by Mark Milioni
If walls could talk, what would you hear in the W. E. Dowell Fieldhouse?
You would hear from:
- Students who were challenged to do great things for God.
- Young people who gave their lives to Christ.
- Athletes who worked together and played as a team.
- BBFI missionaries who were approved and sent.
- Church planters who were told to find a city and take it for Christ.
- Worship leaders who learned from Earl Smith and Doc Bolin.
- Pastors, pastor’s wives, and ministry leaders who attended Fellowship Week and received the encouragement they needed to just keep going.
- Couples who first met in the cafeteria or in the gym.
You would also hear these walls groan. The entire heating and cooling system must be replaced for this building to continue to be used to share the Easter message of the risen savior.
My life was changed forever in the Fieldhouse. My first visit to BBC was during Fellowship Week 1985 when I heard W. E. Dowell himself preach the message “The Bible Shall Ever Stand.” (I still have the cassette.)
What does the Fieldhouse mean to you? The cost to replace the heating and cooling and repair the roof is $500,000 and we need your help. Please pray and consider what the Lord would have you do.
This project will not be completed in time for Fellowship Week … but we are a Fellowship! We are in this “Together.” Pastor Don Baier and Seminole Baptist graciously offered to host the meeting on their campus here in Springfield. We have great speakers lined up and I sense God has a great plan for this meeting. Join us May 8-11 as we gather “Together.”