Welcome Chip Anderson and Family

In August of last year, we began a process of hiring our new Teaching Core Pastor. It was a time of evaluating our needs and confirming our values. We wanted someone who resonated with TNLC’s value on shared leadership, longing to serve inside of a team. We wanted someone who embodied TNLC’s values – a person who lived a communal, transformational, missional, and holistic life of faith, not just someone who could teach the ideas. Roughly 150 people applied for this position, and through a process of sensing God’s leading, we’ve found the person we believed he was bringing to our community – Chip Anderson. For more information go to our New Pastor page.

Terpstra Family Update

Dear TNL,

My wife Amy and I are planning to move our family to Mozambique, Africa next year. Almost ten years ago, when we first came to TNL, we were burned out on church and frustrated with the idea of doing ministry vocationally.  I was still in seminary, but after two messy church experiences, the thought of graduating from school and working for a church didn’t sit well.  But God used TNL to reconnect us to Christian community and to ministry. Now, after nearly a decade of serving and leading around TNL God has again used this community to change the direction we are headed... For the rest of Dave's letter click here.

Other useful links:
www.daveterpstra.com
www.amyterpstra.com
www.worldventure.com