Churches Merge for A Great Sunday Night!

Churches Merge for a Sunday Night Service

 Note: Once again I'm posting a short article I wrote while thinking about the upcoming Merge Conference the Iowa Ministry Network is hosting later this month. This event happened while Kris and I were serving as interim pastors at Freedom Assembly in Davenport, Iowa a couple of years ago. Thanks for taking the time to read it.

A few years ago, my wife and I were privileged to work with a church here in the state as interim pastors. It was a great time of ministry with a small group of folks who were dedicated and committed to God and their church. During our time there, I became friends with a couple of neighboring pastors and in the course of our conversations we decided to merge our three churches for a Sunday night potluck and water baptism. All three churches were small; growing but small. One church didn’t have a baptismal; one had covered theirs up in a remodel; but one had one that was just right and ready to be used. We chose a Sunday night; gathered those who wanted to be baptized; and had a three-church potluck followed by a great water baptismal service. It was great fun.

Together we had more people attend than if we had stayed separate. Together we baptized more people than we would have on our own. Together we made new friends; established relationships that would have been missed out on if we had stayed on our own. Merging made us stronger; made it more fun; and created a level of excitement that would not have been there had we stayed alone.

 We are always better together. Don't forget that!