You See Dry Bones

Sometimes it just takes a large group.

Since our church is currently meeting on Wednesday nights (come join us!), my wife and I are free  to check out churches on Sunday morning. This helps us to get a profile of the habits of Christians in Middletown, Ohio. Let me give you a quick back story.

Back Story

When Jill and I moved to Middletown, we had only been to one church in the region. We had not met any Christians in Middletown except the pastor and his wife (and a few others who went to their church). They are a great, Gospel centered church. But they were the only Christians we have met in the last three months. It seemed to us that Middletown was abandoned by the Gospel. We felt like no one cared about our city except one small church. We have spent time praying for the growth of Christians in Middletown who want to spread the Gospel and link arms with each other to do so.

Fast Forward to yesterday…which involves a little rewind

We attended Beracha Baptist Church (beracha means blessing in Hebrew, not a funky spelling for Obama). While it was not the type of church we are looking to plant, we must say, it was a good church. The pastor was very friendly and down to earth. Everyone we ran into was friendly. The best part? They loved Jesus. They loved Him and wanted everyone to know about Him. The pastor proclaimed the Gospel every chance he could. They wanted desperately to reach little kids with the Gospel with their VBS program. They want to reach the poor, the rich, the young, the old, everyone.

Seeing the 300 or so in the room gave us hope and motivation

There are Christians in Middletown who love their city and want to reach it for Christ. They are active, alive, and full of love. I am excited to know there are Christians who want to change their city (besides us). Knowing we have two churches that are alive and active really gives one hope.

We cannot wait to become the third, active church in our city.

-Don-