What do you see as you look at this picture? Do you see an aging church that has fallen in disrepair, because it didn't connect with the real world?
Are you a carpenter, with readied skills, impatient to get started in the rebuilding process?
Do you see just a building? Where are the people?
Church is much more than a building...yet the building certainly speaks of physical presence. We build because we have vision...vision to reach our community. It used to be said, build...and they will come.
For the past five years we have been building the people of our church. The time is coming when we may reach our physical limitations. We are readied to construct...while remaining faithful to our people ministries. I thank God for the Nehemiahs He has raised for times like these.
Some say the church has no future today. Jesus said, "And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not overcome it" (Matt. 16:18). Don't let appearances fool you. As long as we are faithful to the Gospel...we have future.
Pastor Al
