Tuesday, January 09, 2007

Our Church

Hello, I know it's been a while, and now I really have something to write about. Our church, by God's grace, is Bible-believing church who desires to love and glorify the Lord and to live as lights to display Him to the world. The Lord has given our lead minister, David Miller, such a heart for Him, such a deep, deep love for the Lord. For those of you who don't know, our church was an episcopal church-- one that believed the complete Bible to be the Word of God, the standard for Christian living. I say "was". In the middle of December, after having discussed the issue for some time, we voted unanimously as a congregation to leave the Episcopal denomination. The Episcopal church has been having problems for some time, and at the last U.S. national convention, made it clear that the leading heads of the denomination were not interested in reaffirming their belief of Christ as the only way to salvation, as well as other doctrines crucial to being an orthodox Christian. One issue that has recently been in national media is the denomination's stance on homosexuality; that is the issue that our local media chose to fixate on as they "covered" our departure from the denomination. All this to say, PLEASE pray for our minister, as he could use all the prayer and encouragement you could give. This is a tough time, as you can imagine. I'll give more details soon, I will, but please pray for David Miller and our congregation as we stand for Biblical truth and strive to display Christ's love to the community. Love you all!!

5 Comments:

At January 10, 2007 1:54 PM, Blogger Beth said...

YAY! That was for updating and change of your church

 
At January 11, 2007 6:29 PM, Blogger daddy said...

David and your congregation are to be congratulated! I so appreciated the time that he and I spent together when we were there. Mommy and I thank God for His grace in how He has landed you in such group that is so fervent for our Lord--and how they have adopted you guys as their own (something that's as easy as falling off a log if you ask me--how could anyone not?). I am keeping him and you guys in my prayers, Princess!

 
At January 11, 2007 8:06 PM, Blogger Charis said...

Thanks, Dad! The Lord has blessed us so much in "landing" us in this church, you're right! That's not to say we don't miss our church families in Indiana! I keeping in touch with you all via Blogger, though I'm not on much...

 
At January 12, 2007 10:25 AM, Blogger Andy said...

It's so good to hear from you again!!!! It was so good to see you guys at Christmas time. We miss you both terribly. You are blessings. We will definitely be praying for your pastor and your church. Change is difficult, especially when it means going against the grain. You all will be blessed for following God and what He has called you to do. Love you bunches!!!!!!! Andy

 
At January 14, 2007 9:26 PM, Blogger Miriam Solomon said...

i love father david miller! he's an amazing man of God. i'm glad to hear how things are going. i miss you tons big sissy! draw nigh to me soon!

 

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