We are a church that wants to plant churches and help church plants.
One of those church plants we have the opportunity to help right now is in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (just a few miles outside the county!).
As we have told you, Christ-Centered Church was supposed to begin meeting publicly in April. Yet, church and the Granger family (Michael, Kenean, and their three children) have had their share of challenges this year. Besides limited meetings because of quarantine, many Ethiopians believe foreigners are bringing the virus to them. They even begun to fear meeting with Michael, because he is from the United States!
But as Michael said in a recent update, “You can quarantine the church-planter, you can quarantine the pastor, you can even quarantine the church, but you can’t quarantine the gospel!”
PLAN B
Their Plan B has actually been fruitful. The church has been working on a secret ‘project’ until the government allows churches to reopen, Michael is writing a small book specifically contextualized for Ethiopia about sin and the gospel, and they’re writing and producing an music album. The songs on the album go hand in hand with the book (think The Ology-link here), and are written for congregational singing.
In Michael’s words, “The album is bangin!”
A GROWING TEAM
In addition, in the fall of 2021, two others couples are moving to Ethiopia to help them plant Christ-Centered Church—the Pannells and Thomases. This is wonderful news! Long-term partners will be a tremendous gift to this young church!
And get this, Jordan and Lauren Thomas are coming to visit Trinity Grace!
Jordan and Lauren will be with us October 11 to share their heart for Ethiopia and what they hope to see the Lord do there. Please be sure to join us on that Sunday & help us rejoice in this work we get to partner in!