The Revolution Church Journey
Welcome to the new Revolution Church web site and blog. We are in the process of adding a lot of new features, but the main goal of this site is to connect with our friends and keep you up to date with all of the wonderful things God is doing through this new ministry.
One of the first things people ask me about Revolution Church is how we determined the location of Nacogdoches, TX. When my wife and I felt that God had confirmed the call to plant a church we started praying about where we would locate this new church plant. There was a real freedom in knowing that we could go anywhere. We prayed about the region we currently live in, but had a real sense that God was leading us elsewhere. As we started talking and praying what we wanted for our family we thought about a smaller community, a place that would be great to raise our kids, and a place we could get our arms around. There were a few places in east Texas that we considered and Nacogdoches was one of them. Because most church plants take place with numbers that indicate a fast growing area with high income level (I wonder why?) all of the east Texas towns were ruled out and we began to pray about places like Austin and San Francisco. Then on February the 15th I met the friend of a friend who happened to be attending Seminary. As we discussed church planting, she asked where we were going to start a church. When I told her I didn’t know and that we really needed to know soon, she asked me where I was from. When I told her Southeast Texas, she said that she was from East Texas and named a town. When I told her I didn’t know where that was, she told me that is was near Nacogdoches and then said “That’s where you need to plant a church!” When I ask her why, she told me about the need for something new and different and gave me several reasons why it was a good place to start a church. That next Monday I attended the Evolve conference in Cumming GA and began earnestly praying about Nacogdoches. Each night in my hotel room I prayed, wrote in my journal and asking God for direction. The last keynote speaker for the conference was Bil Cornelius who gave the most amazing and encouraging talk to church planters. You can listen to it here. One of the things that he said was, as God was revealing that he was to plant a church in Corpus Christi, TX was that the numbers didn’t add up, it wasn’t a wealthy population and it didn’t rate high on anyone’s list. He said you have to go there put your feet on the ground and let God tell you if it’s the place or not. When I returned from Georgia on Wednesday I made plans to go to Nacogdoches on Friday. While I was there, God confirmed my calling by guiding me to individuals who not only needed us, but who where excited about the possibility of the vision God had given me. While there have been many more moments of confirmation this is where it all began.
Revolution Church is a new church in Nacogdoches, Texas. We are now meeting for worship every Sunday night at 6pm at Tabu' Coffee (Come early and enjoy some of the best coffee in Nac.) Tabu' is located at 2111 North St. at the corner of North and College Streets in Nacogdoches. We are excited that God has provided us a very public and open venue for our church.