Oasis Church Teaching Pastor
God’s provisions are absolutely amazing! As a church planter in NJ, I need to remind myself of this often. So check this out: We had been praying for a mature and dedicated Christian around 30 years old, with teaching gifts, a passion for reaching the lost using multi-media and a willingness to join us as a teaching Pastor at our Oasis Church Plant. Tall order, right? Not with God!
A short while after we prayed, a pastor named Dan Sardinas (30) called us after finding our church website. He and his wife Lori (31), who also served as worship leader, had just left their church in PA because they felt God was leading them to plant churches. Gee, what a coincidence!
From a worldly perspective there was absolutely no reason for Dan, who had been the pastor for the past 5 years or so, to leave his church. He loved the people and they loved him. And recently he had earned a Church Health Award from Saddleback Church for doubling the size of his church from 60 to 125 in only two years. Yet, he felt God calling him to a different ministry.
After spending some time with Dan over a tasty meal at Bennigan’s, we both realized we shared the same passion for reaching others for Jesus, and have complementary spiritual gifts. A few days later Dan and Lori committed to becoming part of our Oasis Church Launch Team, and boy are we glad they did! A gifted communicator, Dan will be one of our teaching pastors (he’s good, real good) and I’m hoping Lori will (I haven’t asked her yet) to become part of our forming worship band.
Overall, we don’t know how long we will have Dan and Lori with us (they eventually plan on planting a house church network in Florida), but when they do leave it will be a “win-win situation” for Oasis Church because we will be sending out a missionary and helping to support another church planter fulfilling the Great Commission. Amen!
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