Scranton Road Bible Church

01/25/2026

Due to inclement weather and for everyone’s safety, we are canceling all classes and service this Sunday morning 01/25/2026.

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12/14/2025

Due to inclement weather and for everyone’s safety, we are canceling all classes and service this Sunday morning 12/14.

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12/05/2025

10/14/2025

In 1988, Joe felt that something new was about to happen in his life. He had been working with teens at Youth for Christ, but he sensed God calling him into the pastorate. God led Joe to Scranton Road Bible Church, which happened to be the initial home of Youth for Christ Cleveland in 1944.

“The church had previously been Czechoslovakian Baptist Church, and it was dirt poor, with only about 35 or 37 white people,” Joe says. “And there I was, a 100-percent Arab-Lebanese guy—and not Baptist!”

After serving an internship, Joe was asked to succeed the church’s pastor, Dan Widlicka, a Moody graduate, upon Dan’s retirement. Though the job description was fairly standard for pastoral ministry, Joe requested one big change.

“I said, ‘I will do 75 percent of this job description, but I need 25 percent to be involved in the greater kingdom work within the city. I will train up people to do the other 25 percent.’”

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07/30/2025

Painting by Barrese

07/28/2025

07/28/2025

Service will be moved to later in the evening 4-5pm

07/28/2025