Greetings from Los Angeles! This weekend the City of Angels Church simultaneously held our Campus and Marrieds Retreats! The location of the Marrieds Retreat – BEST FRIENDS OF ALL TIME – was the beautiful Westlake Village Hyatt in Ventura County! Elena & I both agree that this was far and away the most inspirational Marrieds Retreat that we have ever attended! 200 Disciples gathered for the 2014 Marrieds Retreat – […]
Category: North America
Good News Email – 10-05-2014
Greetings from Los Angeles! Elena & I returned home on Wednesday evening from a month-long missionary journey to Dallas-Ft. Worth (DFW), London, Manila and Honolulu! Though “we” had intended to be side-by-side with our dear friends Raja & Debs Rajan in “officially” planting the Chennai Church, the Lord gave this honor to Luke & Brandyn Speckman! Infused with a great faith, the Chennai International Christian Church celebrated their Inaugural Service […]
GROWING IN HUMILITY – September 2014
“I am the least of the apostles…” 1 Corinthians 15:9 Paul 55 AD “I am less than the least of all God’s people…” Ephesians 3:8 Paul 61 AD “I am the worst of sinners…” 1 Timothy 1:15 Paul 63 AD Pride is the broad road to Hell; humility is the narrow path to Heaven. The above three statements, made over an eight year period, reveal a growing sense of humility […]
The Good News Email – August 2014 GLC
Greetings from Los Angeles! The 2014 Global Leadership Conference – ZION’S DREAMERS – was filled with awe-inspiring events from the “Pre-Festivities” to the closing theme song from Psalm 126 – Men Who Dream! Highlights included almost 2,000 in attendance on Sunday morning; the Second Annual International College of Christian Ministries Commencement; 13 Kingdom Appointments – seven Evangelists and six Women’s Ministry Leaders; the sending out of the Dallas-Ft. Worth, Miami-Ft. […]
Meet Your New World Sector Leaders
“Jesus went up on a mountain side and called to Him those He wanted, and they came to Him. He appointed twelve – designating them Apostles – that they might be with Him and that He might send them out to preach.” Mark 3:13-14 Welcome to the 2014 Global Leadership Conference – ZION’S DREAMERS! Not since the first century has a “Christian Movement” evangelized the nations in one generation, yet […]
Good News Email – 07-27-2014
Greetings from Los Angeles! The Sunday morning opening session of the 2014 Global Leadership Conference – ZION’S DREAMERS – is just 13 days away! Already 745 have registered from all over the world for this life-changing and historic event! As in all SoldOut Movement Churches, LA disciples greet the Zoutendijks of Amsterdam who are coming to the GLC by singing “We Love You With The Love Of The Lord!” The 2014 GLC […]
Good News Email – 07-13-2014
Greetings from Los Angeles! For the past two weeks as Elena & I visited the great cities of Toronto and Orlando constantly on my heart was my favorite Scripture, “When the Lord brought back the captives to Zion, we were like men [and women] who dreamed… Then it was said among the nations, ‘The Lord has done great things for them.’ …And we are filled with joy!” (Psalm 126:1-3) The highlights of […]
The International College Of Christian Ministries UPDATE 2014
“Excel in everything – in faith, in speech, [and] in knowledge…” 2 Corinthians 8:7 In August at the 2014 Global Leadership Conference will be the Second Commencement Ceremony of the International College of Christian Ministries (ICCM)! This “dream become reality” was made possible when the Lord answered our prayers on August 16, 2012 as the California Bureau of Postsecondary […]
Good News Email – Special Edition – 06-22-2014
Greetings from Los Angeles! Unique to the SoldOut Movement is that we share Jesus’ dream to evangelize the nations in a generation and we have a definitive plan to accomplish this noble task which we call the Crown of Thorns Project! (1 Timothy 2:3-4; Isaiah 32:8) This plan is being realized as the City of Angels International Christian Church was planted in LA by 42 sold-out disciples from Portland on […]
ACEDIA – THE FORGOTTEN SIN
“Hope deferred makes the heart sick…” Proverbs 13:12 The word “acedia” has been lost to the modern English language and is the forgotten of the original “Seven Deadly Sins.” Though acedia is not explicitly named on the many lists of sins in the Bible (Proverbs 6:16-19; 1 Corinthians 6:9-10; Galatians 5:19-21; 2 Timothy 3:1-5), a monk named Evagrius Ponticus (345 – 399AD), one of the most gifted intellects of his […]
OC Good News! 06.08.14
During Paul’s farewell to the Ephesian elders, he talks about how hard he had worked among them for the sake of the gospel and Paul urges them to do the same, quoting to them the very words of Jesus, “It is more blessed to give than to receive.” (Acts 20:35) It is with this spirit that we in Orange County say goodbye to Chris & Kerri-Sue Adams and the four […]
OC Good News! 05.25.14
“Then they spoke the Word of the Lord to him and to all the others in his house. At that hour of the night the jailer took them and washed their wounds; then immediately he and all his family were baptized… He was filled with joy because he had come to believe in God – he and his whole family.” (Acts 16:32-34) We have been studying the Book of Philippians […]
Good News From Ventura – June 8, 2014
Brandyn Speckman: We are so grateful how God has moved so powerfully in the Ventura Region by bringing new souls into His amazing Kingdom! It all began four weeks ago with an incredible woman named Catie! Catie has been a catalyst for increased faith in Ventura!! She studied the Bible and was baptized in one week!!! Then a week after Catie’s baptism, Domenike & Iresha Fitts studied the Bible eagerly and were […]
The Good News Email 06-08-2014
Dear All, Greetings from Los Angeles! What a glorious service in the Southland Region today as Megan Mathews gave a moving communion as her farewell before the Spirit takes her to Portland this week where she’ll serve alongside our dear Ricky & Coleen Challinor! Also, Chris Bryant delivered an unforgettable contribution message centered on “investing in the Kingdom” and Cory was masterful as always in his encouraging sermon on A Practical […]
The Good News Email – 05-25-2014
Greetings from Los Angeles! On Sunday, May 18th, with a Missions Contribution Goal of $555,000 – 20X our weekly pledge – the Lord blessed the sacrificial hearts of the City of Angels Church disciples by shattering our goal and giving us a total of $595,297! Then this following Sunday, May 25th, we were again blessed to see more miracles as the Spirit sent out Gabe & Stephanie Reed to lead […]