Dear friends and prayer partners,
Many prayers have been offered and answered for the movement of new churches in the Berlin region. Thank you for all support by praying and giving over the last year!!!
I want to invite you to continue your involvement by helping us to plant healthy indigenous churches in Berlin that train disciples for church planting, and that plant other new churches.
This is the plan God has shown us: Over the next couple of years I want to strategically focus on the church plant in Berlin-Pankow, helping it to become even more a center of the Berlin church planting movement, a model for missional ministry in atheistic former eastern Germany, and a regional resource church.
By further developing the unique profile of the FeG Pankow as specially community engaged (business network, living advent calendar, community center) and also as promoting regional church planting (Berlin Summit, CP prayer network, CP interns) we will see the movement being inspired and supported.
We want to capitalize on the roots into Pankow community organizations, citizen associations, and with local authorities to further pursue the participatory concept of a COMMUNITY CENTER. Over the years it has been shown that concrete community involvement alongside with secular agencies is a very authentic way of being a missional church in a European city. The trust we have been able to establish with community leaders and business people will help us to build the necessary bridges that will take the gospel to Pankowers.
To further the Berlin church planting movement and to train the next generation of lay and professional church planting team members, we want to build into this indigenous community center a TRAINING CENTER FOR CHURCH PLANTING. Future leaders from Pankow and from other parts of the world will be challenged to deep discipleship leading to a missional lifestyle and ministry approach through our community center. After becoming familiar with process thinking, as well as church planting and team tools, they will be send to support the movement of new church plants in the Berlin-Brandenburg area. They will follow the 20 interns who over the last 5 years went out from Pankow, some to be involved in other church plants in Germany and beyond.
Thank you for praying for the following challenges on this journey:
- rooms for the pankow church during an interim exile period of 1-2 years between moving out of the current location and into the community center (in view: an office at the city center and a school dining room)
- ability to link the concept of a church planting training center deeply and authentically into our secular community, so that it will be supported from the beginning from the people we want to reach and serve
- a developer/coordinator/implementer person for the community and training center – as well as the funds for this very strategic position (additional 20.000 US$ are needed here for 2011 and 2012).
- For all other partners, workers, and families involved and the people who will meet Christ in the process
Blessing on you in this Christmas season, Timo Heimlich, Berlin
Monday, December 13, 2010
Friday, August 6, 2010
Strategic Team for the movement
To see the vision of planting 30 churches by 2020 become reality, I am investing the next couple of months to identify members of a church planting team for the Berlin Region to provide necessary support and intentional planning for the future. Please pray for 4-5 PEOPLE to join me in this effort of focusing and accelerating the movement in Berlin. They should cover the following roles:
R - Coordinating RESOURCES
E – EVALUATION of Effectiveness
G – Planning for coming GENERATIONS
I – INTERCESSION and INNOVATION
O - OPERATION 30 / 2020
N - local and international NETWORKS
A - ADMINSTRATION
L - LEADERSHIP development
I believe God has already prepared these 4-5 people. Please pray for a clear process of calling and identification.Pray that by the end of 2010 there is a strong team to
turn the current dynamic into a movement by planting 30 new churches by 2020. Thank you!!!
R - Coordinating RESOURCES
E – EVALUATION of Effectiveness
G – Planning for coming GENERATIONS
I – INTERCESSION and INNOVATION
O - OPERATION 30 / 2020
N - local and international NETWORKS
A - ADMINSTRATION
L - LEADERSHIP development
I believe God has already prepared these 4-5 people. Please pray for a clear process of calling and identification.Pray that by the end of 2010 there is a strong team to
turn the current dynamic into a movement by planting 30 new churches by 2020. Thank you!!!
Sunday, March 7, 2010
BERLIN PARTNERSHIP SUMMIT APRIL 13-16, 2010
One key event for turning the current dynamic into a movement will be the
BERLIN-PARTNERSHIP-SUMMIT, April 13-16, 2010 where the dynamic will be felt and propelled forward. We are looking forward to spend four days with over forty international Berlin-supporters and missions leaders to strategize and pray together for increased partnerships in the future. Please pray for:
- all preparation on part of Manuela Heimlich, Mike Edwards, and many others,
- save travels
- the working of the Holy Spirit to connect the right people together during the conference and to show supernatural strategies that leads to more churches in the future
- encouragement for the Berlin planters and churches
- increasing dynamic and new effective partnerships following the Berlin Summit
BERLIN-PARTNERSHIP-SUMMIT, April 13-16, 2010 where the dynamic will be felt and propelled forward. We are looking forward to spend four days with over forty international Berlin-supporters and missions leaders to strategize and pray together for increased partnerships in the future. Please pray for:
- all preparation on part of Manuela Heimlich, Mike Edwards, and many others,
- save travels
- the working of the Holy Spirit to connect the right people together during the conference and to show supernatural strategies that leads to more churches in the future
- encouragement for the Berlin planters and churches
- increasing dynamic and new effective partnerships following the Berlin Summit
TURNING DYNAMIC INTO MOVEMENT: 30 NEW CHURCHES BY 2020
We gladly enjoy surfing on the dynamic wave God is sending to Berlin at this time. At the same time we ask God what it would take for the current dynamic to grow larger and to impact Europe by impacting Berlin. We would like to bring together as many Christians as possible with a heart for Berlin: church planters, short-term workers and teams, partner churches from Europe, North America and other continents, business people, missionaries, strategist, and prayer warriors.
