Fellowship of Christians

Hi everyone, 

I feel so blessed to serve such a dynamic church!  So many good things are going on presently that it’s hard to take it all in.  From my perspective there are two primary things that seem to be happening across our congregation. 

#1.  Fellowship of Christians seems to be in a fruitful season. 

#2. We seem to be in a season of much change.   
I want to use this space to give my perspective on what I am seeing and hearing. 

Fruit seems to be popping up everywhere!   Salvations, baptisms, FOC growing in number among our youth and adult members, healings, opportunities to bless our community in meaningful ways, FOC folks being raised up to influence our city for the cause of Christ.  The list goes on and on.  What this indicates to me is that God is on the move among us!  His Kingdom is pressing in.

Someone once said, “Change is here to stay!”  That certainly seems appropriate for FOC.  The Holy Spirit seems to be moving us individually and corporately as a church into our various ‘sweet spots.’  New leaders are being raised up in the areas of youth ministry, fine arts, evangelism, missions, internationals, community groups and intercession.   We’ll be mentioning a number of those changes in our Sunday services over the next few weeks.   We are looking at what changes will need to be made if we continue to out grow the space we have in our facility.  Change isn’t always easy.  Let’s stay close to our Lord and each other as we face these changes together.

Finally, I feel FOC is in an ‘Esther Season.’  What I mean by that is this season we’re in could be compared, albeit on a smaller scale, to the time that Esther stepped up to let God use her to impact her generation for the purposes of God.  She had to face some challenging changes in stepping out of her comfort zone.  As you’ll recall, Esther took a giant step of faith at a key moment in the history of God’s people.   She may have been prompted by the words of her cousin Mordecai, “If you remain silent at this time, relief and deliverance will arise from another place…” Esther 4:14a.   Those words have been growing louder in my ears.

I believe the Holy Spirit is moving a number of FOC folks into greater positions of influence in our community.  I think this is for a greater reason than mere promotion for jobs well done or even growing in number as a church.  I believe the Kingdom of God is pressing in at this point in time in significant ways.  In politics, government, education, medicine, entertainment and the blue collar world of working people, we are seeing a growing interest in spiritual matters.  The youth of our community are in desperate need of Godly influence.   Will you respond in your area of influence during this Esther season?   I’m praying that you will.