March 2026 Prayer Letter

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Dear Prayer and Fasting Partners,

 

I have the privilege of speaking at Lifewell Christian Church in Winfield, IN this weekend. Danny Cox asked if I would be willing to talk about the primal call from Jesus to his first disciples: “Come, follow Me and I will make you fishers of men”. I look at that verse and recognize a M.A.P. for discipleship that is laid out: Movement; Come, Follow / Attention; Me / Process; I will make you. We are seeing this map become a reality around us through the churches we plant and the disciples that are being made as people grow in Jesus. I want to thank you for your prayers for Ignite, as you pray, answers come and lives are being changed.

Here are the things I would like you to be praying for during March:

• Multipliers Pathway: The 8 churches involved in this disciple making training are entering the final stretch of the process. On March 24, they will be presenting their final projects to the group. These presentations will outline their strategic plans to multiply disciples, groups, ministries and churches for different people groups. Here are the churches to be praying for: Adventure CC in Bradley; Engage CC in Forest Park; FCC: Champaign; FCC: Wilmington; Here Within Network, Chicago; South Side CC, Springfield; The Gathering CC, Crest Hill; and The Point in Winthrop Harbor. (BTW: this prayer point coincides with our prayer mountain for having 10-20 people traveling the missionary pathway for multiplication.)

•  Ignite Board Meeting on March 13: Our board will be meeting to discuss future plans for the organization, current things taking place and to meet with our 3 most recent church plants. We would appreciate your prayers for this time together.

•  Pentecost Offering, May 24: This year’s offering will focus on providing funding for churches who want to become parents. We recognize an important piece for planting more churches in Chicagoland will involve enlisting churches who have the desire and the ability to reproduce. This offering will allow Ignite to offer grants to churches willing to engage in the parenting process. Please be praying for us as we prepare a Pentecost video, get the word out and enlist potential parent churches.

•  Ignite Thriving Churches: We currently have 3 churches involved in our Year 3 cohort and are looking for another 3-4. I would appreciate your prayers that we get the right churches participating in this process. Also, we are beginning to build out the coaching piece of the ITC plan, so please pray for us as we recruit, train and deploy coaches for Year 1 and 2 churches.

Thank you for choosing to pray for Ignite, I am grateful for your partnership in this ministry of prayer. Prayer is one of our core values, so thank you for helping us live it out.

                                                                                                  Have a great March, Lance

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