NEWS FLASH – Our old campus is officially leased with an option to purchase by NewSpring Church of Anderson, SC. Pray that God will bless them as they reach people for Jesus!
All the believers were united in heart and mind. And they felt that what they owned was not their own, so they shared everything they had. Acts 4:32
While in the process of turning our former facilities over to NewSpring, we have had the privilege of blessing other ministries. Today I met a church planter from Charleston at the old GBC campus. It was so cool to be able to give him two trailers loaded with chairs for his new church. It will save the church plant more than $10,000. That’s a lot of money that can be used in other areas of ministry.
It’s been like that since we relocated to our new location.
- Last week a pastor from Rock Hill got a load of stage lights.
- A local church was given all of our choir robes. (You probably didn’t even know that we had choir robes!)
- Several churches received musical scores for their choirs.
- CIU received carpet and chairs for their studio where Dan DeLozier teaches students in his communication program.
- Our staging from the old worship center is being used by numerous church plants all over Columbia.
- The first church planted by Gateway, North Point Church, received our old portable baptistery.
- Church plants have benefited from sound system components.
- When the government changed the frequencies that wireless microphones can use which required us to purchase new receivers, we sent our old system to churches overseas through Crossover Communications International.
- Office equipment, chairs and nursery equipment was given to a church plant in North Myrtle Beach.
- A local church received office furniture.
- Refrigerators and other pieces of kitchen equipment went to a local community ministry.
- Nursery equipment is being used by another local church.
- Christmas decorations went to yet another local church.
- A refrigerator, chairs, cabinets are being used in the Live School office.
- Even a local Boy Scout Troop received carpet and chairs.
I appreciate the Spirit of God in Gateway that allows us to share with others. In reality, it’s not even ours! It belongs to the Lord. We simply are passing the blessing along to others.
