-

Norm Millar of Harvest Bible Chapel is the pastor of several TCC evangelists in London, Ontario. The following letter of reference was submitted as an endorsement and testimony of accountability between pastors and our evangelists.

--

Re: Cory McKenna and The Cross Current (TCC) Ministry

In the fall of 2007 God lead us to begin praying for an enhanced focus and effectiveness in our church in the area of evangelism.  We realized that evangelism, like prayer, tends to ‘leak’ from church ministry.  Other areas such as worship, the word, youth, small groups, etc. all seem to be far easier to keep front and center.  But evangelism can so easily run cold.  It has been our experience over our ten-year history that if we don’t give extra effort and resources to evangelism then we will soon find little happening.

Cory and TCC came as a wonderful and life-giving answer to our prayers.  Just as the best way to grow new leaders is to have those gifted in leadership (by God) mentor them.  So also spiritually gifted evangelists are the best ones to mentor and develop other evangelists and to help train those of us who are not gifted in this area to be consistent witnesses for Jesus Christ.

We believe that all Christ-followers are to be evangelizing and we have found that having our evangelistically gifted members sharing the gospel AND helping train and encourage all of us to ‘normalize’ evangelism has produced wonderful fruit for Christ over the past few years in our church.

Our evangelistic temperature has risen significantly which has resulted in more adults coming to Christ, more baptisms, more excitement and energy in all our ministries.  We recognize that this is all of God but we can clearly see TCC being God’s hands and feet to help be a key element in bringing this about.

Plus as a pastor I love to see people and ministries committed to the local church. Cory and his entire team are fully devoted to the local church and helping it become what Christ has called it to be practicing Acts 1:8 as it seeks to fulfill the great commission.

TCC radio ministry, TCC training classes, TCC articles and MP3’s, TCC street witnessing, and TCC mentoring and discipleship of the church people to become witnesses in their own circle of influence – whichever aspect of this ministry you chose to engage with we know will prove to be a blessing to your ministry and help advance the kingdom.

TCC is all about helping Christians to plant the seed of the gospel quickly and naturally which can then be watered through various 1 Peter 2:12 loving, kind, gracious good deeds.   Help your church become a bold witness for Jesus Christ by connecting with TCC today!

Our elder and our staff teams both join with me in recommending Cory and TCC for your ministry.  If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact me as we would love to see more churches helped and encouraged in evangelism as our country has such a great need to hear the gospel of Jesus Christ.

Together in His service,

Norm Millar | Senior Pastor, Harvest Bible Chapel London

Do you love your pastor? I sure love mine. I make it a point to pray for Norm Millar every day. (When asked why he prefers NOT to be called “Pastor Norm”, he humbly shares his belief that if both Paul and Peter weren’t called “Pastors”, then why should he be?)

If you’ve been hanging around TCC at all, you’ll know that we exist to help pastors equip all the Christians under their care to be Christ’s witnesses. Serving pastors and their churches is our mission and that’s why we take submission to pastoral authority very seriously! In fact, only those evangelists who submit a Pastoral Referral and Oversight Agreement are mutually permitted to serve as TCC Radio reps.

I love my pastor. Did I mention that already? I would SERIOUSLY take a bullet for the man. Not only has Norm DEFINITELY been called by God to shepherd his flock, but God has also gifted Norm as an anointed preacher and teacher too!

Click here to listen to a recent message Norm preached called “The Way of the Wise”

The message communicates the Wisdom of God revealed through the Cross of Christ. If you are short on time, fasten your seat belt and fast forward the message to the 25 minute mark to hear one of the most biblically accurate and complete Gospel messages I’ve EVER heard ANY preacher deliver!

Before you navigate away from this posting, please take a minute to pray for your pastor and his family. Having served as a pastor for a number of years, I can promise you that he needs it!

In Christ,

Cory