Wednesday, January 5, 2011

One Church Meeting in 2 Locations

This past Sunday we announced the location of our first multi-site campus.  The Ashkum Grade School will be the other facility where our church meets together beginning this Easter.  It is still a need in prayer as we work through signing an official agreement, but it looks like this will be a great opportunity for our church family to be a blessing to the people of Western Iroquois County.

If you missed last week’s message, I encourage you to watch it.   As God’s people placed on this earth to represent Jesus to all people, the church is truly the hope of the world.  The church is always people, never a building or facility.   That means that it isn’t where we meet that makes us one church, but instead joining in the mission of Jesus.  This understanding makes the multi-site vision much easier to understand and fully embrace with excitement. 

I ask for your partnership in praying our way through the battle that lies ahead.  We cannot expect to launch a new thing without pushback from the forces of darkness in accordance with Ephesians 6:12.  But our encouragement is that the Light wins!  Join me in praying Psalm 85:6, 7 asking that God will revitalize his church in rural America.  My prayer is for God to do a new thing in rural communities as he breathes life into his church once again.  

1 comment:

john lithgow said...

allgood things take time,his time and not our time jp