Our New Campus Is.............

As you know, in the nine years of our history we have specifically given over $125,000, our core group people and other ministry resources to help plant four other new churches that were always designed to be self-supporting and lead by their own staff and vision. All of those churches are doing very well!

Our next strategy begins........ on Monday, Oct 13th, Steve Miller will start as our new campus pastor in the Kershaw, Heath Springs and surrounding South Carolina areas. He will begin working to lay the groundwork for us to start a new campus of our church next year. The strategic plan is to have a few "pre-view" services in February for the core group there that we are building and then go public with area wide invitations for a campus of our church that will begin on Easter 2009.

As I have stated before, we are excited to start a new campus in that area because there is nothing like our vision, philosophy and style within many miles of thousands of people. Our vision to start multiple campuses in smaller cities and towns is a "Great Commission" dream to bring new churches to these areas.

Again, this new campus is US and WE are them! It is ONE church teaming up to reach many people with the same vision, purpose and philosophy of changing an area from the inside /out. To reach those who do not normally attend church, to make an impact in the public sector of life and make sure that it is culturally relevant to that area. This cultural relevance for an area is why we are not starting a campus and then showing a video teaching from the suburbs of Matthews. We have hired a "campus pastor/teacher" to teach and pastor the people who live there. However, the leadership, vision, administration and the like will all be one church teaming up to reach multiple places.

If you know of anyone who lives is these areas.....tell them to contact Chris@charlottesouth.org and we will get them direct information and in contact with Steve. This is going to be great! Next year we celebrate our 10 year anniversary and during that same year we will start our first of many new campuses.

Today's Bible Reading Luke 20

These verses show that the Religious Leaders of Jesus day did not like Him. They were always trying to trip Him up in front of people so that they could accuse Him of something worthy enough to legally place him under arrest or even have Him killed. They were always questioning His authority....but they could not question His wisdom and the way He answered their "gotcha" questions. (Jesus would have done great with today's media.....they would never be able to get Him to misspeak)

These same leaders are the the ones Jesus gives a stern warning against...He says be careful of religious leaders who set themselves up as being special. He says they like to walk around in flowing robes and be greeted as if they are special in the marketplaces. They want special treatment at church and would request that you put them in places of honor at banquets and such. They have long prayers in public for show and long to be treated as "spiritual giants" among the normal people. Jesus always contrasted Himself with these Religious leader, teachers and pastors who used their position to further their own agenda and prominence.