All I can say is WOW! Just read some news that totally blew me away. My friend Richie Merritt is planting a new church next year around the same time we are set to launch weekly services for Revolution Church Sacramento. Anyway, he told me of some amazing and unconventional things his pastor at Forefront Church (Rich’s home church) had been doing so I checked it out and started following his blog and ministry. His pastor’s name is Vince Antonucci and this guy is just off the hook crazy for people coming to know Jesus. So crazy that they launched a Monday night church in a bar in Virginia Beach, VA last year. That takes some faith! He was also part of the One Prayer series and shared a great word on his prayer for the church, which was, “Lord, Make Us Evangelistic.” There just isn’t enough that can be said about Vince and his work for the kingdom of heaven!
So, after 11 years at Forefront Church Vince announces that he is leaving his home to move to Las Vegas to start a church. Not just in Vegas, but on the Vegas Strip. This guy’s faith just keeps burning hotter and hotter. Again, all I can say is WOW!
I believe that the Lord uses others to help confirm things for me and this notice is another one of those things. I won’t go into detail as I’m still not clear on some things, but this announcement really spoke to me in a way that I believe God spoke to me through Vince’s announcement of planting a church in Vegas. Yeah, it’s crazy and yeah my level of faith is so minuscule compared to Vince’s, but when one loves God and loves others more than oneself there are just some things that one cannot run away from for very long if it’s God’s will.
Vince, man you inspire me! Never stop reaching out to those that many in the church have ignored. God loves them as much as he loves Billy Graham and it takes crazy, sacrificial,radical, Jesus-loving guys like you to see people outside of the gates of heaven come to know that entrance is free and that there’s a lot of love waiting for them if they only say yes to Jesus’ offer of grace and forgiveness. Yes, Mr. Vince Antonucci, I love you for all that you do that glorifies our Lord and Savior and gives hope to the rest of us. I will be praying for you!
