Well, it's been a few weeks since my last update so I figured I need to get it done. There has been so much going on that it is hard to slow down long enough to do the daily things that need to be done. I am definitely not complaining about what is going on because it's all good and it's all God. We have been making great strides with the church on a weekly basis. Not that I would, but I can't think of anything to complain about. God has given us great new direction and we have many people that are hooked up with us and ready to go.
Just a couple weeks ago Laura Leigh and I took the majority of our leadership staff up to Greensboro, NC for some outreach training. We received the training and then went to the streets. The focus of our training was street evangelism. We are taking the gospel outside of the four corners of our church and it is already paying great divedends. In less than 3 hours we prayed with over 100 people and got 35 people born again for the first time! It was an absolutely amazing experience. These were not church people we went to, but people who were coming out of the clubs and bars and parking lots.
I do believe that the message we have and receive is a great message that we should be thankful for, but it seems that many Christians have forgotten that we have a responsibility to share the gospel to this world. We will become motivated now not just to fill this church with people, but we will be motivated to build the kingdome by winning the lost for Christ. Every church being full is a great thing as long as those numbers represent changed lives for Christ. We have so many things we are implementing right now that will only strengthen us as a body as well as help those outside the church. I am so thankful to have the staff and help that we have that are so willing to see the vision come to pass. Nothing we do would be possible without people to help who are sold out to God!
Continue to pray for us that we will be led by the Spirit of God to make the right decisions in all that we do.
Until next time,
Pastor J
