From the Pastor's Desk...
At our church we are a close-knit group of people who care for each and every person who walks through the door - whether you're here for the first time or you've been here all your life. We believe that God loved us by sending us His son - who is our example because He loved us enough to die for our sins. We strive to be loving towards everyone we meet because to share love is to share Christ.
We believe in the seventh day sabbath - as God commanded. Jesus kept the sabbath and He is our example. He did not come to abolish the law as it was given to Moses, but through grace and truth He added the dimension of spirit to the church and has perfected it. We follow the laws because we love Him enough to do so. We strive to restore the truth of Christianity's Judaic heritage to our practices & beliefs. We have a desire to do what is right as commanded by God himself in His Word.
We welcome you to our services and pray that God blesses you in all you do! It is our prayer that you find something here that will help you in your spiritual walk with God and to develop a closer personal relationship with Him. - Bishop David Dillie, Pastor
Schedule of Weekly Events
MIA, Timbrel praisers & Praise Team practices: Tuesdays starting at 6pm.
Youth Services: The first Saturday of every month.
Nursing Home visits: The first three Saturdays of the month beginning at 2pm.
Oakhill - 1st Saturday of every month.
Walnut Ridge - 2nd Saturday of every month.
Greensburg Care - 3rd Saturday of every month.
Singspiration!: Our hymn sings are the 4th Friday of the month.
Women of Ruth Services: The fifth Saturday of the month.
THE SPIRIT OF REFORMATION
From the time that He began to work among men, reformation has always been the principle by which God has brought forth His will. It is a testimony to His immutability that Yahweh has never entirely discarded His people or His work and started over with a new people or a new work. God always takes a remnant and continues to mold it unto perfection.
KEY TEXT: ''Which stood only in meats and drinks, and divers washings, and carnal ordinances, imposed on them until the time of reformation" (Hebrews 9:10).
God's program for men is never static. It is constantly developing, continually unfolding as He progressively reveals His truth toward the end of perfection. This theme is clearly set forth in Proverbs 4:18 and Romans 1:17.
The way God accomplishes this ever-unfolding revelation of His will is through the principle of reformation. Whenever a group of people becomes so static and crystallized that they can no longer progress in God, He takes a remnant of that people and begins to reform them into what He desires. This is the divine principle set forth in Jeremiah 18:1-6. Notice in Jeremiah 18:4 that God, the Potter, does not discard His work and start over on something completely new. He always takes the material that was marred and reforms it.
This was the case with Judaism, the religion of the Old Testament. When the time came for perfection to be brought to that faith, the people refused to receive it. God took a remnant and reformed them into His Church. This is the message of Matthew 5:17 and Hebrews 9:10.
Reformation has been a continuing principle (II Peter 1:19). After the Early Church went into the Dark Ages, God brought reformation through Martin Luther. Consider the reformation from Romanism that Luther led. Other reformations brought the restoration of sanctification (Wesleyan) and the baptism of the Holy Spirit (Pentecostal). Analyze these reformations.
After the Church was restored in 1903 (Isaiah 60:1), it endured two reformations (1922 and 1957). Consider the causes of these reformations and their results (Zechariah 13:8,9).