HIS CHURCH COMES IN ALL SHAPES AND SIZES

It's a small church in a town that is basically just a cross road in the hills of southern Indiana. The residents are, for the most part, hard working, salt of the earth folks who love their home and are committed to their church.  And a great church it is!  Not that it's large in numbers or raises tons of money but a great church none the less.  They serve, they worship, they pray, they trust, they support, they love, they reach out and they willingly do whatever they can to help their church thrive.

The fact of the matter is that the vast majority of Nazarene churches have less than 100 gathering in worship on any given Sunday.  They don't have paid staff.  They don't have a bunch of programs and ministries because they don 't have the man power to run them.  They struggle to make ends meet.  They struggle to pay a pastor a living wage.  Yet so many that I have observed these past three years don't only survive, they thrive. 

The young and the "not so young"

The Freedom, Indiana Church of the Nazarene is one such church.  Working together, in the last 5 or 6 years, they have built a beautiful Worship Center, they have purchased additional property and remodeled an existing building into a Youth Center.  They are a church that is reaching all ages and have a solid, dedicated group of young marrieds who are infusing new life into the church.  They have children.  They have teens.  They have Senior Adults.  Not allot of any age group but a great balance. 

Pastor Rick Wetnight

They have a pastor who gives of himself to help this group of Christ-followers discover their gifts,  and grow in their faith.  He drives an hour from his home in another town to love and lead this congregation.  He works two other jobs to pay his bills.  He is gifted and loved.

These are the churches and men who make our "movement" what it is.  Let us never belittle or ignore them but let us always thank the Lord for these outposts in His Kingdom and these faithful soldiers of the cross.