Hugh Halter

Hi Friends, I don’t normally do this, but I thought I’d simply post a message I sent to our financial supporters of CRM.
Welcome to the new world!  I’m writing this just a few weeks after the national elections and while were all in the middle of the most uncertain economic times of my life.  As I try to lead Adullam, as I speak to many pastoral leaders, business people, and normal peasants, it is clear that the world as we know it must now change to fit the times.
Last week alone, I counted 13 pastors who mentioned either massive staff layoffs, or pondering for the first time, the potential of shutting their churches down, due to the inability to pay the rent.  I spoke with three of our own supporters who are on the verge of bankruptcy; and I know of 9 families within our church context who need help putting food on the table.  Even for the Halter clan, our personal support has dropped by almost half in the last three months.
As I ponder everything, you might find it strange that I am not upset or distraught about the new world.  I tend to look at everything from a point of challenge to find new ways to “get’r done” or new ways to trust God for strange provision.  Certainly, this has not caught God off guard, and if we let the scriptures guide us, we find that God often allows and even orchestrates epics of time that call people back to reality and the basics of life & God.
Within all these same contexts, our Adullam people are more vibrant spiritually, and more alert to our calling.  Many of these pastors are now looking for part time jobs which I know will help them connect with real people.  In some ways, this season may serve as another “Diaspora” pushing God’s people out of their God bubbles and easy believism, back into real life where faith must win out over nice and tidy theology of provision.
Never have I felt such focus and purpose, or seen such ministry movement, but strange it now must be accompanied by the twin brother of trial.  May our prayers truly be, “your will be done” during this time and may God’s church arise from the dust of despondency into a new day of stability and ministry to those who have no hope.

Please pray this month for:
1) Meetings with a national collegiate ministry in the Northwest, Dec. 14th
2) Prep for trainings in Dublin, Glasgow, Texas, Canada, and Florida in the next few months.
3) The stable expansion of new Missio Hubs in Los Angeles, Kelowna, Atlanta, Dallas, Austin, Virginia, & Fort Collins.
4) Revamping of the MCAP curriculum in preparation for a national roll out in April.
5) God’s leading with our second book, “The Sacrilegious Disciple” which is being shopped around this month.
6) Financial resources to come from really strange and fun places!

Thanks, and know that I am praying for you all: for wisdom, faith, creativity, simplicity and trust.

Hugh