It all started in a middle seat...

The meeting went ok but our ideas never really went anywhere….

I got a "random" call from Dave, who was a pastor in Leawood, KS and he was looking for a downtown church where his church could offer a VBS program...of course, we would love to work together! 

While we were meeting, I remembered Dave telling me he and Karen had been missionaries and had lived in Budapest for eighteen years.

Strangely enough, several months before we planted New Life, I had been stuck in the back of an airplane – middle seat – with a guy from Budapest who had planted a church in the city. He shared about the diverse group of people and city-wide partnerships and it sounded just like the church we were hoping New Life CityChurch would become.

After we arrived back in Kansas City, we shared the conversation with Brad and much of the passion and strategy behind a church in Budapest with our core group for NLCC.

As all this was racing through my mind, I decided to ask Dave if by chance he had ever met a guy named Brad Mullet or heard of a church plant downtown Budapest…he smiled and went on to tell me he had led a team that had planted a church in Budapest together.

What are the chances that God would connect a church downtown Budapest with a church plant in Kansas City and Dave and I would be having a conversation about ministry in the city….it had to be God!

There is way too much to share in this email, however, Pastor Dave has just had a book published entitled, “Unwavering Resolve” about many of the leadership lessons he has learned throughout his decades in ministry.

We have decided to use the book as a guide for this next sermon series, “Unwavering Resolve: Commitments of a Missional Church.” This Sunday I will introduce the series with an introductory sermon on leadership from Ephesians 4:11-16.

In case you are wondering, we had a great time with the VBS, Leigh-Ann and I have been to Budapest to see so many people whose lives have been transformed through the Gospel ministry of Dave and Karen, and now we get to serve regularly through New Life and beyond.

Have a great weekend,

Troy