Cooperation has long been a defining mark of Southern Baptist churches. Together, churches can accomplish far more than they can alone.
When one church celebrates, all churches celebrate.
When one church hurts, all churches feel it.
But when one church has a need, how do others respond?
A powerful answer to that question came two weeks ago when Bethany Baptist Church — a small rural congregation in Warren County established in the 1800s — gave an extraordinary gift to a growing congregation in the Bowling Green area.
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Some might call it the Mission Church miracle.
Bethany Baptist has supported Mission Church since its founding about 12 years ago. Mission Church only recently took ownership of property it had rented for the past four years from the South Central Baptist Association, purchasing it for $500,000.
Reaching deep
Bethany Baptist reached deep and presented Mission Church with a $100,000 offering.
“In a time where the easiest thing to do is be about the church of us, they exuded hilarious generosity. We received what we did not deserve,” said Mission Church Pastor Eric Baker. “It’s a beautiful story from a likeminded church across the county.”
Bethany Baptist Pastor Lucas Page explained how everything worked to give Mission Church the gift. He said it started five years ago when they formed a leadership group to bless someone who had a need.
“We had a lot more in an investment account than we need to sustain our ministry for the upcoming years,” he said. “We began to pray that God would put somebody before us that had a need.”
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EDITOR’S NOTE — This story was written by Mark Maynard and originally published by Kentucky Today.
