I’m not sure how to describe what is happening in our church. By the church, I mean the people – not the building (although we are seeing things happen with the building – furnaces are working properly, walls taken down, sound systems possibly being reconfigured, etc.).
One way or the other, our Sunday services have increased from around 70 people last spring to around 110 today. Some of this is transfer growth from other churches, but some is people who have not been related to a church lately. They may have been in the past, but not until lately have they returned to a group of people that we call the “institutional” church.
What brings that about? God! Yes, that’s true. Some of it is people with kids. Other is a need for connection with people of like mind. What else we will see!
For the moment, I’m trusting God to provide direction in knowing how to pastor these people.
Holding you up in prayer!