The Church Planting Network
It is with a heavy heart that we report that a little after 9:00 p.m. est., January 25th, David Nicholas went home to be with the Lord. It was his 52nd spiritual birthday, in the Lord.
Pastor Nicholas came along at a critical time in my young faith. His passion for sharing the gospel, and for training others to do so, will always stay with me, as will his Good News Song (“Why should you enter God’s kingdom today? You’ve tried to do your best, you say? …”).
Pastor Nicholas was an original thinker who was always trying something new. His emphasis on church planting was innovative and powerful.
Spanish River graciously helped support me and Christine for two years while I was in grad school studying missions, and Pastor Nicholas therefore has his rather large hands on anything I may have accomplished since then.
I expect this smiling, purposeful man of God is hearing his “Well done, good and faithful servant!” straight from the lips of Christ.
About Stan Guthrie
Stan Guthrie is an editor at large for Christianity Today magazine and for the Chuck Colson Center for Christian Worldview. His latest book is God's Story in 66 Verses. He also is author of All that Jesus Asks: How His Questions Can Teach and Transform Us, Missions in the Third Millennium: 21 Key Trends for the 21st Century, and A Concise Guide to Bible Prophecy. He is co-author of The Sacrament of Evangelism. Besides authoring, writing, and editing books, Stan is a literary agent, bringing together good authors, good books, and good publishers.
Stan writes the monthly Priorities colum for BreakPoint.org. He has appeared on National Public Radio's Tell Me More, WGN's Milt Rosenberg program, and many Christian shows, including The Eric Metaxas Show and Moody Radio's New Day Florida. A licensed minister and an inspirational speaker, he served as moderator for the Christian Book Expo panel discussion, Does the God of Christianity Exist, and What Difference Does It Make?
Pastor Nicholas came along at a critical time in my young faith. His passion for sharing the gospel, and for training others to do so, will always stay with me, as will his Good News Song (“Why should you enter God’s kingdom today? You’ve tried to do your best, you say? …”).
