Supper With Pastor Richard Cook

Tonight Paula and I were able to meet Richard Cook and his wife for sup­per at the local Chili’s. Pas­tor Cook pas­tors Spir­it of Life Church in San Car­los, and is also one of the North­ern California/Nevada exec­u­tive pres­byters.

We had a great time! Unfor­tu­nate­ly, Broth­er Cook was able to con­firm some bad news that I received when I met with Pas­tor Beis­er. It seems that Chi Alpha has a very neg­a­tive rep­u­ta­tion with the Assem­blies of God church­es in the Bay Area. The rea­sons aren’t par­tic­u­lar­ly impor­tant (at least not worth broad­cast­ing over the Inter­net), but the ram­i­fi­ca­tions for our min­istry are going to be pret­ty rad­i­cal. It will def­i­nite­ly affect how quick­ly we can reach full fund­ing so that we can begin min­is­ter­ing on cam­pus.

Please pray that God will give us favor with local church­es and will give us wis­dom in relat­ing to the church­es that feel they’ve been burned by Chi Alpha in the past.