Church seeks to train tomorrow's leaders

When Steve Tiebout planted a church in northern California in the late 1990s, he would have relished the help of a worship leader like 23-year-old Curtis Looper. Young, talented, full of energy and with a passionate love for Jesus, Looper already shows the God-given ability to prepare a congregation for corporate worship. And at age 23, he'll likely only get better.

As a former church planter in one of the least-evangelized areas of North America, Tiebout knows how important talented, Jesus-loving, ministry-minded young people can be to the work of a new church. With only seven out of every 100 people in metro San Francisco (not far from where Tiebout's church was located) affiliated with an evangelical church, discovering young leaders in a new church plant can be like striking gold. Read more