Vertical is Having a Revival!

So, on February the 7th Vertical Church is celebrating a pretty big milestone for a church plant – WE ARE TURNING 5 YEARS OLD! We feel like we’re growing up – we are becoming a “big boy church”. Because we view this as being pretty significant we really wanted to do something SPECIAL for our 5th birthday.

What we wanted to do is have a REVIVAL for this landmark event. You remember church revivals, right? Where for 3 or more nights the church will have special services, normally with a guest preacher from outside of that church? So every night for the length of the revival the people come to church.

With us being a mobile church facilities are an issue for 4 consecutive nights. We played out a lot of different scenarios, but ultimately, our revival plans just weren’t gelling and I was pretty disappointed. Until…

SOMEONE HAD A BRILLIANT IDEA

I don’t know who it was (they still haven’t claimed credit – I just know it wasn’t me) but someone suggested, “why don’t we have revival on Sunday mornings? Bring in the speakers, have the services, but instead of 4 nights, we can do 4 weeks on Sunday’s during our normal service times. As I said, brilliant.

“But in your hearts revere Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have. But do this with gentleness and respect,” 1Peter 3:15

So that’s what we’re doing – We are having a 4 Week Revival that we are calling, “Hope Dealers”. We are calling it that because these Pastor’s that we bring in are 3 of the Biggest Hope Dealers that I know. They are pastors, all church planters, DEALING HOPE, in their unique situations,  dealing hope and making a difference in their area of the world.

Week 1 – January 31st – Chris Elrod – Impact Church, Lakeland, Florida.
Week 2 – February 7th (BIRTHDAY PARTY) – Lon Williams – Liberty Church, Liberty, PA
Week 3 – February 14th – Jeff Lynch – Bridgetown Church, Danville, VA.

I will close out the series on February 21st  in what I am calling “Vision Weekend” as I will share where I feel God is leading Vertical in our mission to take the Gospel outside of our current towns and rock SE NC and our world. Cannot wait to share!!!