Monday, February 25, 2008

BREAKING NEWS

Garden City Church Plant Update

We have been a homeless church and now we have a home. It is a school building, we were recently approved to lease. WOW! It is fun to watch a vision come to life. You might think having a church portable church is weird, but it is actually patterned after a Biblical model found in the Old Testament. God's presence dwelled in the Tabernacle, which is just like a portable church. It was a portable temple. For you info, a temple is just a place where God dwells. The Old Testament word is borrowed from the Summerians who defined a temple as a big house. When God moved to a new location, the Israelites tore down and then would set up again where God wished. Basically, the same principle applies in the portable church world. We believe God has called us to this school and we will set up and tear down every week. We do think there are great benefits of having a church building, but for this season, we are called to be portable.

1 comment:

Sojourner said...

This is great news Jess!!! Lets touch base tomorrow, call you around 10am?