I tell you the truth, anyone who has faith in me will do what I have been doing. He will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father. (John 14:12 NIV)

Let me share some HELL-SHATTERING news with you! The past year has been simply amazing, but the BEST is yet to come! Jesus promises that we will see even GREATER THINGS for His glory & our good! Here are some of the highlights of what Jesus has been doing in and through His Church:

1.) LAST SUNDAY WE HAD RECORD BREAKING ATTENDANCE = 148 PEOPLE IN THE HOUSE! WOW! Our previous attendance record was from 2 weeks ago at 111 people.

2.) In the past 12 months 107 PRECIOUS SOULS HAVE INVITED JESUS CHRIST TO BE THEIR FORGIVER & LEADER at TheDC.tv. SIMPLY AMAZING! ONLY JESUS CAN CHANGE PEOPLE INTERNALLY & ETERNALLY!

3.) WE SUCCESSFULLY LAUNCHED 2 NEW WORSHIP TIMES – I am so proud of teamDC and all they have sacrificed to lead un-churched people to become hardcore followers of Jesus Christ! We had record breaking attendance but even more exciting is the fact that we have some more empty seats to fill with PEOPLE FAR FROM GOD. Every empty seat is an opportunity for life change!

4.) 5 PRECIOUS SOULS INVITED JESUS CHRIST TO BE THEIR FORGIVER & LEADER at The Dialogue Church this past weekend! Are you kidding me? Only Jesus can do that! That’s what it’s all about ! And it would not be possible if we didn’t believe the promise of Jesus in Matt.16:18, I WILL BUILD MY CHURCH & THE GATES OF HELL WILL NOT PREVAIL AGAINST IT. What an honor to be a part of this amazing move of God called The Dialogue Church! WOW!

5.) This past weekend 6 NEW BELIEVERS OBEYED JESUS IN THE STEP OF BAPTISM because Jesus has done a great work in them by first doing a great work for them ON THE CROSS! Now, He will do a great work through them at The Dialogue Church! Check out the pictures at www.theDC.tv/facebook.

6.) In the past 12 months we’ve BAPTIZED 39 OF THOSE NEW BELIEVERS at TheDC.tv! WOW! And to think just 4 years ago the Dialogue Church didn’t even exist! Thank goodness we have a missionary God who came after each one of us. Thank God we have a missionary mother church who sent us out. Thank God for a staff who isn’t afraid to go after the ONE LOST SHEEP! Thank YOU for giving your best to Jesus each and every weekend to see unchurched people become hardcore followers of Jesus Christ!

7.) The Dialogue Church’s average ATTENDANCE has more than DOUBLED, almost tripled in the past 11 months! That is a MOVE OF GOD, that only Jesus is capable of. BUT WE CAN NOT GROW CONTENT WITH the successes of the past. THERE ARE GREATER THINGS STILL TO BE DONE IN THIS CITY AND ACROSS NEW ENGLAND FOR THE CAUSE OF JESUS CHRIST! We WILL SEE GREATER THINGS! What an honor!

Over the next few weeks we are going to see an outpouring of God’s blessing and FAVOR upon His Church like we have never seen before, like Manchester has never seen before, and like New England has never seen before. And it won’t be about my fame or name, your fame or name, but ONLY AND ALWAYS ABOUT THE FAME AND NAME OF JESUS CHRIST! IT’S ALL ABOUT JESUS CHANGING LIVES! We will see New England changed for Christ ONE LIFE AT A TIME!

Soon we will see hundreds gathering for worship every single weekend (I’m praying we break 200 on Easter Sunday), then we will see thousands gathering for worship in multiple worship experiences across multiple worship locations, seeing hundreds invite Jesus to be their Forgiver & Leader every single weekend! Imagine when 5,000 souls are inviting Christ into their life in a single year! Can you see it? I CAN!

JESUS DIED FOR THIS DREAM! ARE YOU WILLING TO DO THE SAME? I AM and I will fight tooth and nail to bring you along with me to see GREATER THINGS!

EASTER SUNDAY, APRIL 24th at 9am & 11am. www.theDC.tv/easter (bring a friend or two).

PS: Have you seen the new DC Billboard on Queen City Ave (heading toward South Willow on the left hand side)?

From time to time I like to share “letters to my staff”. Here are some reasons why:

• So I can brag on what Jesus is doing through them & in them. Seriously, people repeat what gets praised. If you want your team to repeat something, then praise them for it. But be genuine and authentic about it. Praise that is dis-genuine will be taken as a “slick trick to manipulate” them.
• So other leaders and pastors know that every team has its ups and downs but great leaders learn to trust their staff and lean on them during times of distress and turmoil, but especially during times of growth and winning! To win we must build up those around us and rely on them, great leaders entrust great levels of responsibility to reliable leaders around them.

