On September 6th, Hilmar Covenant Church is hosting Veritas. What is Veritas? To answer that question, we should explain what the word means. Veritas is Latin for "truth". Jesus said, "You shall know the truth and the truth will set you free." (John 8:32) Veritas is a ministry of truth telling. A couple of years ago the Evangelical Covenant realized things were looking good as the denomination grew by 70%! We were the fastest growing denomination in the USA. However, the reality of that percentage was that 90% of that growth came as a result of focused attention on church planting by the denomination. With this information in front of them, the leadership realized focused attention needed to be available for established churches that had been around awhile. Many were shutting their doors and they were in need of some assistance. Under the leadership of John Wenrich, Veritas was birthed to assist churches in envisioning a new future together. Veritas is NOT a consultant ministry where someone will lay out a plan for us to follow. It's a space for good people to come together to dream together what the future might look like after an honest evaluation of where the church is at presently. Art DeRooy, Chris Handy, Andrew Postma, and Pastor Bret went to Veritas in Fresno on April 5th. If you have any questions regarding their experience, please talk to them about it. As host for the event in September, we are inviting all our neighboring Covenant Churches. It is open to everyone and we would like to see as many from our church present as possible. So, please mark your calendars for September 6th!
For more reading on Veritas, please click below and go to the denomination website about Congregational Vitality and John's blog.
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