Every church plant has a story. This is Jacob Van Sickle's story of what led him to his calling to be a pastor, and then planting a church in the part of a our nation that is the most unreached.

If you would like to join Pastor Jacob on a mission trip to his church, you can find more information at his website at sacredcity.church.

Here are the dates that have bee reserved for the upcoming mission trips for 2026.

March 14-20

June 3-9

September 2-8

October 21-27

For more information, you can contact the church here,

https://www.sacredcity.church/contact

Stress can take away your joy, Nehemiah reminded his people where their joy lies, and that they will be okay. I learned this lesson recently, and now I want to share it with you.

Jacob Van Sickle is a church planter in Providence, RI. He is currently in the midst of his first church plant and working to spread the gospel in an area that is less than 2% evangelical Christian. He has some good advice about planting a church.

With times as rough as they are, are we ready for this to be an opportunity?

Sometimes we get ask to do stuff? How many times are you going to say "yes" until you need to say "no?"

Okay, we're still here. Okay, it's obvious, people don't know when Jesus is coming back. But what is the other lesson we can learn from this whole thing?

I have two questions for you, if you listen to this through the audio only, go to Spotify or YouTube and see the new backdrop. We moved to a new office.

Facing burnout as a pastor? My friend Chris has a different approach to how to help with burnout. You don't need to leave ministry, just need a different outlook.