Bryan Coble

Sow Community Church , Illinois
Lead Church Planter
Chicago Illinois
Sow Community Church
September 13
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About My Family

Marci and I were married in 2001 and share two sons and a daughter. We are both originally from the Midwest and attended New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary (NOBTS) to pursue training in the field of church planting later in life. Our family has been in Chicago for five years and has now set roots here to make disciples for a very long time.

I am a visionary leader who seeks to make disciples and mobilize them to be the hands and feet of Jesus in our community. Marci completed and graduated with two church leadership certificates in worship and women’s ministry from Leavell College in May 2015.

About My Church Plant

The name of our church plant is Sow Community Church. The mission of the church is to sow the gospel, help others grow in Christ and teach them how to be on mission in day-to-day life. We are developing partnerships with myriad churches to make an impact in the city and, more specifically, Irving Park while working what can be at times some pretty hard soil. However, we are steadily building community relationships and setting groundwork for Sow Community Church to grow and be a church that multiplies.

Many partners and prayer warriors from all over the world will be required to accomplish the vision God has set forth to make disciples in the city of Chicago. Please pray with them as they seek to exalt Christ in the city.

NAMB Church Planting

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Pray

Pray God will direct us to people who can be part of our growing team. Pray for receptive hearts among the people in Irving Park and those in northwest Chicago as we seek to make disciples and plant churches. Pray God would provide churches who want to partner with us for 3–5 years, providing prayer, resources and ministry support to our team. Pray God would create a bivocational leadership team with the hunger to make disciples and plant more churches in our city.

Participate

Connect with us as a Supporting Church to support us with prayer, missions teams or even financial support. Connect with us to work as an apprentice or a church planting team member who wants to see the gospel spread throughout our city. Pray for us and the other church planters in our city as we seek to make Christ known throughout Chicago. Learn more about how to connect with us at www.sowcommunity.org.
Many missionaries build a team to join their ministry in prayer, participation, and provision. These friends, family and churches support missionaries beyond the tithes and offerings given within the church plant. Visit sendnetwork.com/PlanterFunding for NAMB's policy on providing for church plants.
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