From hosting neighborhood cookouts for seniors to overhauling school courtyards, The Point Church is transforming Charlottesville, Virginia, through tangible acts of service and a commitment to being a "lighthouse for unity."
Every Saturday church members divided up and spread out across Oakland, California, returning to a tried-and-true evangelism method of knocking on doors.
Some of the players on the women’s basketball team were initially reluctant to come until a woman from the congregation befriended them.
The church leadership purposefully lowers what they ask their people to do so that anyone—introverts, kids, the elderly—can be involved.
The spiritual dynamic of The Block Church changed dramatically when the leadership made the decision to raise up and develop an intercessors ministry.
“We minister to the broken people in our community through many ministries, and we attract a lot of people who want to join our church because of our ministries,” says Art Ayris, executive pastor of administration at First Baptist.
Last year, Evangel started a church two hours away inside the largest women’s prison in New York. A pastor and a team go every Thursday to share a message, preach and lead worship for the prisoners.
Pastor Wayne Bray maintains that God has organically been building and evolving their church year after year.
The key is establishing real community, authentic friendships and a true relationship with the Lord.
“This was a natural extension of who we have always been." -Pastor Darin wood