Here is a recent letter to my staff:

Hey DC Staff,

I am so proud of you and how Jesus is working in your hearts.

Thank you for trusting Jesus enough to bring your best every Sunday at TheDC.tv – Every Sunday is the Super Bowl for Jesus!

Thank you for loving this city enough to invest in leadership development and visiting Northway Church so we can learn how to go to the next level!

Thank you for being humble enough to listen and learn from those further along than we are. You will always find someone further along so instead of getting jealous we should just learn and grow from them.

Thank you for investigating and interrogating. If we want to learn from those at the next level then we must put ourselves at the feet of those at the next level.

Thank you for being real in your spirituality. We can only reproduce who we are, not who we wish we were.

Thank you for inviting your friends, family, neighbors, and co-workers to meet Jesus at TheDC.tv. Nothing else matters. Followers Fish!

Thank you for putting your families first, because healthy ministry requires healthy families. Be loyal to your families; Jesus is! Thank you for doing ministry with your families! Family and ministry go hand in hand, they don’t compete, they complete one another!

Thank you for supporting your pastor no matter what and truly investing in the vision Jesus has given to him. Every vision caster (lead pastor) needs a team of vision carriers. Thank you for carrying the vision Jesus has given to me and this church! Behind every great leader is a team of great leaders.

Thank you for giving financially. Thank you for giving cheerfully, regularly, and sacrificially.

Thank you for submitting to Jesus and His vision for the church. Nobody seeks after Jesus, HE SEEKS US, and we submit to Him.

Don’t grow weary “inviting your friends to meet Jesus” in due time we will reap a harvest.

Can’t wait to bust through the next growth barrier on October 11th | REHAB MY LOVE LIFE | www.theDC.tv

Investing your wealth into the mission of Jesus is never easy but it is always worth it. Thank you for sacrificing for the One Who sacrificed for us!

Inviting your friends to meet Jesus is never easy, but it is always worth it!

We aren’t inviting people to church, we are inviting people to Jesus through the church. JESUS IS THE VISION, CHURCH IS THE VEHICLE!

I have made a personal commitment to raise up a generation of Christ-leaders that will completely revolutionize this city for heaven’s sake.

Here is how I am fulfilling this commitment:

1. I am committing to spending more time on leadership development in my own life. That means I am going to immerse myself in leadership books from those who are getting it done with the mission of Jesus. I am going to be visiting leadership conferences hosted by the nation’s top church leaders. And I am going to be committed to sharing all of that with all of you.

2. We are raising the bar on what it means to lead for Jesus here at The DC. That means if you don’t like it, then move on. I am serious. What Jesus has called us to is bigger than me and you combined. I will not get in the way of what Jesus wants to do here, and I won’t let anyone else get in the way either.

3. One more way I am going to really invest in leadership development here at The DC is by feeding each of you on a regular basis what I am learning in leadership and offering practical ways to grow in your own areas of ministry. One new tool for disseminating this leadership advice is through this blog.

Here is what I am inviting you all to do:

1. Pray for God to ruin you for the mission of Jesus. Ask God to break your heart for those far from God here in our city. Like I said, even if we had a 100 churches running 1,000 people every Sunday, we would still only be reaching half of this Greater Manchester Area. We live in the most densely populated region of the country and yet we have the lowest church attendance and the smallest churches in the country. That needs to change. Pray that God will burden your heart about this. Pray that God will enlarge your vision for The Dialogue Church and your involvement in the mission of Jesus through the vision of The Dialogue Church.

2. If you have sin in your life, then confess it to Jesus. He loves you and went to the cross for you. Sin will keep you from serving Jesus authentically, and sin will keep you from truly impacting others with the gospel. We can’t have that on our leadership team. So confess it and leave it behind you. Jesus will give you the strength to overcome it. If your sin is embracing a mediocre spirituality then confess it to Jesus and start pursuing Christ above all else.

3. Subscribe to the new leadership blog. If you are on this leadership team then I want you to subscribe to this leadership blog. If you need help with this step I can easily help you, just ask. This step is critical in feeding you leadership lessons from the Bible’s crater in my own life. If you don’t subscribe then I will assume that you don’t care about the mission of Jesus and making it hard to go to hell from downtown Manchester!

PS: If you have noticed that I am fired up about Jesus and His mission, well I am! And you haven’t seen anything yet. Just wait until this Sunday! More people need to meet Jesus, and we are here to make sure that happens! Nothing else matters!

Be strong and be vigilante because the Devil doesn’t like getting kicked in the nuts!