What a difference a year makes...

When we started the community centre a year ago, we had no idea what we were taking on, nor how to do it, but God had given us some instructions on what He wanted done, however as they conflicted with what 28 years of church faith had taught me, I was hesitant to make some  the changes He told us... like "Don't try to build a church" - that sounded bizarre, however Gods ways are not our ways, so we decided NOT to hold Sunday services, but instead started what were initially Friday meetings, to explore what God did want us to do, and in line with His commandment to "Keep the Sabbath Holy".

But that led to being identified as a Messianic congregation, which was also not what we had been told to be, and it quickly became obvious that nobody amongst us really understood what that meant anyway, and that after leaving the traditions of the church, we were encountering doctrinal positions within the Messianic community.... why swap one form of bondage for another?

The a Spanish church who had lost their building, asked if they could use ours, which seemed like a good idea, as we were not holding Sunday services anyway! - whilst they renegotiated with a bank for their old building.

What should have been a few weeks, turned into a few months, and then at Christmas they asked to continue the arrangement for a whole year. We refused, because although what they paid us helped with our rental costs, their presence stopped us gathering new members to our community, and in any case, we were charging too little.

As a result, we faced having to leave the building... partially bought about by the church we told to leave contacting the landlord directly and offering to take our building over... go figure the ethics in that!

Anyhow, everyday seems to be a 'crunch' day, when we are supposed to surrender our lease - and then God does a miracle, and our vision is restored, well we trust in God however He decides to move in our lives.

God is good.

Why am I mentioning this?

Simply put, I have decided that if God is closing the door (so to speak) we would NOT attempt to force it open, but if God was opening the door, we would rush through and push further into the Kingdom.

God has opened the door WIDE, so we will continue to preach the Kingdom of God, but with the pure word of scripture, no milk, solid food and the whole truth.

It's not popular, but if you have gotten fed up with religion, but are open to having relationship with God, why not call and see us.

We still have needs to be met, let God and your pocket book bee your guide as to whether you can help us meet them.