News & Updates

Dear Friends of TIMES12, Paul writes in 2 Corinthians 1:12 “We can say with confidence and a clear conscience that we have lived with a God-given holiness and sincerity in all our dealings. We have depended on God’s grace, not on our own human wisdom. This is how we have conducted…

Dear TIMES12 and friends, My visit last Sunday with Richard Pope and Canvas Church was genuinely inspiring. Richard, the lead planting pastor of Canvas Church, is our youngest church planter with TIMES12, yet he has faithfully modeled and led Canvas to be an outward-facing church plant to impact their community…

Dear Mission Partners and Friends, We have some big news! After wrestling for some time with the need to change our name, we have made that change. We are excited to announce that TIMES12 is our new name! Here are two reasons we changed to the name TIMES12 and some…

Dear Friends of SENT Network, SENT provides relational Collectives for church planters and pastors in our network. We facilitate times to connect, learn, and pray together during these monthly gatherings. Our fall series started with a focus on disciple-making. Greg St Cyr (Lead Pastor, Bay Area Community Church) and I…

Some days I wish I could be physically present in more than one location at a time. Last Sunday was one of those days. Why? Three church plants that are a part of SENT Network all reached significant milestones worth celebrating. They launched! I was able to be a part…

SENT Network church plants are committed to making new and faithful disciples of Jesus. Baptizing and rooting new disciples and church members in gospel essentials is part of our Network’s shared Gospel-Centered DNA. Here are a couple recent examples from our church plants where this is happening. Four Corners Ethiopian…

Last week, SENT Network hosted “The Christ-Centered Expositor Training” with Dr. Tony Merida, author of The Christ-Centered Expositor. Over 50 church planters, pastors and church leaders attended and were encouraged and equipped to preach Christ from the Scriptures. One attendee, David Wissel, a future church planter, said, “This event gave…

One of the hardest things in the world to do is to plant a church. Especially in 2020. The pandemic has made financial sustainability, community engagement, church attendance, and positive mental health harder for every church planter. It’s a significant feat that we have lost 0 of our church…

Anxiety and tension characterize our society. Everyone seems to be on edge about the outcome of today’s election. Some threaten with hostile responses if their candidate isn’t elected. Many will express a tirade of harsh and demeaning words toward those elected if it wasn’t their choice. How about us?…

We’re celebrating our network’s expansion in the Hampton Roads area of Virginia. Aaron Dininny will now be pioneering and overseeing our church planting initiatives throughout this area, as the new Hampton Roads Area Director with SENT. Aaron will continue serving as Lead Pastor of OV Church in Norfolk, VA,…