10/26/2026
Yesterday, we had our Northeastern District of the C&MA Superintendent, Bryce Baldwin, with us. He brought a powerful challenge from Acts 8:1-4 where he reminded us that what was intended to stop the church actually helped spread the gospel. Persecution scattered the believers, but wherever they went, they preached the Word. Acts 8:4 gives us both a message and a mission. The application question was: What in your life needs to die for the gospel to be scattered and planted?
He then shared something pretty special. A newspaper article from 1945 described our founding pastor, Rev. Gordon Keeney, as having been “assigned a missionary charge at Lockport.” LAC wasn't established to have a place to gather on Sundays. It was planted with a missionary purpose to reach lost people with the gospel of Jesus Christ.
More than 80 years later, that charge hasn't changed. Let’s be a church who continues to think outside of our walls.
"Those who had been scattered preached the word wherever they went." -Acts 8:4