Steve Looker and The Refuge Church are on a mission to reach 55,000 souls in Zanesville, a community in the Appalachian region of eastern Ohio.
But the story of the two-and-a-half year old “replant” began seven years ago …
Arkansas cowboy churches this holiday season loaded up supplies and Christmas boxes, traveled to various pueblos in New Mexico and shared the gospel with Native Americans.
Towels mop up sweat from foreheads after another successful workout. Several gym members finish stretching, while others arrange the benches and Plyo workout boxes in a church-pew formation in preparation for that evening’s church service.
For some, the holiday season is the best season of all. For a lot of people, this season of Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year’s and all the days in between are filled with more pain than joy.
Buck Run Baptist Church opened their hearts and pocketbooks and gave $116,000 to the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering — $100,000 on Sunday and another $16,000 on Monday — and the motivation was amazingly simple.
“If you’ve ever wondered what it looks like for 150-plus Christ-followers to get together and do something meaningful and impactful, you’re looking at it,” said Tony Wolfe, South Carolina Baptist Convention executive director-treasurer.