The Pursuit is an affiliate of a network of churches all committed to reproducing Christ-followers, leaders, small groups, campuses, churches, etc. called NewThing. Right now there are a little less than 20 churches in the network. One of the things that I value about NewThing is the collaboration between churches.
One of The Pursuit's members (and a friend of mine), Eric Hafner, got a sweet, summer internship at Epic Records in NYC. While he's there he is attending Forefront Church, a NewThing church in the heart of Manhattan. I look forward to hearing what Eric is learning and how we as a church can improve.
This week I got an email from a young man who is from Miami but is living in Boston because he is going into his Senior year at Harvard (yes that Harvard). While in Boston he got connected to Reunion Christian Church, a NewThing Church, and loved it so much he wants to help The Pursuit while he's home in Miami this summer working on his thesis.
I just got back from lunch with this young man and I loved how we totally speak the same language. All the NewThing churches are 100% sold out to the same things even though they will look differently depending on the context they are located.
Both Reunion and Forefront are a few years older than our new church but I look at them as big brothers The Pursuit wants to be like someday.
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