Brentwood Tribe,

Our mission at Brentwood Church is to elevate the Gospel of Jesus Christ right here in our community and around the world.  Allow me to share with you what an incredible year 2011 has been!

Let’s begin with our transformation into a full-throttle multi-site church.  As of April, we’re a church of two campuses (ETR and Forest) with more to come.  Furthermore, we’ve experienced record attendance Sundays (just over 2,000) and a record number of decisions for Christ, baptism, volunteerism, community group involvement and global trip participation.  We celebrate these wins as a result of many contributing factors, but a major source is local church stewardship.  Yep, every year we collectively lead our households to tithe and give portions of our income to experience health and growth in this local church.

Another way we share this privilege is through special year-end giving.  That’s when we get to partner with others in this church to give big practically (for tax benefit), but also to give big missionally (to spread the Gospel). Basically, we transform tax money into kingdom-building money.

That’s amazing.  No other government in the world lets you do such an impactful thing… increase your own bottom line while giving to the mission and vision of the local church OR the charity of your choice.  So, to those who are able to make year-end contributions beyond their regular giving, I’d ask you to consider your local church first.

Here’s how: Go to our website and give online.

I can’t wait to start another year together, because we’ve got some world-changing things to resource in 2012.

Onward,

Pastor Jon