It’s official. I announced this weeked that we will launch our fourth location in Georgetown. And I have the same mixture of emotions I did before we launched our second location. Permission to speak frankly? It’s scary and exciting. Every church planter knows that feeling. It is definitely a leap of faith.

I think Georgetown is probably the toughest place in DC to launch, but that is exactly why we’re doing it. It’s tough soil, but after months of reconaissance and intercession we know that is where God is leading us.

A little backstory on how we landed on Georgetown.

It was a really tough decision. We considered about half a dozen options–movie theaters and nightclubs. And all of the doors seemed to close. And we weren’t really considering Georgetown because the theater was taken. I’d love to open a coffeehouse in Georgetown someday, but we’re not quite there yet. So we thought the door was closed.

Then one night during a season of intercession, April 11 to be exact, I had a dream. And it wasn’t a pizza dream. It was one of a handful of dreams I’ve had that I believe were God-ordained dreams. In my dream, God said Go to Georgetown. It was awfully tough to misinterpret! But it didn’t make sense at the time because the theater wasn’t an option. So we kept putting it to prayer and I really believe that God opened that door of opporunity. I honestly think we’ll launch a fifth location in NW because it’s such a huge quadrant of the city, but Georgetown is the next stop! It stragegically positions us in the heart of Georgetown with Georgetown Univeristy and George Washington University on either side.

We’ve got alot of planning and praying to do, but we’re asking every NCCer to pray about what location God wants them to commit to. Some people will redouble their commitment at their current location. Others will feel a prompting to be part of the Georgetown Launch Team.

Coming soon to a theater near you!