Wow! What an awesome day yesterday at WCFC!!From the very first opening prayer tot he last amen the presence of God was upon us. You know without the anointing we're not much anyway. Three years in the making and we now have a local Church of God of Prophecy in Winfield, Alabama. Praise the Lord!!
What a very humbling experience for Sister Joan and I to have crossed this milestone in our life. That our God would choose little ol' us to be a part of something so big as planting a church for Him.
We were so honored to have our local Area Presbyter John B. Butler, the State Overseer L. V. Jones and the North American Presbyter Sam Clements with us for this momentous occasion.
The Praise and Worship Team did an outstanding job leading us into the worship that the Lord so deserves. We are so blessed with the talent on this team.
Enough can't be said about the Leadership we have here in the state. It's a privilege to serve under the leadership of Bishop Jones.
Bishop Jim Williams represented Pastor Brian Sutton and Cliff Haven (Sheffield). This church truly hears from the Lord. Early on during the plant these wonderful brothers and sisters partnered with us through offerings. I might add this kept us afloat during some very lean times. And once again yesterday the Cliff Haven church came bearing gifts of a donation for $1,000.00. Thank you Pastor Sutton and Cliff Haven, we love you.
Bishop Clements brought an outstanding message/word. He preached out of Acts 20:32. What a timely word to build us up. Brother Clements also came bearing gifts a check for $3,000.00. Wow what a day! These monies will be applied to the purchase price of property located on Highway 129 just north of Winfield and off of I 22. One day our goal is to erect a church building on this property that you will very proud of. I would also like to mention that Bishop Clements is calling for every member in North American to donate just one dollar to go toward the planting of new churches across North America. He told me yesterday if only half the membership in the U.S. would have given to this project, he could have written us a check for $50.000.00. My prayer is that we members in America get behind this.
After the message we then went into conference and formally organized the church. I still like the old term "we set her forth".
I am still rejoicing over the 23 members we accepted yesterday. Already several others have approached with a desire to become part of this family.
Great things are ahead! I'll leave you with what Bishop Clements said to us "Think big, very big"
Please keep us in your prayers
Blessings
Pastor Dewayne Smith
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