We pray and work for 30 new churches in the next ten years – churches that are unique, innovative, gospel-centered and that will see daughter churches planting daughter churches. Some will have pastors, some are led by lay people. Some speak German, some other languages prominent in Berlin. Some look like traditional churches, some will be different.
We believe that when this vision has become reality, the current dynamic has turned into a movement that will continue to chance lives and chance the city, region, and country. Please pray how you can be part of the Berlin dynamic.
We pray and work for 30 new churches in the next ten years – churches that are unique, innovative, gospel-centered and that will see daughter churches planting daughter churches. Some will have pastors, some are led by lay people. Some speak German, some other languages prominent in Berlin. Some look like traditional churches, some will be different.
We believe that when this vision has become reality, the current dynamic has turned into a movement that will continue to chance lives and chance the city, region, and country. Please pray how you can be part of the Berlin dynamic.
DYNAMIC NEWS FROM BERLIN
PRAYER DYNAMIC: More people gather and pray for changed lives and new churches in our region during the monthly city wide prayer nights or the local prayer walks. God is touching those who attend and is answering prayers. Some highlights:
INTERNATIONAL CHURCH: Pray as church planter David Rauhut prepares for a US internship and looks out for an native English speaker as a collegue who will start this church for high profile business people in 2011.
KREUZBERG: Prayers have been answered with Benjamin Kaden joining church planter Fridtjof Leemhuis as a collegue. Together they are leading a motivated start team to the launch of first services later this year. Pray for focus and progress.
PANKOW: More and more people in the community are watching the small church plant in Pankow under Timo Heimlich’s leadership, as we have assumed a coordinating function for a new community center. People are asking about God by observing how trust him to do miracles in sending an investor to buy the building for the community center this year.
SHORT-TERM PROGRAM: God has put on Simone Benner’s heart to design the infrastructure of a hands on short term leadership developing system (one year) that will not only support our plants but also attract volunteers of various vocations for church planting in Berlin and beyond (pray for a start 2011 with 10 future leaders).
CURRENT DYNAMIC INITIATIVES: God is strongly encouraging us by letting new church plants appear on the horizon: E.g. a planter for a multinational church in the inner city neighborhood of Berlin-Neukölln and a planter for a “business as mission” coffee house. Additionally, dynamic starts to build in the needy district of Berlin-Hellersdorf, in Berlin-Staaken, in Postdam, as well as in the downtown areas of Berlin-Mitte, Berlin-Moabit, Berlin-Friedrichshain.
INTERNATIONAL CHURCH: Pray as church planter David Rauhut prepares for a US internship and looks out for an native English speaker as a collegue who will start this church for high profile business people in 2011.
KREUZBERG: Prayers have been answered with Benjamin Kaden joining church planter Fridtjof Leemhuis as a collegue. Together they are leading a motivated start team to the launch of first services later this year. Pray for focus and progress.
PANKOW: More and more people in the community are watching the small church plant in Pankow under Timo Heimlich’s leadership, as we have assumed a coordinating function for a new community center. People are asking about God by observing how trust him to do miracles in sending an investor to buy the building for the community center this year.
SHORT-TERM PROGRAM: God has put on Simone Benner’s heart to design the infrastructure of a hands on short term leadership developing system (one year) that will not only support our plants but also attract volunteers of various vocations for church planting in Berlin and beyond (pray for a start 2011 with 10 future leaders).
CURRENT DYNAMIC INITIATIVES: God is strongly encouraging us by letting new church plants appear on the horizon: E.g. a planter for a multinational church in the inner city neighborhood of Berlin-Neukölln and a planter for a “business as mission” coffee house. Additionally, dynamic starts to build in the needy district of Berlin-Hellersdorf, in Berlin-Staaken, in Postdam, as well as in the downtown areas of Berlin-Mitte, Berlin-Moabit, Berlin-Friedrichshain.
Thursday, July 30, 2009
THANK YOU your support is making a difference
It is such a joy to be part of something larger than oneself. Something that helps to look at God’s plan and wisdom with great amazement. That is how I currently experience my role as a Church Planting Co-ordinator for the young Berlin church planting movement. The same should be true for you as a supporter. Here I want to pause and say “Thank you!”
