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God is Not a Capitalist.
Church Planting Reflections Many Months and Years Later
(This is a beautiful reflection from my wife, Grace, originally posted in her personal blog on August 2, 2020. We entered into this church planting journey just five months after our wedding, a season our marriage also needed our fullest attention and care for its planting. While I have so much to say about how our marriage played a role in our church planting journey and vice versa, I am simply grateful for her for sticking with me through thick and thin.)
At least once a month, I think about the week that I followed my husband to a church planting workshop hosted by one of the southeastern conferences of the UMC (basically, southeastern chapter/branch for those who are confused as to what a conference is, as I once was). I think about how my husband (and I, tagging along) met with two of his church plant’s stakeholders–two white cishet men–to talk about the church plant’s progress and future path. (Note: A convo that was guided largely by fear and anxiety than by inspiration and faith.) Somehow the conversation led to referencing a Virginia UMC church plant approximately 10 miles away from Minoo’s, and they pulled up this church plant’s website.
I had seen it before, because Minoo had been told before about this church plant (by I don't know who). The…
