Angels' Involvement in Worship

[Jay]

Originally Posted by Cindy

Yeah, I was wondering about that myself. Maybe he meant 60.

I meant 6, but that will be changing soon enough.

Originally Posted by Nitehawk013

As a sidebar, I hate to hijack the thread, but I have a question for Jay. I'm not trying to argue the validity of a calling, but I do have a question. You said your church has 6 members on Sunday nights. How long have you had this church open? Why get a building for 100, if you only have 6? Is there another Apostolic church in your town? How do you verify that the Pastor of the church was called to do so if only 6 people are showing up? Maybe he missed the boat and isn't called to that sort of thing? Wouldn't it be more fiscally reasonable to just meet in a home or rent a small place rather than a building that large, until it was necessary to have that size building?

I'm only asking because I am interested in the thoughts that lead to the starting of the church. I am interested in trying to get a church/home meeting started in a town about 10 minutes up the road from my town/church.

We have only 6 members who attend the Sunday evening services, 5 who regularly attend Wednesday night Bible study, and 8-9 who are present on Sunday morning.

The church has existed for nearly 50+ years at its current location, and at one time ran around 100 members. However, when during the tenure of the last pastor, who stayed for more than 30+ years, attendance fell to three. This was due to a variety of factors including the recession during the 1980s.

Over the last 10 years we have had more than 50+ people attend for various lengths of time. Some of these were move-in, others backsliders, and some who were interested. We reached our highest point when we ran approximately 20-25 people on Sunday morning. However, after some months, many of these departed.

During our time here, we have seen several major miracles, minor healings, three baptized in Jesus' name, and five received the Holy Ghost. We have had others get very close, but for one reason or another decided to stop attending.

God has confirmed this as the field that He planted us through many proofs, and has promised us revival from the beginning. We are at last beginning to see the fruits of our labors coming to fruition, and we work and wait for the harvest to be brought in.

Resuscitating a church that has been allowed to enter the condition that we came to is not ever easy. However, it can be and is being done.