To God Be The Glory!

We had 24 hours of prayer with 7-10 people per hour in the last 24 hours leading up to the first service on our new Southridge Campus. Wow! Did God answer!

We had 2800 people in two morning services (mind you we averaged about 1850-1950 in three services lately). The contemporary service had about 1300 people and the traditional about 1500 people in attendance.

Between the two services we ministered to over 500 children from birth to twelve years of age on our new children's level.

Compared to our Oakhurst Campus, we more than doubled our parking from 310 spaces to 675 and during our second service we had over 750 cars on our property (see the aerial photo taken at 11:15 a.m. – note the number of cars up on the upper road/down by the 911 building in the top left of center).

About 800 people attended the 2:30 p.m. dedication service. That service included comments from Senator Jay Rockefellor, Congresswoman Shelly Moore Capito and Charleston Mayor Danny Jones. What a great service!!

While we know there were a lot of people just looking at the new digs, we also know we have been given the privilege to touch many lives for Jesus! I am humbled by what God is doing!

Beyond this, I have received over 130 emails since the services - very encouraging. About two dozen of these relate mini revivals going on in lives--everything from folks finding hope when they thought there was no hope left anywhere to hurting marriages finding fresh healing. Our staff members have heard from many others.

The move is giving a fresh opportunity for folks to restart their spiritual journey. For some, it was the first time to hear the clear Gospel of Christ!

God is at work among our people! He is at work in me!

To God Be the Glory!!