My First Logan-Todd Associational Meeting

I had the privilege of attending my first Associational Meeting a couple of weeks ago at Walnut Grove Baptist.  It was a blessing in spirit and in body (Baptists always know how to feed a fellowship)!  I heard some great reports, wonderful testimonies of God’s working in our state and around the world, not to mention a great sermon from our Executive Director of the KBC, Dr. Paul Chitwood.

One of the written reports was a summary of the ACPs, (Annual Church Profile Letters) from the churches.  My eye quickly went to the Second Baptist line and started comparing numbers.  Here is what I saw.  SBC was second in baptisms (19), first in total additions (32), third in Sunday School Attendance (203), first in worship attendance (330), second in VBS attendance (275), third in total monies given ($571,375), and fourth in missions giving ($76,771).

Now before you begin to scold me for comparing our church to others, I am well aware that we are not in competition with our sister churches.  We are all on the same team, serving the same Lord, and have the same goal.  That is, to win others to Christ.  “We are Second, Where He is First”!  It’s not about us, but all about Him, but numbers do give us a good picture of the health of a church.  Check the Book of Acts on God’s reporting of numbers in His church and you’ll see that numbers are very important to Jesus because each number represents a person.

With that in mind, let me give you some thoughts we need to dwell on as we go forward this year.

1.  God is blessing, so we must be doing some things right.

     Let’s keep witnessing, working, praying, and inviting others to know Christ who died
     for them. God always blesses that and I love His blessings!

2.  Seeing God’s church grow should encourage us to stay faithful.

     God does reward our work (1 Corinthians 15:58)!

3.  Knowing the potential for even greater fruit for Him should create in us a desire to be even 

     more dedicated to His kingdom work.

We are having our Fall Revival Nov. 4-7.  Be here, bring someone, pray that we might all be moved to do even greater things for Jesus (Ephesians 3:20).