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THE CENTRAL CONNECTION
June 2023
"We are an organization of churches that is committed
to the mission of Christ to multiply disciple-making churches
through evangelism, leadership training, and connection with
other like-minded churches."
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Our Mission: Helping Every Church Take Bold Next Steps
Jesus said to them, “My food is to do the will of him who sent me and to accomplish his work. Do you not say, ‘There are yet four months, then comes the harvest’? Look, I tell you, lift up your eyes, and see that the fields are white for harvest. Already the one who reaps is receiving wages and gathering fruit for eternal life, so that sower and reaper may rejoice together. For here the saying holds true, ‘One sows, and another reaps.’ I sent you to reap that for which you did not labor. Others have labored, and you have entered into their labor.” (John 4:34-28).
Our vision is to have gospel-centered transformational churches in every community. This is challenging no matter how you define community. We desire to establish, plant, reproduce gospel-centered church in every community. Unless 80% of your “community” is consistently attending a gospel-centered church, there is room to establish more churches.
We often “give up” on ideas because we look around and say, “there are other churches in the area, so we don’t need more”. We might conclude we don’t have the right resources to make something like that happen. Read More
Pastor Brad Little, Regional Executive Director
Venture Church Network Midwest
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VCN on Mission
Mission trips are common among youth groups. For our mission trips, I wanted to be intentional about both reaching the lost for Christ and supporting and working alongside network churches. I took my youth group to Jackson Michigan to work alongside Ganson Street Baptist Church with their backyard VBS clubs. Read More
Chuck Babbitt, Youth Pastor
Bloomer Baptist Church
VCNMidwest Youth Ministries Director
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God’s Provision and Blessing
I want to talk about God’s provision and God’s blessing. I don’t know many pastors who wouldn’t want an increase in their financial situation and since we’re spiritually minded, we look for God’s provision and we ask for God’s blessing – but what are they really?
Have you ever noticed that God created a financial system when He created the heavens and the earth?
First, consider the latent resource potential on earth, will you? The foundation of the financial system is the resource(s) itself. Iron ore, gold, sand, fruits and vegetables, animals, lumber, water, and natural gas are all products of the earth (Genesis 1). Read More
Pastor Rob Buhl
First Baptist Church, Whitehall, WI
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Tuesday, June 27, 9:00am (CT)
with an alternative repeat session
Wednesday, June 28, 3:00pm (CT)
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WATCH FOR YOUR ZOOM INVITE COMING SOON!
The Purpose of ENGAGE is to address gospel and missional critical issues and challenge our thinking related to pastoral ministry, leadership and the purpose of our churches.
The Goal of ENGAGE is to continue to become gospel-centered, grace driven, biblically anchored churches passionately committed to fulfill the mission of Christ.
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We've partnered with Cedarville University to offer employees and members of a VCN church a 15% graduate tuition discount. Read More
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Logos Bible Users
Are you starting out with using Logos? Here is a great video that will help you get oriented with the program.
Get Oriented in Logos
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Why That “Gift” to Your Pastor Requires Caution
Churches often bless their ministers with gifts—here are the tax- and compensation-related issues to note. ChurchLaw&Tax
Matthew Branaugh, Attorney | Editor, Content and Business Development
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Venture Church Network Midwest
CLUSTER GROUPS
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Iowa
To Be Decided
Location: Calvary Baptist Church, Cedar Rapids
Jay Jentink, Calvary Baptist Church Cedar Rapids, IA
319-396-3233
office@calvarycr.org
Michigan/Ohio
Thursday, June 15, 2:00 (ET)
Meeting by Zoom
Allen Grover, Ganson Street Baptist Church, Jackson, MI
517-740-8961 pastorallen@gansonstreet.org
Central Minnesota
Monday, June 17, 10:00 (CT)
Leader: Brad Little
Location - River of Life Church, Hastings, MN
Contact: Dan Vesta
651-468-1045
dkvesta@sbcglobal.net
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Southern Minnesota
To Be Decided
Walt Moser, First Baptist Church, Luverne, MN
605-254-3092
PastorWalt.Moser@gmail.com
Wisconsin
No meeting this month
Wade Duroe, Crossroads Church, Chippewa Falls, WI
715-723-1054
wljc12@hotmail.com
VCNMidwest Youth Pastor Collaboration
Thursday, June 22nd, 10am (CT)
Meeting by Zoom
Chuck Babbitt, Bloomer Baptist Church, Bloomer, WI
515-230-0774
youth@bloomerbaptistchurch.com
To Be Decided
Illinois
Northern Minnesota/North Dakota
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Venture Church Network Midwest
1410 44th Street, Marion, IA 52302
Dr. Brad Little
Regional Executive Director
blittle@vcnmidwest.org
763-350-4263
Administrative Office
Regular Hours: Tues. thru Fri. 8am - 2pm
Gina Perry, Administrative Assistant
gperry@vcnmidwest.org
319-830-6478
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