Emmanuel Baptist Church just concluded our 7th year of Judgement House, and it is a highlight of every year! JH is a nine scene walk-through drama that challenges people to consider whether they have a right relationship with God and whether they are ready to meet Him when they die.
JH involved nearly 140 members of our church family, took months of practice and preparation, and many hours to build the scenes. Our Pastor of Student Ministries, Justin, provides the annual leadership to the volunteers and God used the efforts of everyone for His glory! Volunteers included registration, concessions, security, actors, counselors, tour guides, runners, set construction, cleanup crew, data entry, sound technicians, and more!
We had 1,777 people walk through JH in just 3 nights. Of those, 183 made first time decisions to accept God's gift of eternal life through Jesus Christ. Another 100 came for assurance or to rededicate their lives to Christ. Each person who made a decision was counseled individually, questions were answered, materials were given for immediately followup, and their names are being provided to the church they listed so the mentoring process can begin.
The stories were amazing and most of these new believers briefly wrote their testimonies, which will be displayed in our Worship Center in the weeks ahead. Those who heard the gospel included a Muslim, a Wiccan, alcoholics, substance abusers, backsliders, and and others in need of God's love. One little girl went through JH on Saturday and was saved. The next night, she brought her grandmother and grandma recommitted her life to Christ. Those stories just go on and on.
Thank you God, for using us to make an eternal impact on the lives of individuals in our local and surrounding communities.
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Praise the Lord, for what He only can do - impacting lives for eternity! Thank you pastor Gary.
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