News & Updates

I was reminded recently of a timeless principle, “first discipleship, then leadership.” This was reinforced while I was with one of our church plants last Sunday, The Well Community Church, started and led by Matt Klingler. While at The Well, I sat with founding members Blaise and his wife Mabilia,…

Downtown Hope just began renovation on their own building that they purchased recently.  Members of this church plant in our Network dedicated themselves to give and work together to see this building transformed for God’s purposes. This community of disciples, led by Joey Tomassoni, are excited to one…

Our regional SENT Collective in April was filled with stories of new life from around the region. Followers of Jesus from our network churches have really been loving their friends who don’t know Jesus. I was so encouraged to celebrate with our church planters as they shared how God is…

I experienced genuine family last Sunday in D.C. with Redeemer City Church. Redeemer City is one of SENT’s more recent church plants led by Steven Lee. Steven is modeling and teaching their local church to be a family on mission in D.C. It warmed my heart to hear…

Christmas reminds us that our God is a sending God! SENT Network equips and sends. That is, we partner with existing churches to strengthen and send church planters into neighborhoods, subcultures, and cities with the good news of Jesus, much like the Antioch church did (Acts 13:1-4). Christmas…

KEN BOA EVENT SENT Network church plants seek to reach all types of people in various subcultures in their cities and neighborhoods. Downtown Hope has been a good example of this. Downtown Hope recently partnered with the C.S. Lewis Institute in Annapolis to bring the good news…

We closed up our summer after enjoying our annual Crab Feast for church planters. Instead of our normal monthly Collective we changed things up. From time to time we just go for a “no agenda” relational time of fun together. Annapolis is known for great crabs so we shared this…

Important ministry isn’t always highly visible. The church planter assessments we do in SENT Network are unseen by most, but they are a significant part of planting healthy churches. Long before we commission out a church planter, or even before one trains with us, we assess…

Discipleship.  Multiplication.  Leadership Development of the Head, Heart, and Hands. Coaching. Encouragement. Resources. Vision…just a few of the things SENT Network brings to church planters and churches. SENT is the church planting arm for Bay Area Community Church.  Through SENT, BACC church planters have been equipped in residency…

Jesus said, “The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few. Therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest” (Luke 10:2-3). We are continually praying and recruiting laborers for the harvest to plant gospel-centered churches. However, we will intensify these…