“Excel in everything – in faith, in speech, [and] in knowledge…” 2 Corinthians 8:7 In August at the 2014 Global Leadership Conference will be the Second Commencement Ceremony of the International College of Christian Ministries (ICCM)! This “dream become reality” was made possible when the Lord answered our prayers on August 16, 2012 as the California Bureau of Postsecondary…
June 25, 2014
Greetings from Los Angeles! Unique to the SoldOut Movement is that we share Jesus’ dream to evangelize the nations in a generation and we have a definitive plan to accomplish this noble task which we call the Crown of Thorns Project! (1 Timothy 2:3-4; Isaiah 32:8) This plan is being realized as the City of Angels International Christian Church was planted in LA by 42 sold-out disciples from Portland on…
June 10, 2014
Dear All, Greetings from Los Angeles! What a glorious service in the Southland Region today as Megan Mathews gave a moving communion as her farewell before the Spirit takes her to Portland this week where she’ll serve alongside our dear Ricky & Coleen Challinor! Also, Chris Bryant delivered an unforgettable contribution message centered on “investing in the Kingdom” and Cory was masterful as always in his encouraging sermon on A Practical…
May 26, 2014
Greetings from Los Angeles! On Sunday, May 18th, with a Missions Contribution Goal of $555,000 – 20X our weekly pledge – the Lord blessed the sacrificial hearts of the City of Angels Church disciples by shattering our goal and giving us a total of $595,297! Then this following Sunday, May 25th, we were again blessed to see more miracles as the Spirit sent out Gabe & Stephanie Reed to lead…
May 25, 2014
GUEST EDITORIAL: Chris Broom “But the Word of God continued to increase [numerically] and spread [geographically].” Acts 12:24 Just a few weeks ago my son Austin and I took a trip to New York City to “scout out the land” for our fast approaching move back to The City That Never Sleeps! One of the highlights of our trip was being able to take our dear friend Andrew Smellie, current…
May 5, 2014
Dear All, Greetings from Los Angeles! What an incredible weekend: the CAICC Basketball Championship Game, the 3 Point Contest, the All-Star Game on Friday; the gorgeous Dylan & Kayla Erickson Wedding on Saturday; and by Sunday, the Lord had blessed the City of Angels Church with nine additions – seven baptisms, one restoration, and one place membership! The City of Angels Church gathers on Friday evening for the CAICC Basketball…
April 20, 2014
Dear All, Happy Easter from Los Angeles! What an incredible week for the City of Angels Church as the Lord blessed us with 21 additions – four place memberships, two restoration and 15 baptisms! As well, our All Congregational Easter Service was blow away from the “Good News Sharing” by the Region Leaders to the Sounds of the Cross Communion by the AMS Ministry to the “laying on of hands” for our…
April 20, 2014
GUEST EDITORIAL – Tim Kernan “And no one puts new wine into old wineskins. For the wine will burst the wineskins, and the wine and the skins would both be lost. New wine calls for new wineskins.” Mark 2:22 NLT I will never forget how the Spirit guided me to meet with Kip at 7AM at Starbucks beside the Ambridge Event Center in 2004 at the first Portland Missions Jubilee.…
April 6, 2014
Dear All, Greetings from LA! Today, all the SoldOut Movement Churches heard these fantastic announcements about missions: 1) Already this year, the Spirit working through the SoldOut Movement has planted congregations in Gainesville, Florida; Santa Barbara, California; and Sydney, Australia! Amazingly, this coming Sunday, our fourth church will celebrate their Inaugural Service – the Houston International Christian Church! The Sydney Church jubilantly celebrates their first baptism – Teigan (right)! 2)…
March 24, 2014
Dear All, Greetings from Los Angeles! The second season of the City of Angels Church Basketball League has been launched with a sensational start! The Commissioner of the CAICC Basketball League – Tony Untalan – readies the Mavericks and the Lakers for the first game of the season! The first week’s scores were: Mavericks (West Region) prevailed over the Lakers (AMS, North, Ventura Regions) 51 – 47! The Bulls (Southland…
