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"That all the earth may know that there is a God..."

Jun 16
2011

Friend Day

Posted by: David and Favi Velasquez

About two months ago we had the idea to have a special day at the church on June 12. We decided to call the special day, "Friend Day." The purpose of the special service was to give our people the opportunity to invite their friends and loved ones to church so that they could hear the gospel. We explained that if the people that they invited didn't come it wouldn't be a failure because they had at least initiated the process of introducing their friends and loved ones to Christ. Two weeks before the special day we preached a mini-series titled, "One, not everyone" to encourage our people about friend day. The idea behind the series was to help them understand that God wants us to do what we can do, not what we can't do. We can't single-handedly reach a city for Christ but we can make the difference in the life of one person. If all of us would impact the life of one person at a time than we would ultimately impact the world for Christ and we believe that to make an impact in someone’s life is to lead them to Christ and then to lead them into maturity until they become fruit-bearing Christians that can initiate the process in the life of others so that the cycle is never ending. We used the example of Andrew and how he brought his brother Peter to Christ. Our people really got excited and got busy finding people that they could bring to the special day. Well, on June 12 we had 50 people in total attend the service. We usually average 23 people each Sunday so more than half of the people there were guests. What encourages us the most is that they came because people from our church invited them. All of them were friends and family of the members of our church. Among the guests were Atheists, Catholics, Agnostics, and people that believe that all religions lead to God. They heard a message titled, "How good is good enough?" No one made a profession of faith that day but they clearly understood that good people don't go to heaven only forgiven people go to heaven. What's great is that our people will be able to follow up with them and continue sharing the gospel with them. This day was truly a high point for our young church (we are only a year old) and we expect many more things to come. Just a year ago only two people along with my parents and sister and brother-in-law were attending church services. Now a year later 23 people gather each week faithfully and all of them have been baptized, are currently being discipled one-on-one, and are getting involved in the work of the ministry. We are humbled to see what God is doing. 

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Powder Springs, GA 30127
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