Kyle Goen Blog

Friday July 10 will be a huge day for LifePoint Church.

Over the past several years God has re-arranged everything at LifePoint to focus on sending leaders out to reach the nations for His glory. In the last four or five years we have mobilized around 500 people on short-term mission opportunities around the world. We have watched God call a families to South Asia, South America and West Africa. Today, LifePoint is in the process of sending two church planting teams to live long-term in other parts of the world. One of those teams will plant in Thailand and the other will plant in Belgium.

Well, this brings us to Friday July 10th. On this particular day our church will have the privilege of sending a short term team to Brazil, we are sending our Thailand team on a discovery trip, we are sending the Schroder’s to West Africa and some of our staff team will be in Memphis meeting with the senior leadership of the International Mission Board about new methods for partnership. No one can say LifePoint isn’t committed to seeing God’s glory spread throughout the nations.

Please pray for our church specifically on July 10th. Pray for God’s will to be done in each of these endeavors as we mobilize for the sake of God’s kingdom.

We began last year challenging ourselves as a body to follow the vision that God had given us to become a church in multiple locations. We did not realize how quickly that would come to fruition. God began to call people from our church to go and plant their life and their family  in other locations around the globe to see God’s glory revealed in places where a true picture of Biblical community is not understood.

In January 2010 a group of families and singles will begin training in Atlanta, GA in preparation to move to Bangkok, Thailand for the purpose of planting a church. Another group of people are beginning to meet regularly in preparation for moving to Brussels, Belgium to plant a reproducing sending church for French speaking people of Belgium. Wow…this has happened quickly in our body.

Last evening our church voted unanimously to receive another church in our area into our body and accept all of their property and liabilities for the purpose of uniting to spread the fame of God in Middle Tennessee. The former Stonebrook Church will officially become LifePoint Church on July 1, 2009. God lead the members of Stonebrook to unanimously dissolve and become a LifePoint campus. It is going to be an incredible sight for a lost community to see two churches become one for the Glory of God.

In less than one year God has lead LifePoint Church to move from 1 campus in 1 location to 4 campuses in 4 different locations. We are asking God to give wisdom for next step in the journey and to raise up new leaders for His kingdom enterprise.

We want you to join us in this prayer and get involved in leading out.

Kris Allen leads worship at New Life Church in Conway, Arkansas.

I recently finished the book, Strengths Finder 2.0 by Tom Rath. Here are my top five (5) strengths as defined by the testing tool.

Relator – People who are especially talented in the Relator theme enjoy close relationships with others. They find deep satisfaction in working hard with friends to achieve a goal.

Maximizer – People who are especially talented in the Maximizer theme focus on strengths as a way to stimulate personal and group excellence. They seek to transform something strong into something superb.

Responsibility – People who are especially talented in the Responsibility theme take psychological ownership of what they say they will do. They are committed to stable values such as honesty and loyalty.

Command – People who are especially talented in the Command theme have presence. They can take control of a situation and make decisions.

Significance – People who are especially talented in the Significance theme want to be very important in the eyes of others. They are independent and want to be recognized.

To take the test go here.

I would be interested to know if anyone else has taken the test?

What did you think about your strengths?

Those of you who know me, is this accurate in your opinion?

“Lion chasers challenge the status quo. They climb cliffs, move to foreign countries, and build boats in the desert. Lion chasers are often considered crazy, but they are able to do these things because they aren’t afraid of uncertainty. They don’t need to know what is coming next because they know that God knows. They don’t need explanations for every disappointment because they know God has a plan. Lion chasers refuse to settle down because they want to experience every divine twist and turn that God has in store for them.” – Mark Batterson, In A Pit With A Lion On A Snowy Day, page 82.

Parents get your student registered for Camp Whatever.

A new classic. Anyone up for a game?

Really good post on Missional Living made simple.

Two books I have just recently completed…you know what I have been thinking about recently.

Getting Sent, A Relational Approach to Support Raising by Pete Sommer

People Raising, A Practical GuideTo Raising Support by William P. Dillon