“There is a reason we need to work hard to reach least reached communities with the gospel. Because they are hard to reach!” - President Kevin Kompelien, EFCA

My wife, Anna, three boys Justus (11) Jason (9) & Silas (6) love going into MN's least reached places and simply be awkward for Jesus! We invite people to coffee or lunch, try to hear their story, pray and ask the Spirit to show us gospel truths already in their story or community’s story, and express His love, grace and truth by any means possible. Specifically we love to pour into marriages, families, and young adults- inspiring one another to follow the mission of Jesus in the everyday stuff of life.

We call this “gospel planting”, not church planting. Our hearts are to plant the seeds of who Jesus is and what He has done for us. We believe ecclesia or church forms will grow as fruit around the vine of Jesus, as that community expresses how they desire to worship Jesus, care for one another, and reach their own neighbors to multiply Gods kingdom around them.

We are centered here in our Sanctus family in St Cloud. Sanctus Missional Communities exists to multiply families on the mission of Jesus, by making followers of Jesus to bless our cities. We have a team sharing resources, ideas, and ministry input together. Whether it’s on our Patreon site ‘The Missional Family Field Guide’, over social media, training and coaching sessions..we are honored to partner with folks in this Creo movement, and see real, modern day Acts-based gospel partnerships across our newest mission field, America!

As we go into cultures and communities that need Jesus the most, this is an amazing time in our nations history. For the first time in America there are more 'nones' or unaffiliated (23%) than evangelical protestants (21%) and catholics (22%). More and more young people and young families are unsure of what they believe, but still are open for personal discussion about Jesus. We find it a privilege to build disciple-making communities where old/young, male/female, high social status/low social status can all come together in unity and purpose under Jesus, the Shepherd of our Souls.

Please pray for open doors for the gospel and our new servant leaders in each of our core groups in these least reached counties. May i suggest this resource? Even though it’s 5 yrs old, JD Payne says some good things about least reached counties near you- https://www.jdpayne.org/…/Unreached-Peoples-Least-Reached-P…

“I thank my God in all my remembrance of you, always in every prayer of mine for you all making my prayer with joy, because of your partnership in the gospel from the first day until now.”
- Philippians 1:3–5 

With love,
The Pankratz Family