Lives in Motion

I sat down with a friend from Liberia recently. When he arrived in NYC as a war refugee, we quickly recognized his sincere heart and his integrity when he entered our fellowship of house churches in the Bronx last Fall. Among other things, we were discussing the church that meets in his 4th floor apartment. As we talked I asked him if he thought people were growing. His response was enthusiastic. He said that now that his family has been experiencing worship and the Word together and have made their home into a meeting place for church, peace has come to his house. The family gets along better, the marriage is stronger, the kids are improving. He expressed that if it wasn't for house church, he suggested that things probably would not be so good in their house. I don't know if there are any other West African house churches meeting in the United States, but this one is the story of people being touched by the Spirit of Christ in their midst. This is new territory for most people including my African brother, so we're still experimenting with what works and doesn't work for that house church. But there certainly are victories to celebrate.

Yes, when you are on the cutting edge, you do sometimes get cut. You make strategic errors. You learn as you go. However, when you're on point, out on the edge, you also see sunsets and unworn trails, and sights that few have seen before. With all my training (and I mean this as a humble admission) as I entered church planting, I knew I'd be learning, but I never dreamed that I'd be learning so much. Let's thank God for new horizons, for lessons learned, for lives being transformed, and let's ask Him for more! I feel in my bones that this is only a hint of what is to come if we are faithful to the call to pray and to go.
~Luke 10:2~