Experience Life

This time last year I posted about our church we go to Experience Life. http://handswideopen.blogspot.com/2010/01/blessed.html I was excited about 2010 and I'm just as excited for 2011. I wanted to share you some of the goals for 2011 & Praise God for what He did this last year.

The prayer from the very beginning has been 10,000 new believers, 1,000 lifehouses, 10 west Texas church plant.

Here is where we are at right now:
-This past year it ended up being the 2nd fastest growing church in America.

Prayer:
-2010 goal: 300 people would come every Monday to pray for the community & church. We ended up have an average of 350 people praying every Monday night! how cool!
-2011 goal: triple prayer...850 people praying every Monday

Membership:
-2011 goal: 1,000 new covenant members

Lifehouses:
-2010 goals: 80 lifehouses...we ended up with 60 lifehouses in 5 different cities in West Texas
-2011 goals: 120 Lifehouses in West Texas

Church Planting:
-2010 goal: Planted a downtown campus in Lubbock Texas
-2011 goal: Plant a new church in a new city

Giving:
-2010 goal: Raised $3.3 Million in a year
-2011 goal: praying for $4.5 million

Volunteers:
-2010: 900 people got plugged in
-2011 goal: 33% of the church is volunteering weekly

Baptism:
-2010 goal: 600 people to be baptized, we had 560 baptized!! HOW COOL!
-2011 goal: 1200 people to be baptized

New Believers:
-2010 goal: 1,000 New believers...we had 958 new believers! PRAISE GOD!
-2011 goal: 2,000 New believers

I love being apart of a church that is HUGE on praying for things that seem out of reach. We need God to move in order for any of this to happen.

Want to know more:
www.experiencelifenow.com

-Kells