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I am so pumped to be back from vacation with my family! We had a terrific time being away and being together! I feel refreshed and ready to partner with Jesus in killing off all the giants standing in the way of reaching our FULL REDEMPTIVE POTENTIAL!
Here come the wins, wait for it, wait for it;-)
This past Sunday 4 incredible people invited Jesus Christ to be their Forgiver & Leader at The Dialogue Church! WOW! The culture of evangelism we have worked so hard to create is HAPPENING ALL AROUND US EVERY WEEK HERE AT THE DIALOGUE CHURCH! I am so proud of our team for this win! The true test of a leader is not what happens when he/she is around, but what happens when he/she is away. You guys proved that you are leaders READY FOR THE NEXT LEVEL OF MINISTRY AND BLESSING! Get ready, THE FALL IS COMING. The greater harvest is on its way!
We’ve been praying for God to double the life change this ministry calendar (from easter 2011 to easter 2012). Already we are seeing a significant increase in the amount of 1st time guests, 1st time decisions, baptisms, volunteers, life group sign ups, nb class attenders, and givers! For example, we’ve averaged 3 salvations a week since April 2011. Wow! In the past 6 weeks we’ve averaged 3.33 ppl/week inviting Christ to be their Forgiver & Leader. Our goal was 4 people a week trusting Christ for salvation. I believe God is going to blow that goal OUT OF THE WATER, OR PERHAPS INTO THE WATERS OF BAPTISM;-)
Quarter 2 of 2011 has been our greatest season of growth EVER IN THE HISTORY of The Dialogue Church. Our attendance grew by 65% from the end of Q1 to the end of Q2. WOW, that is only 3 months time! Unreal! And the month of June’s average attendance was higher than April’s attendance (which has Easter included). We had our highest attendance ever in April, then hit it again (minus 1 person) in the month of June. Are you kidding me? Can you imagine what God is going to do this Fall through the power of the gospel of Jesus Christ! Remember, we are bragging on Jesus here! It’s all because of Him! It’s an honor that we get to serve Jesus and partner with him in building up His church!
Now, let’s celebrate last month, JULY! This was a record-breaking month for us big time! So it would only make sense that we are about to tackle some more giants this fall! In July we saw a record number of 1st time guests (families who filled out a connection card) – seriously, this is in the middle of the summer. It is typically one of the lowest months of the year, but somebody forgot to tell Jesus that!
Remember, total attendance may go up and down in the summer, but we can still REACH LOTS OF NEW PEOPLE WITH THE GOSPEL. Unchurched people will come to church during the summer! Keep inviting! Come the weekend after Labor Day (Sept.11th) our people will be back to school, back from vacations and ready to dive back into church. We will see a bump in attendance as our regulars come back and our new people continue to attend and grow in faithfulness to the worship experience. Then we can gear up for the BIG DAY in October which will coincide with our launch in our new location.
In July we saw a record-breaking number of souls invite Jesus to be their Forgiver & Leader = 16 souls in 1 month! WOW! Imagine when we are seeing 160 souls in 1 month! Then 160 souls in one weekend! Then 160 souls in one worship experience! Come on, somebody celebrate with somebody;-)
In the past 16 months (since Easter 2010) we’ve seen 149 precious souls invite Jesus Christ to be their Forgiver & Leader at The Dialogue Church! We’ve already seen 48 of those new believers obey Jesus in the step of baptism! Wow! Let’s keep praying for greater things, greater life change, greater planting, and a greater harvest! I love our church!
- We’ve seen more people invite Christ into their life in the past 16 months than the first 36 months combined! WOW!
- We’ve baptized more people in the past 16 months than the first 36 months combined, wow!
- We’ve seen more growth in our average worship attendance in the past 16 months than the first 36 months combined!
- Just this past month we had our highest average attendance for any month in the history of our church.
- We saw more 1st time guests this past month (July), more salvations than any other month! I’m praying we bust through 200 on our big day in October! Then we want to be averaging 200 by Christmas Eve and hit 300 for Christmas Eve Big Day!
