Aaron Proffitt

There are some great things going on within the Aletheia Network. We now have five churches that are going strong. Our three churches in Virginia are plugging along, seeing people reached and discipled, and making a huge impact. Our global impact is being realized in Chiapas, Mexico, where Thick and Abby are tirelessly working to build Aletheia Tuxtla. And here in Tampa, I couldn’t be more excited with the progress that we are seeing. There is a ton of momentum and I praise God for what He is doing.

As I have taken on my new role this last year as teaching pastor, I have really had to put forth quite a bit of effort to plan and prepare to teach God’s Word on Sundays. Let’s just say that I have to put a little more into preparing for a study than my dad has to. When I have been teaching the Bible for 35 years, then maybe I can slack off a bit

One thing that has helped make the transition as teaching pastor easier for me is that I have borrowed some of the themes and series titles that some of our other Pastors have used. This a. eliminates the amount of work load that is put on our creative team (although Ace designed “Crash Course,” the current series Aletheia Tampa is doing) and Emilio designed “Exile,” (the next series I will be doing as we study 1 Peter), and b. It cuts some of the cost as we can borrow some of the design props that the other churches used for the series. For instance Josh is sending me two “Exile” banners which will be used here in Tampa when we start the new series, after being used in Richmond when Josh taught the series. Pretty sweet right!

Also, not only do we get to borrow the design elements of the new theme, but I also am able to borrow the notes that the other pastors used, or in Aletheia Harrisonburg’s case, watch their video podcasts. This has helped me tremendously and what a blessing it is to have a community of like minded churches and pastors who share the same vision, where we don’t have to feel like we are stealing somebody else’s thunder.

The Network is expanding. We have hopes of seeing more collegiate ministries and church plants started this year and in the many years to come God willing. In April, we have been asked to speak at a United States Air Force chaplain’s conference (Thanks Bill Evans!) to instruct them about our model and to see it used and reproduced at Air Force locations all over the country and the world. In addition, we are scouting out places like NC State in Raleigh, North Carolina, as well as places such as Perugia, Italy….And, any other place that has a major college and University.

We’re dreaming big. Because we believe in a big God who does big things.

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