Message for April 28, 2024 from Pastor Shirley

“I believe that every Christian ought to be joined to some visible church; that is his plain duty, according to the Scriptures.  God’s people are not dogs, else they might go about one by one, but they are sheep, and therefore they should be in flocks.”  Charles Spurgeon 

The devil loves to separate people.  He likes to get the sheep scattered and off by themselves.  When this happens the wolves sweep in and devour the sheep. 
                                                                               
Membership is a way to identify with a particular group.  Even though church membership isn’t found in Scripture, we can find the encouragement to live as members of the body of Christ.  We are better and stronger together.  We as believers with like-minded meet regularly and work together to carry out God’s kingdom purposes in our lives and the world around us. 

 “Just as there are many parts to our bodies, so it is with Christ’s body.  We are all parts of it, and it takes every one of us to make it complete, for we each have different work to do. So we belong to each other, and each needs all the others.”  Romans 12:4-5.

What part of the body are you?  Your gift is needed to advance the Kingdom of God!