??For I know the plans I have for you,? declares the Lord, ?plans to prosper you and not to harm you, to give you hope and a future.?
JEREMIAH 29:11
Standing On The Threshold Of Breakthrough
As I write this newsletter, I?m preparing to pack for Atlanta, where this Thursday I?ll be both exhibiting and teaching at the International Conference on Missions (ICOM) for the first time. There?s an electricity in the air?that sense that God is orchestrating divine appointments and opening doors we haven?t even imagined yet.
After 12 years of fruitful ministry as well as countless moments of wondering if we were making the full impact God called us to, 2025 has been a year of undeniable confirmation that He is multiplying Transforming Congregations?s reach in extraordinary ways. The harvest truly is plentiful, and God is ?expanding our borders?, but in 2026 I believe we will witness God raising up laborers and resources in ways that leave us both humbled and exhilarated.
2025: A Year of Unprecedented Growth
What began as small steps of faith has exploded into momentum that can only be explained by God?s favor and your faithful partnership. Here are just some of the ways He has exceeded our expectations:
Pray.com Partnership Explosion: Our partnership with Pray.com has grown beyond our wildest projections. What started as a weekly radio spot has expanded into over 30,000 followers on their platform of 25 million users. But God wasn?t finished. Just this month, we launched a three-month test campaign extending our reach beyond Pray.com into Meta and other social media platforms, generating qualified leads for Love & Truth Network at an unprecedented scale.
Melissa?s Breakthrough at AACC: While we?ve exhibited at the American Association of Christian Counselors conference before, this year marked Melissa?s first workshop presentation ? along with co-presenter and our dear sister-in-Christ, Becky. Their session on ?Healing from Sexualized Attachment for Women? packed the room, with incredible interaction and interest. Counselors left with practical tools they?d never encountered before ? even as Christians. We?re already seeing the ripple effects as they have been asked to teach this content at other venues, with people eager for training. We believe God is encouraging Melissa to expand this content into a book for women ? stay tuned? and please pray for this project. It is often assumed that sexual brokenness or sexualized attachment are issues that only men face. Not at all true.
13-Week Program Pilot Success: Our inner healing curriculum launched in October with a carefully selected group of men, and the process has been incredibly encouraging already! We?re not just addressing surface behaviors?we?re seeing God heal the deep wounds that underpin and drive destructive patterns. This program will be refined for training and launch in 2026 in churches nationwide.
In fact, our dear Nepali partners in Western Nepal are anxiously anticipating the implementation of this program for their Bible School training. These include former victims of sex trafficking, as well as people struggling with pornography and other sexual sin within their 41 church plants and 28 house churches, across nine districts. God is on the move and we are so grateful to be a small part of His making broken lives made new!
Kelli Hayes Joins Our Team
God?s timing in bringing Kelli as our Ministry Operations and Development Coordinator has been perfect. Her experience with the most vulnerable populations and passion for relational outreach is already expanding our capacity to build meaningful partnerships and financial support.
Stories Of Changed Lives
But perhaps the most powerful evidence of God?s blessing comes through the voices of lives being changed:
?God used Garry and Love & Truth Network to save my life from falling apart and helped me discover hope from the power of sin, depression, and unwanted sexual behavior. He has not only helped me in dealing with current life challenges, marital pressures, and temptations of same-sex-attraction, but has helped me discover root issues to bring about genuine healing?by pressing more fully into Jesus and His finished work on the cross. This has greatly diminished the power of same-sex attraction in the present! I will be forever grateful to Garry and Love & Truth Network?and I constantly recommend and support this ministry whole-heartedly in every way?including my monthly giving.? ?James
And from pastors across the country:
?Thank you so much for including us in your trip east! Your testimony of God?s grace in your life, your emphasis on the need for a band of brothers/sisters and your insightful answers to so many questions were all so helpful.? ?Pastor Peter
?Garry, I just want to thank you for being at our church and investing in our people. This is certainly a weighty subject and I know numerous people are carrying around a lot of pain and baggage over dealing with the sexual brokenness that plagues our world. Thank you so much for being faithful!? ?Pastor
Marc
?Thank you! For your lives, your honesty, and your heart to bring help and healing to the Body of Christ. We love you?and continue to pray and believe for the ongoing growth of Love & Truth Network.? ?Pastor Justin
An Incredible Opportunity: Our Largest Matching Gift Challenge Ever
Before we even announced this opportunity publicly, I reached out to a few churches and individuals to let them know that I was feeling prompted to gather a few partners to build a seed-fund of $25,000 to share this unprecedented offer?there was a lot of enthusiasm about being invited to collectively provide the funds for Transforming Congregation and Love & Truth Network?s year-end $25,000 Matching Gift Challenge - our largest year-end challenge ever.
