what we want to do. We absolutely LOVE The Connection Church. We love the people and I don’t think I’ll ever have such an incredible team to work with. All of our friends are in this area, Austin in my favorite place in the world, and we have only been here for just over 4 years. I’m not going to be making a penny more than I was here. We are going to have to sell our house fast…We have way more reasons to stay here than we do to leave.

Except for that BIG REASON that trumps all: God told us to go. We want to obey Him no matter what. We trust God and we know that someday we’ll look back and this whole thing will make much more sense.

This isn’t so much the White’s leaving forever as it is, The Connection Church is sending the White’s to start a new church. We’re still unsure about some things, but we are very excited.

This new church will be all about loving God, loving people, and starting a revolution. We plan on still working together in some different creative ways in the future with TCC. In a way we will be extending the ministry of The Connection Church.

As for The Connection Church I personally believe that God has His hands on you in an absolutely incredible, unexplainable way. The best is yet to come at The Connection Church…really, things in Kyle are just getting started. I have never seen such a move of God as The Connection Church.

I ask you to please stay faithful to The Connection Church. God is the one who has built TCC and though I might be leaving, God is never going to leave TCC. He is the reason you are a part of this amazing community.

I hope you were in our service Sunday to hear this in person. If not, now you are all caught up. Stay tuned to the blog. Much more to come!