The church is a movement not a monument.

1. They were a growing church (11:21, 24)

2. They accepted the help of another healthy church (11:22, 27, 12:25)

3. There was evidence of God’s grace among them (11:23)

4. There were leaders with the gift of faith (11:24)

5. They recruited healthy & mature leadership (11:25)

6. There was an emphasis on good teaching with multiple teachers (11:25-26, 13:1)

7. Their leadership was tuned into the Holy Spirit (11:24-28, 13:2)

8. There were people with prophetic gifts among them and leadership embraced legitimate prophecies (11:28-29, 13:1).

9. They took practical and sacrificial steps to meet the needs of the poor (11:29-30).

10. There was ethnic and cultural diversity among their leadership (13:1).

11. They were a worshipping community (13:2)

12. Their leadership fasted and prayed (13:2-3)

13. They were an outwardly focused sending church (11:29-30, 13:2-3)

Barnabas- Jew from Cyprus, sent by the Jerusalem church

Simeon- of African descent, also probably a Roman citizen

Lucius- (Latin name) from Cyrene in N. Africa (another African)

Manean- wealthy, influential – grew up with Herod Antipas

Saul- wealthy educated Jewish Rabbi, also a Roman citizen

Acts Chapters 13-28 – History of a Church Planting Movement

Part of the redemptive call of the Holy Spirit is a call to join a family of Christ followers and to live in community.

2001 New Heights Fayetteville launched

2011 New Heights church planters Bani and Zamira Vercani plant New Heights Elbasan

2013 New Heights Bentonville planted

2013 New Heights church planters Brad and Carol Dutton plant New Heights Hong Kong

2015 New Heights church planters Jason and Heather Lanker plant New Heights Siloam Springs

2016 New Heights church planters Curtis and Becky Wray join with Chuck and Kirsten Straughn to plant Ten Peaks Church in Silverthorne, Colorado

Josh Foliart

The Mission: We train and mobilize culture shaping leaders into strategic cities to plant C2 churches (great commission and great commandment) that teach people to love God passionately and love people tangibly.

Vision: We see hundreds of leaders being released into strategic cities around the United States and the world. We envision these cities becoming spiritual incubators of mission and mobilization in order to multiply the gospel of Jesus Christ to every nation.

“Church history is not made by well-financed, well-resourced individuals and institutions. History is made by men and women of faith who have met with the living God. Without faith it is impossible to please God.”

- Steve Addison in Movements that Chang