Montana - Day 4

Today we traveled from Kalispell to Missoula. I know this is gonna shock you, but it was beautiful! We followed the edge of Flathead Lake for much of the way and just admired the post-card view. The mountains were reflecting in the perfectly calm water. To quote Forest Gump, “I couldn’t tell where the mountains stopped and the sky started.”

In Missoula we spent the day with Pastor Rich Ratts of Convergence Ministries. Convergence has targeted their ministry efforts toward the 24 and younger demographic which makes up 38% of Missoula’s 100,000 citizens.
More than 90% of this age group in the Missoula area is unchurched. Rich told us that “it’s not that they’re hostile toward the Gospel, they’re just ignorant of it.” Rich and his team are trying to change that...and it’s working.

We asked Rich to tell us more about the AA Church Planting Strategy. He said there are 14 AA school districts in the seven most-populated cities in Montana. The vision is to plant substantial churches that will make a large impact on these seven cities. It’s a monumental task that cannot be completed by just one or two church planters, so the AA Church Planting Strategy team is looking for others to come alongside them to pray, participate, provide and partner.