Steven Furtick(PHOTO: FACEBOOK)
BY KEVIN PORTER , CHRISTIAN POST REPORTER
February 10, 2016|1:40 pm

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Pastor Steven Furtick is seen in this photo shared on Facebook on September 22, 2015.

It’s been a decade since North Carolina-based Elevation Church first opened its doors, and lead pastor Steven Furtick is celebrating that milestone along with 40,000 “professions of faith” thus far in his ministry.

In a Twitter post shared with his more than a quarter million followers, the megachurch pastor wrote, “Core team … still together 10yrs & 40k professions of faith later. God is Able … ” The message was accompanied by two photos of Furtick’s “core team,” one apparently taken 10 years ago and the other one more recently.

 Christian Post had featured Furtick in a 2013 special article series called “An Inside Look at a New Generation of Pastors.”  The series interviewed up-and-coming pastors under the age of 40 who preached orthodox biblical Christianity and were successful in conveying the Gospel message in a way that resonated with today’s generation. At the time of the article series, Furtick was 33 and was the founding and lead pastor of Elevation Church, a multi-site church in Charlotte, North Carolina, with an average of more than 14000 people in attendance each weekend, according to the church.

Elevation Church was founded in 2006 with a group of only eight families, but has grown rapidly in the years since.

Besides being known for its fast growth, the church is also recognized for its LOVE Week, which is an annual large-scale community service outreach. In 2014, the church sent thousands of volunteers into different cities through the United States and Canada to build homes, organize food pantries, paint walls, cook and deliver meals to the homeless and cancer patients, among other events. The initiative fed some 800,000 people, provided school supplies to 3000 children, and supplied 20,000 cans of food that year.

 

Editors Note:
40,000  Professions? A current congregation of 14000 people. That’s a 65% drop out rate…..