a story from Paris

What's so great about Paris? Ah, I think the better question is, what's not so great about Paris? And the answer is probably nothing. Paris is beautiful and charming and has a quaint vibe despite being a huge city. It's also richly historical with a lot of deeply rooted French living there. 

But my favorite things happening in Paris are the things this little church plant is doing to make a big difference in their neighborhood. As Samy said, If you can reach the deeply rooted French population in Paris, you can reach anyone. But if you reach only the others, you'll never reach the French.

a story from Brussels

If I were fluent in French, I'd pack my bags and be on the next plane out to Brussels. I loved my time there—the food, the delicacies, and, most of all, the people at this church. They hosted us with warm generosity and kindness and were incredibly fun to spend a few days with. 

Now, we're so happy to tell the story of their church plant, Église Protestante de la Cambre. I bet after watching this, you wouldn't mind moving there either.

(ps, hear the jazz piano at the beginning? That's Matthieu, the church planter, at a casual dinner party they had while we were visiting. Impressive, huh!)

a story from Frankfurt

You got a quick glimpse of what my time in Europe looked like from my perspective: it was primarily seen through the lens of a Canon EOS 7D camera.

Now you can finally see what happened on the other side of that lens.

During our 4-city escapade at the end of March, our itinerary included meeting with church planters in European cities, shadowing each of them for three or four days, conducting video interviews, learning as much as we could about their city and neighborhood, and building stronger relationships with those church planters and their core group members. 

Upon returning home, my team's next task was to make a video to tell their story. This is the story Nordstern.Kirche in Frankfurt, Germany shared with us, and—get ready—because it's a tear jerker. Our team is thrilled about sharing their story and stories from the other three cities over the next few months.