Dear LBC family and friends,<\/p>\n
I hope the week is off to a great start for you. A couple weeks ago we\u00a0had a pretty momentous members meeting announcing the plans to plant a\u00a0church in the Los Angeles area in the next year. I was so thankful to\u00a0hear the enthusiastic response of our members because it showed once\u00a0again how committed this congregation is to the MVP of LBC.<\/a> We have\u00a0said that we would be a church planting church and have done all we\u00a0can to uphold this desire in accordance with God’s Word.<\/p>\n Some may be wondering why a church plant in Los Angeles is necessary.\u00a0Aren’t there already good churches there? We announced at the members\u00a0meeting, that a church in LA would be strategic because of its\u00a0proximity to The Master’s Seminary.<\/a> This could be instrumental in the\u00a0training up of future pastors and leaders. Also, LA provides a more\u00a0central location for all the California Lighthouse churches. But even\u00a0without these factors in mind, it is a bit naive to think that there\u00a0are a sufficient number of churches in LA. It is one of the most\u00a0populated cities in America, and as we know too well, many churches do\u00a0not equal many good churches. And even the good churches are not all\u00a0committed to the MVP, and specifically church planting, in the way LBC\u00a0is. Again, this isn’t to say that we believe we are the only church or\u00a0even the greatest church, but we believe in what we are doing and want\u00a0to continue to see the work spread throughout the surrounding regions\u00a0and to the ends of the earth (Acts 1:8).<\/p>\n I know that many were surprised to hear that elder Mike Chon and his\u00a0family were planning to go and help Pastor John in the church planting\u00a0effort. Many changes are going to be necessary in order to move\u00a0forward. We don’t commit ourselves to church planting because it is\u00a0easy or convenient. We do it because we love God and people, and want\u00a0to see souls saved. So, though I’m sad that Mike and Caroline and the\u00a0boys are planning to move away, I’m super excited that John will have\u00a0good help and support (because he’s going to need it).<\/p>\n LBC San Jose and East Bay are also planning on losing much even in the\u00a0fact that Pastor John is leading the church plant in LA. But we are\u00a0completely confident in and excited for Pastor J. R. Cuevas to take\u00a0the lead in San Jose,<\/a> and that the East Bay church plant<\/a> is in good\u00a0hands with Pastor Jim Kang. Please continue to pray for our pastors\u00a0and leaders and their families, that they would always depend on the\u00a0Lord in all things and find their strength and sufficiency in Him.\u00a0Please also pray that God would be gracious to give us fruitful\u00a0ministries where people are being taught all that Christ commanded to\u00a0the glory of God (Matt. 28:20).<\/p>\n At the members meeting, we were also happy to announce officially that\u00a0the elders of LBC San Diego have nominated Johnny Kim as an elder. We\u00a0are hoping to install him into leadership at the next members meeting.\u00a0Please be praying for Johnny and Mimi as they take this time to\u00a0carefully consider this nomination. Please also pray for Mimi as she\u00a0continues in what has been a fairly difficult pregnancy.<\/p>\n So, it was a good members meeting. I can’t put into words how thankful\u00a0I am for this church and ministry that I am given by the grace of God.\u00a0Obviously in moving forward we have a lot to pray about, so let’s be\u00a0faithful in it. Let’s pray that the name of Christ would be exalted\u00a0and that the gospel of grace would go forth from us to the nations.<\/p>\n In His grace,<\/p>\n Pastor Patrick<\/p>\n Here are the announcements for this week. Please read through them\u00a0all!<\/p>\n Dear LBC family and friends, I hope the week is off to a great start for you. A couple weeks ago we\u00a0had a pretty momentous members meeting announcing the plans to plant a\u00a0church in the Los Angeles area in the next year. 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