To give you an idea of some things that were accomplished or started during the first half of 2009, I want to share one of my highlights for each month. As a partner, you also took part in these events or processes:
- January 09 Strengthening prayer support worldwide and locally
- February 09 Impulstage – Being part of a national team that hosted an inspiring conference with Leith Anderson, Minneapolis, to add momentum to the Germany-wide church planting movement
- March 09 Coaching – regularly supporting the church planters in Berlin-Staaken and Berlin-Kreuzberg as they do a great job! New planters are coming also to Potsdam.
- April 09 visiting US partners – sharing what God is doing in Berlin and inviting others to assist us
- May 09 Vision days for an English-speaking church plant with influence into the business community
- June 09 working on a system and network to raise up more interns, volunteers and future church planters for Berlin
- July 09 Field studies, prayer and vision meetings for a future plant in the needy atheistic district of Hellersdorf
Please help me to continue the work in Berlin, so that more churches will be planted in which Jesus changes people who change this city that changes our continent. These are the plans for the remainder of the year:
Rest of 2009:
· Working on key elements to channel the dynamic of the young and small movement into a large movement by God’s grace
· Preparation for the important BERLIN SUMMIT, April 13-16, 2010
· Stabilizing the existing plants and putting healthy roots to the new initiatives
· Identifying more future leaders who assist the movement with different areas of expertise
· and completing the necessary raising of funds:
To be able to focus on these areas, it is still necessary that more people will regularly support the Berlin ministry as well as other planters with finances. You as individuals or groups have already invested into the Berlin movement. I would be thrilled if you assisted me in identifying more people with a passion for Germany or unconventional sources of support. Also, one time gifts for the monthly needs (1500 US$) in August, September, and October are appreciated and help to focus on other important matters. I am happy to talk with you about opportunities, connections, or ideas that you have in this regard.
Thanks for already sharing in God’s gracious work during an opportune time in this fascinating city.
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Start of a church planting movement
Jesus is the center of our lives, church multiplication is our calling,
and the exciting and influencial city of Berlin is our home and our passion.
Over the past years, God has opened many doors for the furthering of the Gospel through the establishment of new churches, the networking with others, and the training of national leaders. Please consider supporting our work as we seek to effectively build on good beginnings by joining ReachGlobal as an experienced partner organization.
In 2005, Timo and Manu Heimlich began a church plant in the atheistic district of Berlin-Pankow. Now, about 40 adults gather together as the church is making an impact in the community among young families.
Five young German leaders, who have been mentored as interns at Timo‘s church plant in Berlin-Pankow in the last years, are now actively involved in planting churches themselves in Berlin and elsewhere.
In 2007, Timo encouraged the Free Churches in Berlin to start praying for six new church plants. One year later, six church planting opportunities are becoming very concrete and new congregations will be launched in the coming years. God is awesome!
One group of people has been praying for a new church in their neighborhood of Berlin-Staaken.
A few blocks from there, a passionate church planter has started to reach his neigbors. Timo has helped to connect these groups together and is currently coaching this newly established church planting team towards a launch in 2009.
Swedish denomiations that are praying and working towards a Swedish church planting movement are sending officials and interns to Berlin to apply their experiences in their home country.
These are just the beginnings of a church planting movement in Berlin which is leading to the salvation of many and will have an impact beyond this strategic European city. Do you want to get involved? God is using many people in these efforts. Can he also use you to help with prayers, finances, or perhaps personal involvement, that Europe will be changed in the coming years through new churches in Berlin?
and the exciting and influencial city of Berlin is our home and our passion.
Over the past years, God has opened many doors for the furthering of the Gospel through the establishment of new churches, the networking with others, and the training of national leaders. Please consider supporting our work as we seek to effectively build on good beginnings by joining ReachGlobal as an experienced partner organization.
In 2005, Timo and Manu Heimlich began a church plant in the atheistic district of Berlin-Pankow. Now, about 40 adults gather together as the church is making an impact in the community among young families.
Five young German leaders, who have been mentored as interns at Timo‘s church plant in Berlin-Pankow in the last years, are now actively involved in planting churches themselves in Berlin and elsewhere.
In 2007, Timo encouraged the Free Churches in Berlin to start praying for six new church plants. One year later, six church planting opportunities are becoming very concrete and new congregations will be launched in the coming years. God is awesome!
One group of people has been praying for a new church in their neighborhood of Berlin-Staaken.
A few blocks from there, a passionate church planter has started to reach his neigbors. Timo has helped to connect these groups together and is currently coaching this newly established church planting team towards a launch in 2009.
Swedish denomiations that are praying and working towards a Swedish church planting movement are sending officials and interns to Berlin to apply their experiences in their home country.
These are just the beginnings of a church planting movement in Berlin which is leading to the salvation of many and will have an impact beyond this strategic European city. Do you want to get involved? God is using many people in these efforts. Can he also use you to help with prayers, finances, or perhaps personal involvement, that Europe will be changed in the coming years through new churches in Berlin?
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