Today I had a great time meeting another church planter in our area. His name is Paul Schindler and he is pastor of Living Hope Community Church in the Severn area. You can check them out at www.lhc-online.com
A couple months ago I got an e-mail from my dad that reccomended that I check out his website. When I did at I saw that you could almost take the Living Hope logo off their site and add the SRC logo, because we are so similar in beliefs, philosophy of ministry, etc.
At first, I thought, "Wait a minute, He's not allowed to do ministry that way. That's the way God told me to do it." Then after God smacked me around a little, I thought, "Duh, if God has a vision for planting churches in this area, why would I think I'm the only one He would tell?" So I put Paul and his church on my prayer list, and grew excited to be entering the harvest with him.
After months of phone tag and schedule conflicts we finally got together today, and he reminds me a lot of me. He literally said things and gesticulated (that means gesturing, I just found out this week. It has nothing to do with the gastric system of your body.) in the same manner as I have to other people. I thought it was all original to me... :-)
Anyway, what a great guy, and I look forward to getting to know him more and hopefully spend some time praying for him.
--Ben
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