Dear Fuller Scholarship Contributor,

Thank you for supporting the scholarship program that empowers leaders like me to receive the theological education so vital to my calling and to the mission of God.

This scholarship has made it possible to for me to continue in the M.Div program at Fuller Theological Seminary Northern California.

Currently, I am an ordained minister working with a house church planting movement (The Gathering By the Bay) planting churches in Monterey, Santa Cruz, and San Jose.

During this last year of ministry we have been impacting the local neighborhoods and communities with the Gospel of Jesus Christ. We have seen 3 house churches start, 6 people come to faith in Christ, and two baptisms. Two young men received the Lord in my garage. One of them came to Christ at his first men’s accountability group.

Through this movement we are seeing an organic church planting movement reach people who otherwise might not be reached by many of the modern Church growth models.

Thank you for your prayers and financial commitment to the students of Fuller Theological Seminary.

Sincerely,

Brandon S. Johnson

MDiv Student, Church Planting/ Network Pastor, Santa Cruz, California

The Gathering By The Bay