Reality Carpinteria has a calling to plant churches and we love partnering with the Lord to do so. But, you know the Lord is doing something when 7 year olds are talking about and praying for it.

The other day I got in one of my best friend’s car to go to a Dominic Balli concert. As we were driving there my friend begin to tell me how while putting his 7 year old son (my son’s best friend) to bed just prior, the boy was praying for new churches to start everywhere. I couldn’t believe it when he told me this because that same evening while having dinner with my family, my 7 year old son said that we needed to start more churches and then proceeded to name places he knew of where we should start! The park he went to that day and the former site of Thrifty’s Drug Store where we used to get ice cream together were high on the priotity list. “Thrifty’s has a huge parking lot!” he exclaimed. (Anyone that has ever started a church knows that is a serious need!) This kid might be called! Charles Spurgeon was pastoring a huge flock at 17… is 7 too young? Maybe I’ll just hire him as a Church Planting Consultant for now. 

After dinner I was putting my kids to bed and while reading a story to my daughter my son came in the room with a globe and asked me to spin it. When I did so he randomly plopped his little finger down on the globe and it landed on Turkey. Then he asked me to do it again and this time his finger hit China. (Both are countries where Reality Carpinteria has sent missionaries recently, by the way.) He then said, “Daddy we need to pray for Turkey and China!” I agreed and asked if he would like to lead us in prayer. So he and my 4 year old and I bowed our heads and as earnest as a 7 year old surf grom could be in prayer he asked the Lord to start churches all over Turkey and China in order that “everyone there would know Jesus.” How sik is that?!?

So get out there and plant some churches people! Be an answer to childlike faith-filled prayer!

The Church is God’s chosen method to win the world. Christ never started any parachurch organizations or social clubs-He started the Church! It is the only thing He ever said He would build (Matthew 16:18). Are you building with Him? I know two seven year olds who are.

Praise God!

By the way we have a new one under way in Ventura, CA. It will be unlike any other church plant we have done. Check it out here.

Blessings!

britt