Army...., anyone?

A lot of things have changed and shifted lately and I would really appreciate your prayers, and input.

A few weeks ago I decided that I should probably double check the numbers for tuition at the University of North Texas partly because I’m not known for my ability with numbers and as I was looking over all the information it looked like I probably miscalculated the cost of school, which I had. Since then I’ve looked into other options that would allow me to move to Dallas and attend The Village Church but nothing I came across seemed like the right thing to do so I’ve scraped that plan.

Initially it looked like I would enroll in the adult learning program at Anderson University and get my B.A. in Christian Ministry and while that option is still in play, my focus has shifted elsewhere.

The more I thought about living in Anderson for another 2 to 3 years (minimum) the more I knew I couldn’t do it. Which is why at this point I’m planning on joining the Army in August and making a career of it while finishing my degree and hopefully starting on my master’s degree. I have a bigger plan behind it though; I’m hoping to use the Army as a launching point for a kind of organic/cell church planting network. This an idea I’ve been mulling over since the Exponential Conference in Orlando last year and every time I would think about it I always came back to thinking that the military was the perfect place to start this kind of ministry. The two career fields that I’d like to sign up for, psychological operations and human intelligence collector, are based on my desire to plant churches and start this kind of movement in the military. They are both in the intelligence career field and involve being able to adapt to different cultures and find ways to communicate a message in a way that makes sense within the context of that culture. I can’t think of a better place to find ready made church planters, all you have to do is equip them with a proper understanding of the Gospel and they already have the training in people skills and adaptation to find ways to best spread the message the culture around them.

Of course there are other things that factor into this decision but this is a pretty good “big picture” overview of where I’m at right now.