As I reflect on the past two months in this role, my heart is full of gratitude—for each of you, for the work God is doing in our region, and for the opportunities ahead.

It’s hard to believe that In a few short weeks, my tenure as Regional President of Converge Northeast will come to an end. I am grateful for the privilege of serving the pastors and leaders of the Northeast Region. Through their faithful support, our regional ministry is on solid foundation and is strongly advancing to strengthen existing churches and start new churches, here, near and far.

I am so excited to report on the incredible things happening across the Converge movement of churches in the US and internationally. Many of you are familiar with what’s happening in the Northeast, but did you know that we have nine other regions working with local churches and global workers serving throughout the world?

The definition of advance is to move forward in a purposeful way or to make or cause to make progress. On October 13-14, pastors and leaders will gather at Grace Church in a Hudson, MA for the Converge Northeast Advance Conference.

One of the three pillars in our movement is Church Planting. As we see more churches closing every year, we are working to counter this trend by starting new churches. This month, we hosted our inaugural Golf Classic to raise money for church planting so we can put greater resources into this important part of our ministry. We had a great time spending the day with those who attended, but the best part of the day was sharing our vision of starting new churches.