What is Your Geography?

Thursday evening's program at Rez Week was amazing! Pastor Tim Hawks, senior pastor of Hill Country Bible Church Northwest, spoke on Acts 1. His vision is that everyone at the University of Texas, by the time they leave, would have had the opportunity to hear the gospel.

God revealed to Pastor Tim years ago that he should be working to strategically reach the lost in Austin. He shared his testimony of how a few men who were on fire for God wanted advice from him as to how to reach their city with the gospel. Their “neighborhood” in Mexico City consisted of 125,000 people! These men were determined to reach each with the Truth of Christ. Pastor Tim went to Mexico City with them to help formulate their battle plan. Upon his return from Mexico City, God convicted Pastor Tim - “Why aren't you doing this same thing in Austin?”

Pastor Tim, thru Acts 1, reminded us that we are to be witnesses for Christ! He asked the audience, “What is your geography (as a follower of Christ)?” Your geography is wherever God's placed you at this particular time. So, my geography as a student at UT would be the Air Force ROTC and the Middle Eastern Studies Department (specifically, my classmates and professors). As a Christian, I am responsible for spreading the gospel throughout my geography. Pastor Tim challenged us, “Has everyone in your geography, because of your strategic witness and purposeful testimony, had an opportunity to hear the gospel?” Oh, Lord! That everyone I encounter [in my geography] see You in me thru my words and actions and that I would be bold and faithful in proclaiming You as Savior of all. God, that everyone I encounter [in my geography] have an opportunity to hear the gospel because of my strategic witness and purposeful testimony. What is your geography?

Speaker Bio: Tim Hawks- Leader of church planting efforts in Austin

Tim Hawks is the senior pastor of Hill Country Bible Church in northwest Austin. Under his leadership Hill Country Bible Church has develop a church planting school, and has planted fourteen other churches in and around Austin over the last five years with five more churches preparing to launch in 2009. Tim works in partnership with many pastors in Austin and is giving leadership to a new initiative that is uniting churches to plant missional communities throughout the city of Austin.

• Tim’s teachings and more information about their church planting school can be found at http://www.hcbc.com