Mike Johnson, chair of the COD’s Resonate Global Mission Committee, introduced discussion of the proposed plan with a sense of incredulous gratitude: Last year at this time we were discussing cutting grants for church planting, and now we’re close to approving a full church-planting plan.
It began with nothing in particular. A man settled into his favorite chair one evening, tired from a long day, and reached for his phone the way he always did.
Lee Carter, a member of Bethel Christian Reformed Church in Lansing, Ill., and past executive VP of scriptural engagement at Bible League International, has been approved to lead the CRC’s Thrive ministry.
