It was the first launch team meeting for this soon-to-be brand new church. In a matter of days they would go public with their very first worship service. It was definitely an emerging church; but you could also say that it was seeker-targeted. They didn't know much about church growth, but they were completely pro-numbers even though they were organized around a house church model. There were all kinds in this launch team: those that were gung-ho and those that would give up; leaders and followers; wealthy and unemployed, men, women and children. It wasn't the most gifted or best resourced of new church plants, but they did have one thing that every new church needs—a certainty about their mission.

It was Jesus that did the visioneering before this emerging, seeker-targeted house church. As he spoke, he made the mission clear to all. He said: "You will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, ...