I am a proud Pastor

I am so proud of Bethel Baptist. I can't help it. Wow!!! 144 professions of faith at Judgment House...Stories abound of those who are Bethel members that invited family and friends who were saved. Glory to God.

One man stopped me who is a key lay leader in a sister church across town. He said to me something that really blessed my heart, "Please tell your people thank you. I cannot even begin to imagine the time, effort, and energy that it takes to pull something like this off. And you guys are making such a significant contribution to the body of Christ and the effort to bring in the harvest in this area through Judgment House. I am not aware of too many churches that are willing to pay the price that you have been willing to pay to do this. Thanks from the bottom of my heart."

Several others expressed similar sentiments. I just wanted those who participated to know that the entire community takes notice of the sacrifices you made to be part of Judgment House. Now I know that you did not do it for the approval of man.....I get that....but I hope it does encourage your heart to know that others in the community, particularly the other area churches were blessed by it. I talked to one staff member of a local church who brought about 30 people from his church who said, "Wow, we are going to have a lot of baptisms at our church. We brought 8 teens and 2 adults that got saved tonight!" That is the way it is when you serve God faithfully, even those around you get blessed.

The vast majority of the 144 people who were saved will never attend Bethel. A lot of them were brought by other church groups and will attend those churches. But that is okay. We are not here to build our kingdom......we are here to build His Kingdom!!! And as long as we make that our focus, God will send the people to us we need to get it done. He always has, and he always will as long as we make HIS goals our goals. Amen?!

Thank you Bethel for letting God use you to build the Kingdom. You are truly remarkable people.