These partners see what God is doing through Transforming Congregations, and are excited to help fuel the acceleration. Will you join us? Will you give toward our year-end challenge?
Based on your incredible generosity in past challenges, we?ve seen giving multiply 3-4 times beyond the original match. This means your partnership could potentially generate $75,000-$100,000 in ministry resources for 2026?but only if we rise to meet this moment together.
2026: Positioned For National Impact
With this matching gift challenge secured and the momentum God has built through 2025, we?re positioned to step into opportunities that will multiply our impact exponentially:
Launch Our Live Teaching Platform: By early 2026, we?ll debut twice-weekly live teaching and Q&A sessions streaming across multiple platforms. This isn?t just content delivery?it?s real-time connection where pastors can ask their toughest questions and strugglers can receive immediate engagement and guidance.
Launch Our Regional Coordinator Network: We?d love to deploy 1-2 Regional Coordinators who can replicate our church equipping work across entire regions, multiplying our reach and effectiveness across the country.
Five Critical Ministry Roles: Your partnership will help us add essential team members:
1) Social Media Engagement Moderator,
2) Ministry Integrator,
3) Live Virtual Training Producer,
4) Digital Content & Curriculum Integrator
5) Pastoral Resilience Coach.
These roles aren?t overhead?they?re multiplication engines that will help us reach millions of lives through strategic online engagement while always connecting people to solid, local churches committed to authentic discipleship.
Church, Individual, AND Business Partnerships
Churches and individual partners provide 90% of the support that funds the ministry of Transforming Congregations. We hope to also attract the heart and interest of Christian-owned businesses, adding to church and individual partnerships. From my vantage point, God seems to be stirring and building a network of Kingdom-minded leaders who understand that sexual wholeness and biblical identity are foundational to thriving communities, as well as Kingdom-minded organizations and companies.
Meaningful International Support
While we?re not pursuing international expansion, we?re deepening our support for current national church planting partners in Western Nepal and Kenya through teaching, equipping, and meeting practical basic needs.
A Goal Worth Pursuing Together
Our vision is audacious but achievable: to impact millions of lives through in-person and virtual training, as well as new social media engagement, nurturing those connections into authentic discipleship within local churches that are sold out to the Lordship of Jesus. The infrastructure is ready. The partnerships are in place. The harvest is ripe.
Your partnership in this $25,000 matching gift challenge running through December 31st isn?t just funding programs?it?s fueling a movement that will see the Church equipped to offer authentic healing to the millions trapped in sexual brokenness, identity confusion, and relational emptiness.
How You Can Partner With Us In This Breakthrough Moment
? Prayer: Lift up our team, the ICOM conference this week, and the thousands reaching out for hope. Pray for wisdom as we steward this growth.
? Give: We are ECFA accountable and certified so you can rest assured that we believe in and practice financial integrity. Your yearend support toward our Matching Gift Challenge and/or signing up for ongoing monthly partnership are great ways to help us expand the impact of our message of authentic community, hope for healing, and genuine transformation.
? Spread the Word: Share our podcast, introduce pastors and leaders to our ministry, host a Love & Truth Network weekend event in your church.
? Join Our Community: Sign up for our quarterly newsletter, subscribe to our podcast (Love & Truth Network podcast), follow us on social media, and stay tuned for our live online teaching in 2026 - twice each week.
? Your earnest prayer covering: We won?t succeed by human effort?nor do we want to. We need the Holy Spirit?s guidance, empowerment, and protection through your prayers.
? Advocacy within your circles: Introduce pastors, leaders, and others to our ministry. Share our weekly podcast, subscribe/like, & tell others.
? Financial support: Kingdom ministry is fueled by the Spirit and partners like you?covering travel, curriculum, podcast editing, and more.
? Encourage others to follow us on Pray.com, social media, and/or by signing up for our Newsletter.