As we close 2024 we are busy preparing for 2025. During this season we begin accepting applications for our next church planter cohort. God has already brought us commitments, but we are praying for more. Please reach out if you know of someone you think would be a good candidate.
As we close the year we are also preparing for a major change. Next year’s cohort will utilize the Send Network’s latest training material. We are looking forward to being one of the first cohorts in the country to use the updated material. The Send Network’s 3.0 edition includes the best of previous years, but also narrows the focus. The Network is still about nine competencies but also sharpens the focus on three categories: engage the city, make disciples, and plant the church.
Next year’s cohort will include sessions on evangelism and disciple making strategies, how to enter a new city, developing systems and structures, as well as leadership development and preaching. These changes require new training for our instructors. They will need to learn 3.0, which will require some extra work this fall. However, we are excited about the opportunity to use the new material.
But, we need your help. Will you commit to pray for the 2025 cohort? Please pray for our instructors as they get used to the new material. Please pray the Lord will continue to bring more planters to our cohort. Please pray that the DBA will continue to plant churches that plant churches. Finally, please pray that together we will expand the Kingdom in Denton County.