Testimonies

When Dan and Julia Humphries got surprise orders to move to San Diego, they instantly knew they would miss the close, intentional church family they had grown to love at Pillar Church of Oceanside. But God was doing something with this change. In the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic, a new church was being formed near the military community in San Diego, and He was going to call them to be a part of it.

Allow me to offer the following path as a better way to find a good church right where you are. 

We are people, called by God, for a very specific mission. We are a family of multiplying churches in military communities worldwide.

I can honestly say of all the discipleship and world-reaching ministries I have been involved in, this has been one of the most rewarding.

It feels unreachable to pastors. It feels horrible to young Christians living there. But it’s where Jesus wants his Gospel to go.

For those in the military, the reality is: that you will either die young or you will have a second career. I encourage you now to consider the second possibility.

On this Veteran’s Day, I propose to you just a few of the deep-rooted reasons that military veterans take their lives, and I want to show you the solutions that the Gospel of Jesus Christ provides to those deep problems.

Following the uncertainty we faced moving away after retiring from the military, Elizabeth and I have truly been blessed with a church family who has a heart to make Jesus known not only in San Antonio but throughout the world by connecting with military families and the surrounding communities.

Have you considered the heart work that will be required for you to lead your church to multiply and to continue to do so for the next few decades? If you want to lead your church to multiply and to keep multiplying, you are going to have to deal with a lot of challenges “out there,” but first we need to start closer to home–your own heart.

Ministry to women is non-negotiable, from the beginning stages of our church plants and throughout the life of the church.