We’re excited to finally put out some big news that we’ve been praying over, discussing, researching, and thinking through. Since we arrived in Louisville for the Pastors College a year ago, the Lord has opened our eyes to his purposes in a more definite way than when we first began the pursuit of carrying on His mission in the world through church planting. Following is simply a brief update, but we will be posting more here soon.
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This past Sunday at the conclusion of my sermon, I made an announcement to the members of my church: in early March, the Earl family will be leaving North Carolina and will embark on a new ministry journey. My last preaching Sunday will be February 28, and we will ship out sometime in the following week, Lord willing. I realize this may come as quite a shock to some of you, so allow me to detail what God has been doing in our lives.
When we first moved to the North Carolina High Country, Michelle and I agreed before God that we would remain here, serving His church for as long as He desired. We never had any intentions of making any ministry changes, and we resolved to stand fast – even if we faced difficulty. This Sunday, I will celebrate five years as the pastor of Higher Ground Church of God. Those times of difficulty have been rare, and we have come to know and love a church family that, I would imagine, can be found in few churches in America.
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But several years ago, I began to sense that God was going to be moving us. It’s kind of a long story really, but I began to feel a burden for the city of Chicago. Now at the time, I knew this had to be God because neither Michelle nor I have ever been there, and we zero connections with it. So, we made this “urging” a matter of prayer. For the last several years, we have sought God and His specific purposes for our family.
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