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REJOICE WITH DOWNTOWN HOPE. THEY WILL GATHER ON CHRISTMAS EVE TO WORSHIP IN THEIR OWN BUILDING FOR THE FIRST TIME.    “…I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people.” Luke 2:10 In the face of personal brokenness, sin, hardship, and even…

“Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever.” Psalm 136:1 We thank God for your partnership with us as we equip leaders to plant gospel-centered churches that increase thanksgiving in the lives of people in their neighborhoods, subcultures, and cities.

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…