by Wayne Guinn
A few months ago we told you about Ben York and the new church God is using him to start in Hilliard, OH. Here is an update:
Guide Church Baptist is now just over a year old and God continues to do one amazing thing after another. We have seen more than ten people give their lives to Christ in the last few weeks alone. At the time of writing this letter we have just finished our new stage, painted the interior of the building, and carpeted the auditorium!
But God is just getting started in Hilliard. What might have looked like a desperate situation turned into another miracle for the glory of God. We were just happy to have a place of our own, but the cost to prepare it to be used as a church was way more than our young church could afford. But then God stepped in. The BBFI Builders came and knocked out walls and built a new stage for us at no cost for labor whatsoever. The Ohio BBF supplied part of the cost for new carpet and stage supplies. Then, unexpectedly, four churches stepped up and helped us when we needed it most. Beacon Baptist Church in Taylor, MI, Friendship Baptist Church in Owasso, OK, and Seminole Baptist Church in Springfield, MO, were used by God in more ways then they ever will know.
Sometimes I look back and marvel at the families God has sent us in the last year. He has sent us just who we needed, at just the time we needed them. Our church is excited about the new move and new opportunities for services during the week. What might have seemed like a stressful situation for a young church has turned into a much greater blessing.
Will you join us in prayer for Ben and his family and this new church? It’s exciting to see what God is doing!