In July of 2021 the Holy Spirit moved upon the Network Presbytery to do three things. 1.) specifically pray for future ministers, 2.) ask all our ministers to preach or testify on the call of God and 3.) provide an unprecedented number of resources on call mentoring for our local churches. In the two weeks we are already hearing encouraging reports about those efforts on the local level.
UPDATE: As of 6/30/2022 our Network Pastors have reported a total of 428 individuals who are part of our Explore the Call mentoring groups. These individuals are reading the book, Explore the Call and receiving mentoring guided by their local pastor. Here is a report from our local churches since the Called Initiative started in March of 2022.
- Pastor Steve Chavez of Praise Assembly in Pueblo, Colorado used the book, Explore the Call to mentor 19 individuals who have since become small group leaders and alter workers.
- Pastor Lonnie Campbell in Utah is mentoring 7 individuals with the book Explore the Call.
- Pastor Keenan Roberts in Thornton, Colorado preached a two-week series on the topic and is using the book to mentor 10 people.
- Pastor Nick Seders in Greeley, Colorado testified on his call to minister and connected with 7 people who are now reading the book, Explore the Call.
- Pastor Sam Markham preaching on the call of God and had 3 people respond who are now going through the book Explore the Call.
- Pastor Seth Koetits prayed in one person who is now taking ministerial courses though our Pathway, our educational partner.
- Pastor Paul Speicher in Brush Colorado preached on the call of God and is mentoring 18 people using the Explore the Call book.
- Pastor Jon Drackett featured several weeks of short testimonies on the call of God and is now using the Explore the Call book to mentor 4 people.
- Pastor Michael Dominguez in Alamosa, Colorado preached on the call of God and is now using the Explore the Call book to mentor 8 people.
- Pastor Scott Bottoms from the Church at Briargate in Colorado Springs preached a sermon on the call of God and gave copies of the Explore the Call book to 10 people who respond.
- Pastor Bill Woods of Solid Rock Church in Florence, Colorado preached and testified on the call of God and had 5 people express a desire to explore the call and read the book, Explore the Call.
- Pastor BJ Worthen from First Assembly in Rifle, CO. preached on the call of God on a Sunday and had 6 people came forward to receive a copy of the Explore the Call book.
- Pastor Travis Schroder at Bethel Church in Grand Junction, Colorado did a four week series on hearing God’s call. The last message of the series was on a call to ministry and 8 individuals responded at took book.
- Associate Pastor Paul Labig at The Rock Church in Grand Junction Colorado gave his personal testimony and taught on the call of God. Twenty-five people answered the call to step into using their gifts and 10 took books answering the call to BE the gift (explore the call to ministry).
- Pastor Chris Peterson from Crossroads Church in Montrose, Colorado preached on the call of God and had 4 individuals respond to an invitation to explore the possibilities of God’s call to ministry and receive copies of the Explore the Call book.
- Pastor Paul and Melanie Aragon from Restoration Church in Fountain, Colorado preached on the call of God in all three services and had 29 individuals respond to an invitation to explore the possibilities of God’s call to ministry and receive copies of the Explore the Call book.
- At our 2022 Network Youth Convention speaker Peter Reeves preached on the call of God and 80 students responded desiring to get a copy of the book, Explore the Call and learn more.
- Pastor Rob Rocca had 11 engage the Explore the Call journey at Destiny Church in Fort Lupton.
- Pastor Darryl Johnson in Fowler, Colorado preached on the call of God and had one person go thought the Explore the Call book. After going through the book, the person realized they were not called to ministry. However, the experience prompted an on-going time of discipleship with him, and he has branched into other biblical studies as he seeks to become a more godly husband and father.
- Pastors Tim and City Dudley in Hurricane, Utah preached on the call of God and had 6 people respond. They then went through each chapter of the Explore the Call book in a small group format. These six have now begun study for the certified track under the mentorship of their pastors.
- Pastor Travis Lowell of Summit Bound Church in Glenwood Springs, Colorado preached on the call of God and had one person respond who is reading the Explore the Call book.
- At 2022 Network Youth Camps a total of 179 teens responded to an alter call for those who feel God is calling them to ministry. They were given a copy of the book, Explore the Call to work through with their pastor when they return home.
If you have preached, taught or testified about the called initiative tell us your story at gene@rmdc.org. Find our more about the CALLED INITIATIVE at www.rmdc.org/called
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