Five Lakes Church in Sylvania, OH: Growth Through Service
Here’s how Five Lakes Church in Sylvania, Ohio stays focused on serving its members and community.
Author: Stephen R. Clark
How Rolling Hills Community Church Is Growing Through Invitation
Rolling Hills Community Church is growing as members embrace their role as ministers of the gospel, inviting friends and neighbors while building community through groups, missions and local outreach.
How Piedmont Church’s “Love Does” Ministry Is Transforming Its Community
At Piedmont Church, Marlon Longacre is leading a bold vision: making the church the first call for help. Through the “Love Does” ministry, the congregation is transforming lives with intentional, community-driven outreach.
Vox Church: Broader Impact
Impact Groups provide consistent serving opportunities to work alongside nonprofit partners weekly, monthly or at varied times to meet tangible needs.
Fight Church: A Fighting Chance
“Here was a people group that wasn’t being served by any form of chaplaincy like many major sports have,” says Pastor Joshua Boyd, of the local MMA community. “And they needed care just like anyone else.”
Pantano Christian Church: A Change of Life
Making people feel welcome is everyone’s job. Pantano sees a wide diversity in the congregation across nearly every demographic: ethnicity, race, socioeconomic, etc.
Merry and Bright Family Golf Night Attracts a Crowd
Sunday school classes and other groups “adopted” a hole and decorated it for Christmas, and with average Sunday attendance at around 260 at the church, there was a good pool of potential volunteers to staff the event.
Leatherwood Church: The Pull
The church held their first Tractor Sunday, a gathering where people drove their tractors to the church to show them off, much like a car show, and everybody brought a sack lunch.
Making Connections
Hearing their different yet similar stories of having to overcome isolation, adjust to new foods, navigate school and find jobs made Chang and Saddiq real people instead of merely immigration statistics.