THE WORD IS OUT

It has now been officially communicated that we will be leaving our present place of ministry as of the last day of March. Our Pastor expressed his sentiment in two deeply theological terms: "It stinks!" We agree...!!! The surface reason given for the need to transition to some other place of ministry is the economy. However, God has given us another perspective; the rest of the story. In Acts 1:8 a prophecy is made: the early church will be scattered throughout the then known world to communicate the Gospel. Acts 8:1 reveals that prophecy being fulfilled: the early Church, because of persecution, was scattered in a day without even a chance to say good bye to each other. The Apostles alone remained. The lesson for us is that our loving and sovereign God sometimes uses external influences to expand Gospel influence. We believe that is what God is doing and are finding our anticipated move to who knows where to be bittersweet. Bitter, in the sense that we have to say good bye to people we've been doing ministry with. Sweet, in the sense that we believe God is using the economy to move us to places we would not otherwise go to advance Gospel influence. On the other side, we are sure we'll be glad we let God be God and accomplish His sovereign purposes. Now you know, the rest of the story.