The Austin Stone Community Church

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We love Jesus, God’s Word, and each other. We are taking Jesus’ revolutionary message of grace, truth, and compassion to Austin and the world. Foundations It was Matt Carter's desire to plant a church for years before the opportunity was provided. God had often used him to begin or help rebuild a ministry. His sense was that his gifts would be used to the fullest by his pastoring a church. Not wanting to go ahead of God, he kept this to himself and simply prayed and waited. A church planting course in seminary reignited this dream. One section of the course involved an assessment of students and their families that was designed to determine whether they had the set of gifts and skills to be effective as church planters. The results of this assessment had the seminary committee knocking on Matt's door with an offer to plant a church anywhere in Texas. It seemed God might have once again placed Matt in the right place at the right time. Just as quickly, however, some things happened that surprisingly but conclusively shut this door. Disappointed, he worked to complete his assignments for the course. One of those assignments was to interview the pastor of a recent church plant. He was allowed to choose from a list distributed in class. He selected a church that was on his way home and decided to stop by unannounced to see if the pastor happened to be free. Craig White was in his office when Matt arrived. He was waiting to meet someone who had cancelled at the last minute. His

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