It is difficult to summarize all that happens in life, family, ministry, and church within a year, but I wanted to try. Looking back helps me see God’s faithful hand all along the way.
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We started a new initiative for Bible reading plans in the Recommission Network and had hundreds join us in the Word for the year.
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We hosted our first Entrust Conference with Chuck Lawless, a professor who discipled me through seminary. We recreated our graduation pose with Obadiah from years ago.
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At the Converge Conference weekend, I got to preach through the entire narrative of Scripture to college students from all over South Carolina.
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Amanda and I celebrated 19 years of marriage this year, and we still like to date each other.
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We had 4 churches partnering together to form 40 teams of 400 people to serve our city in our first GO GVL week.
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We opened up our first mission house to help missionaries renew for their next assignments. The entire project was an incredible God-story.
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Easter 2023 was a wonderful day where I got to preach 5 times (3 in English, 1 in Spanish, and 1 in prison), and our family partnered together all day to watch God at work.
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I preached through the Book of Exodus in 2023, and it took us all 53 Sundays allotted to us. This study was challenging yet so incredibly rewarding.
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We baptized 19 on Easter Sunday, but while I was thrilled to be in the tank for many, stories like this father and son caused me never to be so excited to not be the one baptizing.
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I don’t know how we got here so quickly, but my firstborn is driving. I’d ride shotgun with him anywhere.
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My family participated in the Piedmont Women’s Center 5K again this year and used whatever influence we had to get more people support than ever before.
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Within 2 weeks of each other, I had two teen drivers. I couldn’t be more happy for them.
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We prioritized new adventures as a family this year, and we were able to experience some great ones.
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I preached 2 weeks for Fuge and was amazed to see 225 students profess Christ for the first time. Ring those bells!
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I watched my sons embark on their first mission trip that wasn’t a tag-along with me. It was a surreal moment.
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At One Night Spartanburg, we saw over 100 students profess Christ. I have never seen such a hunger for the gospel as I have in this year.
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My son finished his first triathlon, I completed my third, and we both medaled in our categories.
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I stepped up my intentional boss role with our staff this year to create a thorough strategy for development.
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With a team in Kenya, I shared the gospel, trained pastors, and helped the needy more on that trip than any other I had ever encountered.
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We watched our daughter try brave new opportunities this year and shine through every single one of them.
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This October baptism by the waterfall was frigid but worth it. I had prayed at the beginning of the year to be a part of 100 baptisms. Including this one and a few within a prison, I was able to help baptize 102 people. That doesn’t include the baptisms within the Recommission Network.
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With my daughter on violin, and my boys on supportive instruments, I watched my children advance in their musical skills.
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I made a vow that as long as my children asked me to go, I’d do anything, anywhere, anytime with them. They took me up on it, and I got to have some special memories all along the way.
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Travis Agnew serves as the Lead Pastor of Rocky Creek Church in Greenville, SC. His most recent book is Just (About) Married.
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