A new chapter

Stephanie and I have transitioned out of our position at First Baptist Church, and this week began a leadership residency at Restore Community Church here in Kansas City. This journey began with Restore a year ago, and now after months of conversations, and our completion of a church planters assessment we begun the leadership residency .
The intention behind the residency is to learn church planting and leadership development from Restore, and in return Stephanie and I will teach them all we know and continue to learn from our friends and partners in the inner city. The end result will be the planting of a reproducing church in the inner city that empowers people to live out justice, reconciliation, and redemption. Another result is to see more movement towards true unity and reconciliation in the Church of Kansas City. Stephanie and I will be with Restore for two years before we move into the community and launch the inner city church.
 We are both really excited about this opportunity, but we also acknowledge that there will be challenges along the way. Not only will we be learning about church planting from Restore, who are about to launch their third location in March, but we will constantly be wrestling with how we apply what we learn to the urban context.
During this time we will be raising support, a total of $30,000 for each year of training. These funds are to cover our living expenses. We have been sharing this ministry with friends and family and are continuing to ask people to join us as prayer partners and as financial partners. If you would like more info on how you can join us feel free to email me at darrylanswer@msn.com.
I will be using this blog as a weekly journal so become a follower on the page, and I will also be sending a monthly newsletter to all who decide to partner with us on this journey. Again feel free to contact me with any questions.

If you feel led to support us financially you can make checks payable to Restore Community Church.
Put "Urban Ministry - Darryl & Stephanie" in the memo line

Restore Community Church mailing address: 5559 NW Barry Rd, #305, Kansas City, MO 64154

Thank you all.