Tomoka Christian Church Pastor Joe Placing is celebrating the primary anniversary of his ebook, “We Mentioned Sure” this month.
Placing determined to grow to be a pastor shortly after graduating from St. Louis Christian Faculty in 1986. He has been a pastor for 38 years, the final 32 of which he is spent with Tomoka Christian Church in Ormond Seashore.
His ebook, Placing mentioned, is a narrative of progress and teamwork.
“The ebook is admittedly the story of me rising up right here on the church — how the management and I labored collectively on the mission management, the eldership, the church itself, how all of us work collectively to tackle this mission mindset, the place we would not simply take into consideration ourselves, however we might take into consideration planting church buildings, constructing being pregnant disaster facilities, and international outreach in different international locations as nicely,” Placing mentioned.
Placing lately spoke with the Ormond Seashore Observer about his ebook and what he hopes readers take away from it.
What’s the central message of “We Mentioned Sure”?
“We Mentioned Sure” talks about our imaginative and prescient as a church, to plant church buildings everywhere in the United States and everywhere in the world. And we made a dedication 30 years in the past that we might do our greatest to attempt to accomplish that. This ebook is our story of how we did that. In Matthew 28:18-20, the place Jesus says, “Go into all of the world and make disciples of each nation.” As we checked out that, we realized it wasn’t a blanket assertion that was given to the disciples and that every of us is definitely liable for that assertion. So, we began praying that God would give us a possibility to plant a church in each nation on the planet.
The entire level of the ebook is to have a good time what Tomoka Christian Church has been in a position to do working collectively over a long-term dedication. After which secondly, that that is doable for different church buildings, if they’re going to simply get began. That is why I wrote the ebook, to assist different church buildings.
What was the writing course of like?
The ebook was really written by Mark Atterbury. We went via it put it collectively as a group. We might do a chapter each two weeks. He would interview me, and we’d speak about what went into that chapter. He’d write it, we would edit it. After which he’d interview me on the subsequent matter for the subsequent week, and we’d go once more. It took us round six months. It was fairly the method.
Is there a which means behind the title?
Really, sure, it got here from Pastor Twine [Bear]. We went to varsity collectively; we have been associates 40-plus years. However he mentioned, someday out of the blue, “Most church buildings have a default setting.” When anyone says one thing, church buildings simply say no. He mentioned that Tomoka’s default setting is sure. And that is the place the title got here from. I do speak within the ebook about when to say no as nicely, however that is the place the title got here from.
What has been your greatest accomplishment?
That we have stored Tomoka Christian Church to remain true to God’s phrase. We have stayed true to this mission. We have stayed true to Jesus’ mission, and we have stayed true to the Bible. I believe the remainder of it’s fluff as a result of after we’re trustworthy, God goes to make the remainder of it work. I am surrounded by an unbelievable group of employees and different pastors it is simply such an unbelievable, enjoyable group to work with. That is how all this occurs, I don’t do that on my own.
What would you like readers to remove out of your ebook?
The entire level of the ebook is that you are able to do this too. That is the subtitle on the ebook — How you are able to do it too. After we began this, the church ran lower than 200 and we had a couple of $12,000 a yr finances, so it is not like we began the place we’re as we speak. We began with nothing and began praying; took on one church, one church plan and it has been 32 years later. The entire level of the ebook is saying “Hey, get began the place you are at and take this critically. Your church can do the identical factor.”
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