Sunday evening was a great time as we heard from Steve Harden and his plans/dreams for The Connection, a new church to be planted in South Tulsa. This is the first time Trinity has been hands-on, directly involved in beginning a new work. Steve, along with his wife Shelley, and two daughters Amy and Molly are in the process of getting moved to Tulsa from Ponca City. We along with Bethel Baptist Church in Owasso are joining with Steve in this new work. In time applications will be made with the BGCO and the Tulsa Metro Baptist Network for funding but that will come as things begin to materialize. For now we are praying, studying and laying the groundwork. As Steve shared last night we need to pray for their house in Ponca to sell. We need to pray as they look for a home here and scout out places for the new church to meet. A few families have already been identified to help form this new congregation. However the goal of The Connection from the outset is to reach “unreached” or unchurched people. As Steve told us last night on any given Sunday only 20% of Tulsans are attending a church service. That means 4 out of 5 are not attending a church of any kind. As we pray for this new work why not pray for a “rebirth” for ourselves?
Why not pray that we would begin to look at our neighborhoods, schools and workplaces from a new perspective? Why not pray that God would renew our passion, our longing to see our family, friends, coworkers and neighbors come to know Christ? Why not pray that we might begin to think differently about what we are doing? It is worth thinking about. I’ll see you Sunday.
Rod