Nothing is over. Nothing is finished. If God is in it, we will move forward. What the world saw as defeat, God knew was a victory. Our faith is in a resurrected King, and the reality that resurrection is still happening and is possible in our own lives.
Because what God breathes on must come to life. And what we may see as a grave, God sees as a garden. It brings to light the reality that, when we make our hearts available to God, we can live up to the potential He sees for us, rather than live at the level we see for ourselves.
Elevation Worship is the worship ministry of Elevation Church, a multisite church based in Charlotte, N. Elevation Worship has produced 12 albums that include American Christian radio no. This ministry is passionate about producing songs for the local church that connect others to God. Their main priority is to create an atmosphere of worship so people can encounter Jesus in a real and personal way.
The popularity of the church, along with the associated merchandising and book deals, has allowed Furtick to build the mansion of his dreams in Weddington, North Carolina.
The church has been successful with its finances as well as its attendance, and NBC Charlotte reports that Furtick is spending a lot of that money on a 16, square foot house with 7.
The home doesn't have Furtick's name on the deed, and NBC Charlotte reported that Furtick was very unwilling to answer their inquiries about it until he responded in a sermon on September 29th :. We've been looking for a piece of land to build a house for our family for a long time. I didn't even build that house with money from the church. I built it with money from my books and I gave money to the church from the books and you start getting real defensive and being like this ain't right.
Corbett responded to the article by saying that Furtick is paying for the five-bedroom house with income from his best-selling books, "Greater" and "Sun Stand Still. However, others dispute that, including Chris Rosebrough, who runs a protest podcast against "preacher profiteers" called Pirate Christian Radio.
He commented, "There's no distinction between Elevation Church and Steven's books. The two get mashed together in a way that creates a real conflict because the job of the pastor is not to preach his book. He should be the one that is most transparent. It saddens me to see what the church is becoming.
Elevation Church is now a mega-church which draws in worshippers at an astonishing rate, boasting up to 14, congregants on some weekends. Though Elevation Church says that it under goes a yearly voluntary audit by an outside accounting firm, C.
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