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A Letter from Pastor RyanJennifer and I are honored to lead a church that has a passion to Advance The Kingdom of God in the earth. Jesus taught us to pray,Thy Kingdom come, Thy will be done on earth as it is in Heaven. That prayer reects the Fathers heart for the earth and becomes not just a prayer, but a mission for us. We have the privilege of co-laboring with Him to see Heaven manifest in the earth.Life Church is Advancing the Kingdom on our campus, in our region, in our nation, and in our world.

OnOn our campus, we are renovating our facility to make room for more people to encounter God and experience life. Everything that takes place on our campus is value-centered. Our ministries are not designed to build an empire, but to Advance the Kingdom.

We are developing a cohesive strategy to advance the Kingdom in our region. Through CityReach, lives are changed by our Homeless and Community Ministry, our Street Outreach team, and other areas of ministry. We have also adopted Dunbar Middle School to bless the teachers and impact the next generation.

In addition, we are partnering with other ministries and missionaries with whom we have relationship in our nation and around the world to eectively do our part to fulll Jesus command in Matthew 28 that is typically called The Great Commission. Please prayerfully consider how God would have you to partner with us nancially in Advancing the Kingdom.

I believe Life Church is nding the same grace that was bestowed on the churches of Macedonia that according to their ability, yes, and beyond their ability, they were freely willing. 2016 is a year where the lid has been removed!" And we are going to see this in every area area of our lives as we partner together by faith, through grace.

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Advancing The Kingdom... On Our Campus

Advancing The Kingdom... On Our Campus

Our New Worship CenterThe current Generations Room and classroom walls on the south side of the building will be removed. This space, along with the 2500 sq ft extension on the south, will be renovated to become our new worship center holding 729 seats. Theater seating will allow every seat to have an optimal view. Each design decision has been made to give everyone the best opportunity to encounter God in worship.

OOur new stage will feature multiple screens for lyrics and images and allow us the exibility to host events from conferences to concerts. The backstage portion will give us a conference room, changing rooms for baptism and a media control room with separate video and audio recording studios.

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Advancing The Kingdom... On Our Campus

Our campus renovation will include a twenty-ve hundred sq. ft. extension on the south side of our building, a hallway extension on the front of our building, enclosing our portico to increase foyer space, and facading the front of our building.

Our new larger foyer will have casual seating to create an environment to develop and grow relationships and provide an area for team meetings, life groups, and training classes.

Advancing The Kingdom... On Our Campus

Dunbar Middle School Teacher AppreciationAs part of our adoption of Dunbar Middle School, our CityReach team caters and serves a lunch to welcome the teachers back each year. We also send birthday cards to the teachers each month. Doors continue to open for us to build friendships with the teachers and let them know that Life Church appreciates how they are investing in this generation of students.

Light Up Your WorldEvery school is mandated to provide an anti-bullying program to their students, but theyre not given any budgetary funding for it. Our CityReach team facilitates a curriculum called Light Up Your World to provide for this anti-bullying requirement each year.

FFor 6 years, weve taken a team of facilitators to engage the students over 3 days in their classroom and teach them that they are valuable and that they can be a light to their world. Last year, our team taught 321 students and in 2016, were expecting even more.

Advancing The Kingdom

... In Our Region

Street Outreach TeamOur street outreach team goes out to demonstrate the love of God in our region by praying for the sick at hospitals, witnessing to people in coee shops and stores, and various creative ways to open the door for Gods love to be received.

We have received many testimonies of lives transformed and touched in a personal way through this team.

Slave Free SWFLFor the past 3 years, Life Church has partnered with the Southwest Florida Human Tracking Coalition to bring awareness to parents and kids about Human Tracking in our region.

This event called Slave Free SWFL is held in dierent communities each year. Life Church has participated by donating water for the event and having a team of volunteers serving food, engaging with the parents, and oering prevention information.

