Baby, It's Cold Outside

Ever been to Montana in January?  One word... actually, two....cold & windy.

I'm here in Livingston visiting with Paul Sedon and Cody Wood, two church planters that we (Ridgeview) have partnered with to plant a church.  Livingston is between Billings and Bozeman, and in many ways, is a very typical western, frontier town.  This is my third visit to Livingston.   Paul and Cody are really beginning to see some fruit as seeds planted in the past months and years are beginning to grow.  

I'm so thankful to be a part of a church and staff that is committed to exponential kingdom growth.  Much of our DNA is being replicated here in MT as Cornerstone Church continues to invest in people and serve the Livingston community.  

We ran in to another pastor from a near-by town earlier today.  He's been here for 20 years.  Church planting, especially in frontier areas, is L O N G term.  I've just been reminded, yet again, how great the need is for us to be about the task of taking the Gospel to our local community, our state, nation, and certainly around the world.  

It's cold and snowy outside, but the fire in me has been stoked, once again, but the courage and determination of these church pioneers.