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Domestic Mission Work
The Church
of Christ at Gold Hill Road is currently supporting four other
congregations and planning for the development of a new church in the
Clover, SC area.
Covington, GA Progress Update
The
Central church of Christ in Covington, GA is now in their new building.
Several members from Gold Hill Road, including David and Tammy Williams,
Joe and Marty Manning, and Barry and Tracey Van Hamme went down to join in
celebrations for the new building on April 2.
The
church enjoyed record attendance of 125 for Sunday morning Worship.
Preacher Jim Gentry shared a great lesson from II Kings 5 on Namaan
dipping seven times in the Jordan River before he was cleansed.
During
Bible study, Joe Manning and David Williams were asked to speak. They
shared a history of the work in Covington, and a brief summary of the
mission work that we are involved in here at Gold Hill Road.
The
congregation at Gold Hill Road provides $800.00 in monthly financial
support to Covington. In addition, we also gave them $500.00 for classroom
furniture and donated 100 chairs for the new fellowship hall. The
building has a seating capacity of approximately 250.
After
five years of planning and tremendous effort from many dedicated people,
the congregation in Covington is enjoying and growing in their new church
home. View pictures of the new building.
View photos of
the new building
International
Mission Work
Mission
to Malawi
Click here to see special mission message
on the Malawi work.
Haiti
Haiti Mission work message 03-28-08
2005
Preachers Seminar
North Haiti
June 28 – July 1
Brother Charles Belch, minister at the South Fork Church
of Christ in Winston-Salem and our own Brett Pharr conducted the Fifth
annual preacher’s seminar for preachers across North Haiti. Nearly
200 preachers attended the seminar from in early July. The stated
goals for the seminar were: 1) to learn for themselves, 2) to receive
content for their preaching and Bible classes, 3) to discuss difficult
questions they are facing from a Biblical perspective, during the
sessions and with each other each evening, and 4) to build their mutual
bond in Christ with one another.
The Seminar primarily included an
in-depth review of the book of Romans as well as a review of the book
“The Beginning of Our Confidence”, a study guide for new Christians that
was translated into the native language, Creole. Other topics included
different styles and purposes for sermons, positive preaching, elders and
scriptural worship. The Seminar included 21 hours of study with
substantial question and answer sessions.
For many of the preachers this is
the only training they receive each year. Most have only a high
school level education and did not attend any preacher training.
They have learned from various other preachers over the years. Many
live in very rural environments with no means of transportation to visit
other preachers or congregations. They greatly treasure the
opportunity this seminar gives them each year to learn and grow.
View photos
from
the trip to Haiti.
Kenya
World Bible School (WBS) is very
active in Kenya. If you want to see a few photo's of those work
efforts Click Here.
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