Resolved Church Plants
Blog | Pastor Duane Smets
The Resolved Church is part of the Acts 29 Network. Acts 29 exists to “band together Christian, Evangelical, Missional & Reformed churches, who, for the sake of Jesus and the gospel, plant churches across the United States and the world.” Part of our Acts 29 covenant is to devote 10% of our resources (time, talent & treasure) to planting new churches.
We believe that many people need Jesus and that planting churches is the most effective strategy for reaching people with the gospel. It has been said that, “Planting new churches is the most effective evangelistic methodology known under heaven.” We take that to be true.
Currently (Fall 2010) there are two brand new church plants launching this fall whom The Resolved Church is supporting.. Please take a second to check out their websites and pray for the church planter who is leading them.
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Nathan Downey is planting The Town Church | www.thetownchurch.com
Nate served as a virtual elder of The Resolved Church during it’s first three years of existence. During the last two years Pastor Duane has been working with Nate to plant The Town Church and is now one of his two church planting coaches. Nate is married with three children and recently graduated from Retrain and launched The Town Church in August 2010. Here’s a word from Nate about it:
The Town Church is a new church in Eureka, California. What’s the big idea? Simply put, The Town Church is a people gathered and sent by God to proclaim and live out the good news of Jesus in Eureka, Humboldt County, and beyond for the glory of God.
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Jesse Winkler is planting Westview Church | www.westviewchurch.com
Jesse planted The Vine church in Seattle, Washington in 2005. In 2009 The Vine was adopted as one of the sites of Mars Hill Church and God put a calling on Jesse to move back down to Southern California and plant a church in Rancho Penasquitos of North County San Diego. Jesse is married, has four children and has been a guest speaker at The Resolved Church a number of times. Currently Pastor Duane is serving as one of Jesse’s virtual elders until he is able to find and develop qualified elders. Jesse is currently having soft launch vision and core group gatherings and is officially launching in November 2010. Here’s a word from Jesse about it:
Westview Church is being changed by the gospel, in Christ treasuring community, sent on mission for the glory of God in San Diego, California.
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For more on the importance and need for church planting see:
• Why Plant Churches? by Tim Keller
• How To Get Involved In Church Planting by Winfield Bevins
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