This has been a big week for Life Connection Church and we’re excited to keep the good news coming. We are announcing our recent transition from “Acts 29 Candidate” to full membership. The A29 blog just published an article introducing us to the network. We’re really excited to be joining the network, there are so many pastors, worship leaders and friends here that we respect.
A29 is a philosophically diverse but theologically united organization, translation, we all believe the same gospel but have different styles and philosophies on how to execute it. We consider ourselves a Reformed-Charismatic church. That means we are reformed in theology, non-cessationist, holy spirit believing, gift empowered body of believers that sing our guts out to loud, thumping, worship music. We are a creative bunch, that use lots of video, “concert” lighting, text messaging Q&A, twitter to organize our home groups, podcasting, vodcasting, live loops… We’re in downtown Phoenix, in a rough neighborhood that frequently has police helicopters circling our building during night meetings. The point is we aren’t your grandparent’s reformed church.
But then again…we are complementarian, we are firm believers of sola scriptura, we love Piper, Chandler, Driscoll, Keller and many of us are 4.5 point calvanists. (Not all of us and no that isn’t a typo, 4 and a half) We practice church discipline, are introducing formal membership, preach the cross relentlessly and by that I mean the rugged cross, penal substitutionary atonement, propitiation and expiation.
We’re a crazy bunch of misfits for sure, but we have deep conviction about what we do and who we are in Christ. We’re excited to team up with the group of A29 churches here in Phoenix and share the gospel with the lost and hurting. We pray this opens new doors for our church and that we’re able to reach more people for Christ.
If you have any questions regarding this announcement don’t hesitate to contact us.
this is my favorite article about us. Great description kyle.
what is a 4.5 point calvinist?
Here’s a great article to read that explains what 5 Point Calvinism is. There’s lots of history to go over, but cutting to the chase, most Calvinists identify themselves by being in agreement with the 5 Points of Calvinism. Many of us agree with 4 of the 5 and have different positions on limited atonement.
So 4.5 is half-joking, but somewhat accurate. That being said, we love and welcome both Calvinists and Arminians in LCC and we have many of both.