Take A Look Around.

Today, let's celebrate what God is doing in two other churches: Christ Church in New York and MetroWest Church in Orlando.

Christ Church

A few days ago I visited Christ Church (United Methodist), located on 60^th and Park in Manhattan. The Executive Pastor, Rev. Dr. Javier Viera, is a colleague of mine. We did not get a chance to interact much during our study at Columbia University, so we scheduled this time to dialogue about our dissertations, our work aspirations, and about what God is doing in our respective denominations.

God has been speaking to Christ Church just as He has been speaking to Bronx Bethany.  Here are just a few parallels:

v  Christ Church has been encouraging its congregants to observe the Daily Office, and has even printed its own Daily Prayer booklet (just 8 pages, with prayers for four times a day). Copies are available for free in their church’s lobby.

v  Christ Church has a ministry arm in South America—specifically, Colombia.

v  As a regular part of ministry, the church has two pastors available in an area just off the main chapel. After each Sunday’s communion service, their role is to pray with any congregant who desires personal prayer.

v  Christ Church is slated to spend well over a million dollars to replace the ornate doors of its main entrance, which were badly damaged as the result of an attempted break-in.

If you'd like to learn more about Christ Church, please click here.

MetroWest

MetroWest Church of the Nazarene, located in Orlando Florida, is pastored by another of my colleagues, Rev. Ronald Benjamin. The church recently began a forty-day intensive study of the nature and characteristics of the kingdom of God. The Forty Day Kingdom Focus seeks to be a means of spiritual growth for the members and friends of MetroWest.

The study includes two main learning strategies: corporate meetings held every Wednesday during the forty-day period, and forty devotional readings which congregants can use as lessons. Each reading reinforces certain aspects of the kingdom of God.

Reverend Ronald welcomes everyone to log in to his church’s website and join them in this forty-day educational and spiritual endeavor. MetroWest can be found by clicking here.

 I thank God for Javier, for Ronald, and for all who faithfully minister in the name of the Lord! Father God, give us grace to do Your will in the earth through the church You have established. Amen.