YTD 2011 we already have more 1st time guests than ALL OF 2011 combined! By the end of this year, I’m predicting we’ll have more 1st time guests in 2011 than the first three years combined! WOW!!
I just spent 3 hours working through all of our numbers for 1st time guests, 2nd time guests, 1st time decisions and attendance for the past 4 years! I’M SIMPLY AMAZED AT ALL THAT GOD HAS DONE IN THE PAST 16 MONTHS! WOW! I can’t wait to see what the next 16 months will look like as we continue to LIFT HIGH THE NAME OF JESUS!
BUT….let me remind you we can’t see GREATER THINGS WITHOUT GREATER FAITH, without facing our giants and saying, “today the Lord will conquer you.”
We must attempt great victories for God, and expect great victories from God.
Let’s believe God for victories so great that it REQUIRES HIS FAVOR & OUR FAITH TO ACHIEVE THEM!
Let’s attempt greater victories for God and expect Greater Victories from God! In Christ, you are a Giant Killer!
Dear Church Family & Friends,
This summer has been Unbelievable! We started two new worship experiences in April and only 3 months later the 11am experience is already overflowing, we literally had to pull out extra chairs last week. In the past year our church has nearly tripled in size from an average attendance of 57 to over 150 people every Sunday! In the past 15 months we’ve seen 144 precious souls invite Jesus Christ to be their Forgiver and Leader at The Dialogue Church! WOW! Only Jesus can produce that kind of life change and growth. We’ve already baptized 48 of those new believers in the past 15 months with many more signed up for the BAPTISM BASH 2011. To sign up to be baptized at this year’s bash go to www.TheDC.tv/bash.
This past Sunday I made a HUGE ANNOUNCEMENT, the biggest in our short 4 year history. After a year of searching for a larger and better location, we’ve finally found that new LOCATION for our weekend worship experiences.
Starting on Sept.4th, Sunday at 9 & 11am we will be moving to our new location at 72 Concord Street, Manchester, NH 03101. We’ll be inside the YWCA building.
This new location will allow us to more than double our current worship capacity (which has been a huge limitation to growth) and invest more resources into outreach and leadership development! We’ll have an amazing foyer presence to connect guests, incredible Kids Zone to share the love of Jesus with our children, and multiple worship experiences leading dozens to Christ every single weekend! I can’t wait! This new location will allow us to grow in average attendance to 400+ every weekend.
Here is what I’m asking you to do as a part of The Dialogue Church Family:
1. Pray for wisdom for your Pastor and staff team as we lead this transition to do whatever it takes to reach as many people as possible with the Good News of Jesus Christ!
2. Ask God what your family can contribute financially to fuel the mission of Jesus as we prepare to relaunch TheDC in this new amazing location! More details will follow about how to be a part of the GIANT KILLER CAMPAIGN! The GIANT KILLER Campaign is a 12 month commitment to give above and beyond our regular tithes and offerings to launch our new location, increase leadership development, double the life change, and prepare for our future (either purchasing a building or land).
3. Start serving on the weekend! If you aren’t serving yet I’m asking that you sign up to serve Jesus with your passion and gifts. If you are already serving then ask your team leader how you can serve more over the next six months! We are becoming a portable church so a brand new Set Up Ministry is being created! Sign up at www.TheDC.tv/volunteer.
4. Invite your friends and family to experience Jesus at our new downtown location starting September 4th. I will share more details on the GIANT KILLER CAMPAIGN this week and how you can make a difference for all eternity through the local church!
Don’t miss this Sunday, 9 & 11am as Ian and Kiri will be sharing their amazing Giant Killing stories from their own lives! There won’t be a dry eye in the building.
Pray for me as I will be preaching at Northway Church in Albany, NY for my friend Pastor Buddy Cremeans!
Sincerely,
Pastor Steve
The Dialogue Church
www.TheDC.tv
