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08/08/2024

During his lifetime, James Baldwin said: “It is very nearly impossible... to become an educated person in a country so distrustful of the independent mind.” The anniversary of Baldwin's birthday was this past Friday.

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02/01/2023

We have reached 1,171 members. We thank God for each one of you.

09/11/2022

Daily Devotional with Pastor Jon
November 9

Ye shall buy meat of them for money, that ye may eat; and ye shall also buy water of them for money, that ye may drink.

Deuteronomy 2:6

That the Israelites were to buy meat and water signals a shift in God’s provision for them. In their wilderness wanderings, God had fed them manna from the sky and water from the rock. However, now that they’re ready to enter the Promised Land, the manna would begin falling sporadically. And after they had celebrated their first Passover in the Promised Land, the manna would stop completely (Joshua 5:12).

The point is simple. God expects us to grow up, to move on. Concerning that which was once given to us, God will say, “You need to participate in the process, not because I’m being mean to you or holding back from you, but because I want to see maturity in you.” As we do with our own kids, God expected His children to participate in their own care.

We are a Bible believing Church. We believe in the Holy trinity of God the Father, Son and Holy Spirit.

21/10/2022

02/10/2022

Our is a Testimony that wants peace in the whole world

All bloody principles and practices we do utterly deny, with all outward wars, and strife, and fightings with outward weapons, for any end, or under any pretence whatsoever, and this is our testimony to the whole world.

24/07/2022

1 Kings 18:42–44
So Ahab went up to eat and to drink. And Elijah went up to the top of Carmel; and he cast himself down upon the earth, and put his face between his knees, And said to his servant, Go up now, look toward the sea. And he went up, and looked, and said, There is nothing. And he said, Go again seven times. And it came to pass at the seventh time, that he said, Behold, there ariseth a little cloud out of the sea, like a man’s hand. And he said, Go up, say unto Ahab, Prepare thy chariot, and get thee down, that the rain stop thee not.

According to James 5:17, Elijah’s secret was prayer. In public, his prayer was short. But here we see him praying in private, and his prayer takes on an entirely different dimension. He puts his head between his knees and prays. In Middle Eastern cultures, this was the birthing position. Here we see a man of prayer who prayed quickly in public, but in private prayed with intensity and travail.

Do you know what it means to birth something in prayer? Have you experienced what it means to press in and pray through? Do you pray once or twice or three times and give up if nothing happens? That’s too often my attitude. Not so with Elijah. He prayed until something was birthed. How I love to be around people who love to pray. It’s hard work. Jesus prayed in Gethsemane with such birthing intensity that His face sweat blood. Do we even know what it means to keep asking, keep seeking, keep knocking? Elijah prayed and didn’t give up.

Is your marriage a burden tonight? Have you prayed to the place of sweat? Are you experiencing tension over some situation? Have you prayed time and time again? Somehow, dear friend, the Lord teaching us to press in and pray is preparing us for the billions of years that lie beyond. He’s not teasing you or making it hard on you. He’s developing you and strengthening you. The reason the Lord is stretching us in faith and teaching us in prayer and forcing us to mature is because He’s training us for eternity.

Elijah saw a little cloud and said, “Tell Ahab to get moving. A storm’s coming!”
“Wait a minute,” we say. “A little cloud doesn’t mean anything.” Oh, but it does to a man of faith.