Advancing The Kingdom... In Our Nation

Life Church Columbus, MS doubled in size in 2015 and we have served Columbus in many dierent ways:

Prepared & served Meals with Love to over 200 people monthly Gave gifts & encouragement to local middle school sta & faculty Partnered with ministries to students at two local universities Hosted rst annual Marriage Advance with over 30 couples

AAt the end of 2015, we were packedstanding room only. We are currently expanding our sanctuary from our current 200 seats to 400 seats. In 2015, we became nancially independant because of your prayers. We are thankful that Life Church, Fort Myers continues to pray for us as we are Advancing The Kingdom.

Pastors Jody & C.J. AndrewsLife Church, Columbus, MS

2015 Growth at Life Church, Columbus, MS:

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2xattendance growth

53baptized2400meals prepared for community

Moving from pastoring in Brussels to starting fresh in Paris is unlike any other mission Mauricio and Lulu Salazar have ever undertaken. They will create a coee shop in downtown Paris featuring artists and art workshops. As they draw a creative crowd, they will use the art as a conversation starter to talk about Jesus.

Since this is a brand new concept, continue to pray for the Salazars as they discover and pursue Gods plan each step of the way.

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Advancing The Kingdom... In Our World

Hope International MinistriesDominican Republic Pastors Conference

Each year, as part of their medical missions trip to the Dominican Republic, Pastor Kurt Holthus hosts a conference for local church leaders to come for free to learn and grow. Many pastors there have no formal training. Through this annual conference, they are given Bibles, books, and the opportunity to connect with other pastors.

LiLife Church has underwritten the cost for the entire 2016 Pastors Conference.

P.A.C.T.Peru Apostolic Cultural Transformation

LiLife Church founders, Dr. David Deaton (Dr. D) & his wife, Marilyn (Mama D) have been training local pastors and leaders in Peru. Through one-on-one discipleship, apostolic leading, pastors retreats, education, and constant encouragement and love, the Deatons teachings on marriage, family, and Biblical ministry are shaping and bringing encouragement to the emerging pastoral leaders in Peru.

FFor PACT, the 2016 focus is to continue building relationships with the network of pastors, their spouses, and their children, facilitated by bi-monthly network training sessions. Pray for their continued safety, health, nances, open doors, and the vision God has given them for pastoring the network of church leaders in Peru.

Advancing The Kingdom

Covenant Life University

Dr. D is the founder and president of Life Churchs Biblical training school, Covenant Life University, which has seen the largest expansion in Peru with 20 local campuses. Other campuses include Belgium, Dominican Republic, Germany, Israel, Russia, Spain and Ukraine.

The mission is to be an educational network, focusing on: Impacting our generation with the blueprint of moral principles and practices from the Word of God. Aecting the development of spiritual and business leaders. Integrating high standards of ethical values in the community and marketplace.

For Covenant Life University, 2016 will include the establishment of more campuses and continued course development including translations to equip pastors and leaders around the world.

International Pastors & Leaders Conferences

In 2015, Pastor Ryan and Dr. D were given the opportunity to speak into many pastors and leaders lives at conferences in Ukraine, Peru, and the Dominican Republic.

In 2016, they will continue to travel and pour into the lives of those in leadership. We recognize that when we train and disciple leaders, we give them the tools needed to eectively minister and Advance The Kingdom.

... In Our World

David & Cece HodgesPastors of Iglesia Vida, Jicamarca, Peru

WWith a strong focus on evangelism, Iglesia Vida has been growing and reaching people to advance the Kingdom in Jicamarca, Peru by hosting events called Evangelistic Explosions and inviting families from the community for themed events. In 2015, they hosted missions teams from Life Church, Fort Myers and Life Church, Columbus. In July 2016, they will host our Elevate Youth missions trip to Peru.

OOur support for David & Cece Hodges allows them to pastor Iglesia Vida, host a Covenant Life University campus and serve P.A.C.T. to assist in facilitating pastors conferences and network meetings for local pastors and leaders.

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