My husband Jon is the recognized church planter of Discovery Church but I have been entrenched in the process with him and now find myself dreaming, eating, breathing, living church planting. I am just as passionate as he is, which is very cool because I think we make a great team. It’s a blast to partner with your husband and work your tail off to see a dream become a reality. Many wives of planters feel that the church plant is their husband’s calling and that their role, so to speak, should be minimal. I respectfully disagree. Maybe I’m old fashioned, but I believe that God does call the wife, too. God has used me in ways I never thought possible; I am doing things I never thought I could do and am happier than I’ve ever been in my life. I believe in church planting!
Just for fun, I came up with my own list of the top ten reasons why I believe in church planting:

10. No one expects me to be like the previous Senior Pastor’s wife.

9. Church planters are a “weird” group of people, so I fit right in.

8. What you hoped would happen never does; instead it’s better than what you hoped!

7. Witnessing God perform miracle after miracle, day after day. It’s a supernatural life!

6. My children are just as excited and get to be apart of this dream.

5. Hearing testimonies of new believers on a weekly basis.

4. Watching nothing become something amazing for God!

3. Learning how to make money stretch and stretch and stretch and stretch. 

2. Linking arms with my best friend (my husband) to pursue a call and a dream.

1. Knowing I’ll stand in Heaven one day and hear “Well done thy good and faithful servant,” while standing with all the people that came to know Jesus through church planting.

Angie Hamp partners with her husband Jon to lead Discovery Church, a Matching Fund Church in Parker, Colorado, that launched in September of 2009.