GREAT OPPORTUNITY | UPDATES

As our state continues to grow and churches continue to decline, we are convinced now more than ever that we must keep planting healthy, generous, disciple-making churches in towns across South Carolina.

Jesus said in Luke 4:43, “I must preach the good news of the kingdom of God to the other towns also, because that is why I was sent.” That same urgency drives us in what we call the Great Opportunity.

For the past three years, our elders have been praying about how best to approach this moment. After holding our gifts out to the Lord and asking Him to put the right person in the right spot, we believe this next step is a key piece of the Great Opportunity strategy.

Ryan Molony will step into the role of Lead Communicator for our Lexington area campuses—Lexington, Centerville, and Longs Pond—while also serving as a Directional Elder, helping to guide the overall vision and mission of RADIUS Church. This shift allows us to build on the strength of our healthy supply line—the Lexington area churches—leveraging them to reach Lexington in a fresh way while also resourcing the frontline across South Carolina.

With Ryan providing teaching and leadership to our Lexington campuses, our supply line is positioned to thrive and multiply. At the same time, John Reeves will continue as Lead Pastor while dedicating more of his energy to the frontline—recruiting and training church planters who will carry the gospel into new towns across our state.

Together, as a church body, we can do the same—hold our gifts out to the Lord and let Him use us. For the Great Opportunity to move forward, it’s important for every person to play their part at their campus and in their radius. Together, we’ll plant churches that make disciples and live generously so that more towns across our state hear the Good News of Jesus.

PRAYER

• Pray that GLORIFYING GOD will continue to be the main focus of our people, and that our conversation will focus on that rather than the RADIUS -R.
• Pray that fruit will continue to come as we pool our resources together that will drive us towards seizing the Great Opportunity - to see a growing South Carolina changed by the Gospel through planting churches of disciple-makers who live generously in their radius.

FRONTLINE | PLANT CHURCHES
Our state continues to grow while churches continue to decline. 3,000 people have moved into the Lexington area in the last 6 months. South Carolina has grown by 60,000 in the last 6 months. We feel responsible for the state of South Carolina and want each town to have a healthy, generous, disciple-making church.

• RADIUS Newberry is gearing up to begin in January.
• Longs Pond just turned one year old.
• The Lord is stirring in North Augusta and there may be potential for a church in Gaffney.

PIPELINE | DEVELOP LEADERS

• Keep praying at 10:02 for workers for the harvest (Luke 10:2).
• Our church planting cohort is beginning this week. Pray for these men as they learn, grow, and build friendships.

SUPPLYLINE | ESTABLISH ROOTS

• Because we know healthy marriages help the health of our church, we are hosting a marriage conference this weekend. Pray for the 150 couples who are coming.
• Groups and re|engage are two environments where disciples are made. This fall, more than 1,500 people are connected in adult discipleship across our campuses—with most campuses seeing over half of their weekly attenders actively involved in community.