May 2025

Written By Alek Beard

Church family,

I have good news to share with you.  

But first, let me thank you for your steadfastness and care in giving toward your Lead The Way Pledge.  What you have done blesses the Lord and blesses His Church and its future for generations to come! And it’s not too late to continue giving toward your LTW commitment. Every dollar makes a huge difference.

Your generosity thus far has helped make these three things possible:

  • The Planned Development Site Approval

  • 100% of the Structural Design complete

  • 40% of the Detail Design complete

We owe only $570k to complete these purchases.

And we have a plan for that:

  • There is about $500k in pledges still coming in.

  • There is a plan to invite newcomers to help finish this phase.

  • If necessary, we will negotiate a little more time and wipe the remainder out later this year, or early next year.

Then we will take a prayerful pause as we seek God’s next steps in this calling, this vision, to grow a mighty campus and Body of diversely united believers for the loving impact of His Kingdom in our city and well beyond. The call and vision are from Him; He will show us how to be fruitful and powerfully productive in preparation for the next phase of this LTW vision as we wait.

Here are just a few testimonies that are evidence He wants this vision to come to pass:

  • On Resurrection Sunday, 14 people were baptized and we saw our largest in-person attendance in our history (746). There were another 160 online. There was no more room in the INN.

  • We have 6 new church partnerships or plants in the works as Peoples Church Network, which would bring the total number of churches to 15!  The vision of 30 by the end of 2030 is being realized. Many lives and families are being transformed from Cincinnati, to Pakistan, to Los Angeles!

  • One of our church family’s grandsons came on Easter and shared this: “I’ve never understood the Gospel so clearly. I’m coming back to church.” We heard many testimonies like that. Your love, your giving, your praying and our partnership altogether is making a difference!  Jesus is pleased.

So we’re writing to say thank you. And to say, well done, your obedience to the Lord to step out in faith is creating access to Jesus and His Kingdom for people from all backgrounds like never before.

We are praying with and for you as you press on, giving toward your commitment to the Lord for LTW. Would you consider giving monthly until your original commitment is completed, however long that may take? Or, if you are able to complete your commitment by September 1, 2025, please consider doing so.

With love and gratitude for the honor of serving Him together with you,

Chris and Jan

Alek Beard
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March 2025