Mark 16:15
He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the
gospel to all creation.
For the last year I have had the privilege of being the Pastor
for the Online Church at First Assembly Community Ministries. Every Sunday morning I have the chance along
with volunteers to chat and pray with people from all over the world. In the
last year our viewership has grown from 70 to upper 80’s each week to now 130
to 150’s. This number represents the
amount of computers that are logged on during our service times. We have no
idea of how many people are sitting around the computer watching. Some people have told me that they hook their
computer up to their TV and the whole family watches the service.
One of my favorite times of the service is the chance for
people to receive Christ. When our head Pastor Robby Bradford asks for a show
of hands of people wanting to receive Christ as their Lord and Savior we
display a button on the screen that allows our viewers to click and raise a
virtual hand to say they want to receive Christ. I love seeing this button
being pressed. In this last year the button has been pressed many times. People
have let me know that they have received Christ that day. Just like in the
service we offer a new believer pack and help lead them in steps to deeper
involvement and relationship with Christ.
On the first day of 2014 I received an email from a young
man in his 30’s from California who said that he has just received Christ from
watching one of our previous services New Year’s Eve night. He wanted to make a
change in his life for the New Year and he has requested a new believer pack.
This really excites me! We are seeing waves of people being transformed by the
love of Christ and the waves we are making are not just staying here but are
reaching out as Mark 16:15 says to “all the world!”
This year we are going to see many people come to Christ
through many different outreaches we do. A great way to get involved in
creating waves is becoming a host with the Online Church. We need at least two
hosts per service to chat and pray with our online congregation. If you want to
volunteer during one or both of the services, please contact me chair@firstag.org. 2014 is going to be a
great year and I hope you are ready to make waves!
