Members of Good News Baptist Church, Cincinnati, Ohio, recently gathered to celebrate the provision of God as they dedicated a 13,000-square-foot building.
The $650,000 facility was originally out of the financial grasp of the church, but pastor Jerome Byrd received a call from a local Christian businessman who had purchased the property.
He offered the building to Good News for a lifetime lease of $1.
But in December, he gave the church ownership of the facility. Good News received the building deed, fully paid off, during the dedication service. The church had much to celebrate. In addition to the congregation, leaders from Cincinnati and across Ohio attended.
‘Extraordinarily blessed’
“It is a great testimony and encouragement for pastors to see a fellow pastor being extraordinarily blessed by God,” Jeremy Westbrook, State Convention of Baptists in Ohio executive director, told the congregation.
Worship and fellowship dominated the celebration service.
“When God’s Word is obeyed there should not be any amazement when He does something big,” Reginald Hayes, SCBO convention relations-community leader, told the packed church. “For God is a big God and everything is possible with Him.”
During an emotional moment, Pastor Byrd expressed appreciation to God, the donor and the 400 in attendance.
“From where Good News Baptist Church began in 1987 in the gymnasium at the Rex Ralph Elementary School in Mount Healthy, to where we were since 1997 in a 4,000-square-foot building … to where we are today continuing our journey … God is good, God is good, all the time, all the time,” Byrd declared.
“He may not come when you want Him to, but He’ll be there right on time. God is good, all the time.”
EDITOR’S NOTE — This story was written by Stephanie Heading and originally published by the State Convention of Baptists in Ohio.
