We were privileged to have Ed Stetzer preaching for us on Sunday, July 18th. He preached from 1 Peter 4:8-11, “Empowering All God’s People for Mission.” If you missed it, please do take the time to listen.

Dr. Stetzer is President of LifeWay Research (SBC) and is LifeWay’s Missiologist in Residence, where he oversees a large team of Christian researchers examining the health of churches worldwide. He has planted, pastored, and revitalized numerous churches; and he has trained pastors and church planters around the world. He holds two master’s degrees and two doctorates, and has written several books. Dr. Stetzer is frequently cited or interviewed in news outlets such as USA Today and CNN.

In short, he is one of this generation’s leading thinkers in the areas of evangelism, church planting, and culture, so, again, it is a great privilege for us to have him preach for us. He’ll be preaching from Invite a friend to join you that Sunday.

If you’d like to spend some time getting to know Ed and his work some more, here are some things to check out:

• You can click over to his blog for all kinds of stats, studies, and articles
• Specifically, you may want to read a series of blog posts on what it means to be “missional”
• You can watch Ed faithfully preaching the gospel and mission on TBN of all places
• You can watch him teach on “The New Media” at R.C. Sproul’s Ligonier Conference
• Or, you may want to pick up one of Ed’s books and start reading

On Saturday, a team of about 20 DSC-ers will leave for the Navajo Reservation in Steamboat, AZ.  Through next week they will be doing daily Vacation Bible School for Kindergarten through High School at Bethel Navajo Baptist Church.

Many thanks to everyone who pitched in by cooking meals and buying supplies.

Please pray that God will prepare hearts, and for clarity and boldness as they love, serve, and proclaim the gospel (Eph 6:19-20) along side our Navajo brothers and sisters.