The Temple Emmanuel church in Youngstown, Ohio, was organized in 1917, first meeting in homes, later at a YMCA, then at a rented facility and finally in their own church building. The members enjoy a rich history of God’s faithfulness and blessings.
If you invest your resources just as a farmer sows seed, God promises that you will always be blessed with a harvest. Beyond material things, what greater blessing could there be than seeing lives transformed by the gospel?
Read the April Visitor for stories about how, two years after the death of Freddie Gray, churches in Baltimore are ministering in hurting neighborhoods; how churches in Columbus are tangible touches of love to prisoner and prositutes; how Psalm 22 is a psalm for the cross, and more!
Why do we go to church on Saturday, and why is the Sabbath important?” These were the kinds of questions Joksan Cedillo-Gomez wondered about and asked. However, he never got a satisfying answer. “Because it’s in the Bible. Twice!” he was told. After a year at the REACH Columbia Union Urban Evangelism School, he learned.
David, being a prophet, foresaw and spoke in this psalm of Jesus’ sufferings. This is also the psalm upon which Jesus seems to have meditated as he hung on the cross.
José Cortés was a young pastor when he was thrown into jail in Fidel Castro’s Cuba. Cortés shares this story in one of the North American Division’s sharing books, Never Lose Hope. Read more about the book and our interview with Cortés below.
Minnie McNeil, who co-founded and advises a nonprofit organization dedicated to developing housing and supportive services in Coatesville, Pa., says every member everywhere has the opportunity to demonstrate God’s love in a variety of ways.
You wouldn’t expect someone to give you quarters for laundry, offer free gym classes, give away free computers or befriend prostitutes. In Columbus and Baltimore members are doing this and much more.
You wouldn’t expect someone to give you quarters for laundry, offer free gym classes, give away free computers or befriend prostitutes. In Columbus and Baltimore members are doing this and much more.
