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Dear Summit Family,Over the last 20 years at The Summit Church, God has truly done “exceedingly abundantly beyond all we could ask or imagine.” He has taken us places that we never dreamed we would go and used us to touch Central Arkansas and the ends of the earth in ways we never knew were possible. As we stand at the brink of the next 20 years, we believe God has so much more in store!

Since the beginning of The Summit, God has used Bill Elliff, our Founding Pastor, to help lead us into God’s presence so that we might hear Him and know where He wants us to go. Above all, Bill is a man who hears from the Lord! So, last fall when Bill approached us and said he sensed it was time for him to transition into a new role, we trusted that it was from the Lord. In the months that have followed, God has made it abundantly clear that for some time now He has been setting our leadership team up for the next leg of the journey here at The Summit! We are grateful that God has orchestrated this in such a way that Bill will stay on staff in a new role that will be instrumental in the accomplishment of our 20/20 Vision. And we could not be more excited about the leadership that God has put in place in Kyle Reno, Jonathan Burgin, Zac Reno, and BJ Stricklin. We believe these men are God’s men to lead us into the future and have full confidence that they will take The Summit to new places at each location, and expanding locations.

The future is filled with vision and opportunity. God has clearly given us a huge dream…to spiritually influence every county in Arkansas, plant 100 churches in North America, and impact 100 countries of the world through prayer, planting, and partnering over the next 20 years.

He is putting the leadership in place at The Summit to accomplish this dream, but the 20/20 Dream will not be accomplished without you. Each of us has a next step to take in cooperating with God in developing multiplying communities of fully devoted followers of Christ. We pray that as we move forward together, you will listen to God and take your next step in being a disciple-maker so that Jesus’ mission of taking the gospel to the ends of the earth might be fulfilled.

With you in the journey,

Your Directional Elders

This last year, God called us to expand our foundation in Central Arkansas by increasing the growth capacity of our three Summit locations through facility development.

Construction has begun in Conway and Saline County to expand Worship Center capacity and Commons space. Catalytic initiatives in Little Rock have included multiple outreach opportunities, strategic marketing, as well as facilities upgrades.

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2017-2018 $4,314,937 2018-2019 $5,009,197

WE HAD A 16% increase in giving this last year

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$445,900toward our facility projects and catalytic initiatives

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Bill has been involved in national and international ministry in 13 different events this year in Arkansas, Louisiana, South Carolina, Georgia, Ohio, Utah, Canada, and Thailand. Approximately 8,000 pastors and leaders have received some level of training and spiritual encouragement through Bill’s ministry.

We had two residents graduate from our Summit Send Church Planting Residency.

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A new website and resource platform were developed at billelliff.com. In addition, he has written magazine articles and multiple blogs for five different nationwide ministries. He is currently working on his next book “Presence-Centered Leadership.”

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Ragan WashingtonPlanting in Colorado

Roderick RogersFordyce Community Baptist Church

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As we have grown and expanded into mul-tiple locations, it has become increasingly harder for one person to do both of these things. For this reason, Bill’s role will be divided into two parts.

In September of 2020, Kyle Reno will assume the role of the Directional Pastor of The Summit Church, giving leadership to The Summit as a whole. Throughout 2019 there will be a year of transition where Bill and Kyle will co-lead in this role. Our Direc-tional Elders will continue to lead us, just as they always have, and Kyle will serve within that team in the same way that Bill has.

Kyle will also oversee our Lead Team which consists of the Lead Pastors of each location as well as our Central Team which has increasingly grown to serve all of our loca-tions. Because of Kyle’s initial, founding leadership in Conway, he will continue to provide leadership there alongside

Jonathan Burgin and preach there regularly. He will also begin preaching in Little Rock more frequently.

As The Summit has grown and now has three loca-tions, the Elders see the need for someone to serve solely as the Lead Pastor of each location giving a focused day to day leadership to what God is doing in each Summit location. The Elders unanimously feel that God has called BJ Stricklin to fill this role in Little Rock and Jonathan Burgin to fill this role in

Conway. Both of these men have a strong sense of calling to these new positions as well as a growing vision for the future.

Both BJ and Jonathan will also have a year of transition and shared responsibilities with Bill and Kyle as everyone moves into their new roles. By His grace, God is continuing to give us a great team!

Bill’s role at The Summit has been two-fold: to give directional and visionary leadership to The Summit and to pastor The Summit Church Little Rock.

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AS FOUNDING & NATIONAL ENGAGE PASTOR, BILL WILL BE LEADING OUT TO ACCOMPLISH TWO OF OUR GOALS IN OUR 20/20 VISION: “To spiritually influence every county in Arkansas and plant 100 churches in North America…through prayer, planting, and partnering over the next 20 years!”

He will lead our Summit Send Church Planting Residency, as well as develop a SummitSEND Network of churches across America. This will be comprised of our Residency church plants, other churches we’re supporting in the US, and also any churches that want to join. Its mission is to be an outreach of The Summit Church to give significant help to new church plants and also assist existing churches to presence-centered health and growth. Bill will also

A NEW ROLEoversee the development of our “every county” initiatives across our state. Our plan is for each Summit location to be involved with an Arkansas county every year through prayer, partnering, or planting. Bill will continue writing, teaching, and leading across our state and anywhere nationally that God gives him the opportunity. He will also continue to preach at The Summit Church in the coming years.

Q: When will this transition begin?A: This September 2019, we will start our year of transition marked by co-leadership in several areas. The following Fall of 2020, each man will assume his new role fully.

Q: Did the Elders initiate this with Bill?A: No. After much prayer and sensing it was time, Bill initiated this transition conversation and plan with our Elders last year.

Q: Will Bill still be here?A: Yes! Bill will continue to play a vital role at The Summit. It will be shifting, however, to oversee our state and national initiatives. He will still be preaching in Little Rock and our other locations, but less than he has in the past. He will still be on the Directional Elder team but wants to take a leave of absence for several months in the Fall of 2020 to give Kyle a chance to establish his leadership with our Elders.

Q: Will The Summit still function in the same way?A: Yes! The Summit is committed to a plurality of Elders and has operated that way for 20 years, and will continue to do so! Our Directional Elder team will still lead the church. Kyle Reno will fulfill the role of the Directional Pastor within that team, just as Bill has done in the past.

Q: How do the Elders & Staff feel about these transitions?A: They couldn’t be more excited, and see this as a very healthy, natural transition and a great plan for the future multiplication and growth of The Summit.

Q: Do all these men feel a sense of call to their new positions?A: Each man has a strong sense of calling to their new position and is filled with a growing vision for the future!

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VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT THESUMMITCHURCH.ORG

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We have developed a clearly def ined pathway for d isc ipleship by

redesigning Growth Track. Starting in January members of The Summit

will have a practical next step to become a d isc iple-maker.

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WE DESIRE TO

spiritually influence every county in Arkansas,

plant 100 churches in North America, and impact

100 countries of the world through prayer,

planting, and partnering over the next 20 years.

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