BIG NEWS!

So word is officially out.

For all our friends and the rest of the world we are using this blog to communicate what was communicated yesterday at Outreach Church over Vision Sunday.

As of 1^st December 2011 Outreach Church will no longer be Outreach Church and will become Everyday Champions Church – one church in multiple locations. Everyday Champions Church is a great church in Newark run by Gareth and Leanne Morgan. After lots of prayer, discussion, meetings, more prayer and more discussion we have decided it’s time join forces and come together.

Can we do more together than we can on our own?

Can we bring strength to three strong churches and make them even stronger?

Can we move quicker and more effectively?

We believe that we can!

The key to all this is relationship. This move is being done out of relationship and not structure. We believe in what we are doing and each other and feel working together is an answer to what we have in our hearts. Our life’s passion is all about extending the kingdom of God quicker and more effectively. In April 2012, Reachout Community Church in Wellingborough (along with a congregation they have planted) will also become Everyday Champions Church to finalise the one church in multiple locations. I can assure you that our vision does not stop there.

We believe that this is an incredible model of church that has huge potential focused on building great local church through the releasing of people into their graze zones. We are very excited about what God will do in the coming months and years. It will result in lots of change and transition but we are prepared and ready for that.

As for myself, Ruth and the girls our role will now be changing. As of 1^st October we will no longer be the pastors of Outreach Church, we are handing this on to an incredible couple that have been working closely with us over the past few years. Gary and Jan Mace will be the Everyday Champions Church, Nottingham Campus pastors. We have loved pioneering and building this congregation over the last few years but now is the time for transition.

Myself, Ruth and the girls will be relocating to Newark in the near future to undertake a mixture of roles working in the church and on the church. Some time will be spent working in the Newark congregation whilst also working on the church as a whole. Part of my role is in developing the three campuses and our multi-site structure and systems alongside many other things.

It’s a journey that we believe God is taking us on as a family and as a church. Gareth and Leanne have been friends of ours for a number of years and this merge comes out of that relationship. We are all committed to building church and seeing people come to know God and if this can be done more effectively then we will do it.

Do we know all the future? Do we have all the answers? NO! This is a faith journey that we are walking along. This is not a common set up and a common move but I love that.

It’s a new season full of opportunity. God will build His church and we just follow His lead. All three congregations in Newark, Nottingham and Wellingborough have great people and great teams. You can now add to that a team that strengthens from an apostolic viewpoint.

We would value your prayers and the rest is simply down to – watch this space.

Much love

Justin

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