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Wayne Northup \u201998 is widely recognized as a successful church planter, but he is quick to point out that his call was not to plant churches, but to reach a city.<\/p>\n

Flashback to 1997, when one of his North Central professors told Northup, a Pastoral Studies major<\/a>, he\u2019d been chosen to represent the school on a mission trip to New Orleans. All of the other Assemblies of God colleges were going, so Northup agreed to represent the school. He had no idea it would change the course of his life.<\/p>\n

Discovering a love for New Orleans<\/h2>\n

The night he arrived for the mission trip, he and a friend went with their host to New Orleans\u2019 famous French Quarter to eat. \u201cI didn\u2019t even know what that was,\u201d Northup recalled, \u201cbut I found myself in the back seat and just started crying for no reason on the way to the French Quarter\u2014kind of awkward in a car full of three guys.<\/p>\n

\u201cI didn\u2019t know why I was crying, and the closer we got to the Quarter, the harder I was crying.\u201d Northup said the tears continued when they entered the restaurant to the point that he had to excuse himself. He returned to the car, continuing to weep uncontrollably, \u201cAnd the only thing God said was \u2018I\u2019m going to give you love for a city,\u2019\u201d Northup remembered. \u201cMy heart was ripped out for the city of New Orleans.\u201d<\/p>\n

Just a few months later Northup felt God speaking to him again, telling him to take a generation to reach a generation, and he soon after took a van of 12 students from North Central to minister to people in New Orleans to celebrate Mardi Gras.<\/p>\n

That mission trip grew to an annual outreach that has continued for 20 years, and North Central is sending a team to participate in 2018.<\/p>\n

Winding path, clear destination<\/h2>\n

\"AlumniUntil 2010, Northup\u2019s love for New Orleans continued to be demonstrated primarily through the annual outreach trips. After his 1998 graduation from North Central, he married Kristi Shields \u201900, and embarked on a ministry career as an evangelist, serving at churches such as Stone Creek Church in Champaign, Illinois, under Gary Grogan, in Minneapolis at Emmanuel Christian Center under Nate Ruch, and at The Oaks Fellowship in Dallas with Scott Wilson.<\/p>\n

He and his family were enjoying a good life, traveling, preaching in schools and large churches. \u201cWe were serving on staff in Dallas with our best friends,\u201d Wayne said, but noted that in all the years of traveling, no place really felt like home\u2014except when he was in New Orleans. \u201cWe knew it was just a matter of time till God moved us.\u201d<\/p>\n

At the Assemblies of God General Council gathering in 2010, Wayne remembers a service where he felt like God was speaking and told him it was time to plant in New Orleans. \u201cSo we left everything. We lost money on our house, took a pay cut, and brought our kids to New Orleans.\u201d<\/p>\n

Health setbacks<\/h2>\n

Not long after moving to New Orleans, Wayne began to have major health challenges. A PE News article<\/a> by John Kennedy explains:<\/p>\n

\u201cSix months after embarking on his first church plant, Wayne A. Northup awakened one morning and couldn\u2019t breathe. Northup always had lived with mild asthma, but on this day he couldn\u2019t even walk up the stairs in his house.<\/em><\/p>\n

A battery of tests spawned various asthma-related treatments prescribed by doctors, ranging from downing unhealthy doses of Prednisone to walking around with intravenous tubes hanging from his body. Besides side effects that included weight gain and abscesses, Northup struggled with fevers, infections, and \u2014 still \u2014 breathing difficulties.<\/em><\/p>\n

As the weeks of health troubles dragged into months, Northup, a usually faith-filled Christian, began to hear Satan whispering lies: the New Orleans church he planted would fail; he would die; he would leave behind his wife, Kristi, and the couple\u2019s two children, Libby and Lincoln.<\/em><\/p>\n

For much of his first two years as pastor of Saints Community Church<\/a>, Northup couldn\u2019t get out of bed.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Northup\u2019s condition eventually received an accurate and treatable diagnosis, but despite breathing through compromised lungs, he is grateful that his health crisis led him to a new place in his faith, one where he experienced not only the power of Christ\u2019s resurrection, but also \u201cthe fellowship of His suffering.\u201d<\/p>\n

Serving in the extremes<\/h2>\n

The resolution of Wayne\u2019s health challenges did not mean everything became easy. Kristi Northup, who serves Saints Community Church in the areas of business administration and worship, said there is nothing she can compare it do when talking about serving in New Orleans, but what makes it difficult is also what makes it beautiful.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe thing about New Orleans is that it\u2019s like the colors are brighter,\u201d Kristi said. \u201cThe shadows are darker, the lights are lighter\u2026everything is heightened. The food tastes stronger. The beauty is more beautiful. The poverty is more severe\u2026.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s such an extreme place. The sin is more extreme. The weather is more extreme\u2026the food\u2026the music\u2026everything. And the things that are heartbreaking are so heartbreaking. That is part of New Orleans\u2014you can\u2019t have one without the other.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kristi observed that because of deep traditions in New Orleans culture, it takes years to develop relationships and trust. She grew up as a missionary kid in South America, and said it has taken everything she ever learned on the mission field to get to know the deep, rich, unique culture of this Louisiana city. \u201cIt\u2019s as extreme and experience as living in Chile or Guatemala,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Sabbatical and next steps<\/h2>\n

The rewards of this \u201ccross-cultural\u201d church plant are real, but so is the stress. Wayne said finances are a regular issue, in part because of the poverty of the city. \u201cIt seemed like five-and-a-half years here would have been a normal ten years in other cities,\u201d Northup pointed out. He was tired last fall yet ready to keep pressing through, but his elders intervened. \u201cThey said \u2018You can take a sabbatical before the nervous breakdown, or be forced to take one after,\u2019\u201d he shared. He was humbled by the show of support, including an offering from the congregation to send them on sabbatical.<\/p>\n

This summer, Wayne, Kristi, and their kids Libby and Lincoln, spent six weeks away. Most of their time was in the Boundary Waters area of Minnesota and a cabin in Taylors Falls. He didn\u2019t even take his cell phone.<\/p>\n

Through their time away, God showed Wayne his perspective needed adjustment. \u201cHe spoke to me about the quantity of my prayer time, not just quality,\u201d Northup said. \u201cWhen I got back I told our team we\u2019ve got to be praying more to get where we need to go. If we\u2019re going to reach the city, God has to be the one to do it.\u201d Wayne and his staff now spend an hour-and-a-half praying every morning.<\/p>\n

The Northups, who are expecting their third child, are committed to New Orleans for the long haul. \u201cThe problems here only the Gospel can solve,\u201d Kristi observed. \u201cThere is no amount of funding, no government programs. Only the blood of Christ can change people\u2019s minds and hearts.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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