We're in This Together

The body is a unit, though it is made up of many parts; and though all its parts are many, they form one body. So it is with Christ....Now you are the body of Christ, and each one of you is a part of it. 1 Cor. 12: 12,27

God has blessed Englewood Baptist Church.
After 45 years since this congregation was chartered, God continues to grow this Body of believers. Sunday night I was reminded again of all He has done through this church in working towards fulfilling the great commission.

How did it happen? It wasn't the pastor. It wasn't just the deacons. It was the Spirit of God working through many members of the Body of Christ, using their gifts and abilities to edify the Body.

We need to recognize the fact that God has blessed us with a wonderful, gifted staff. We have seven pastors, elders, bishops who love this church and allow God to use them to serve this Body. We also have a multi-talented, efficient support staff who go far beyond their job descriptions, because they not only serve this Body, but they all are a part of this Body.

And we are blessed in this Body to have hundreds of Bible Fellowship leaders, Deacons, servants, members who use their gifts to build up the Body.

So when we think about all God has done through these years to cause this Body of believers called Englewood to grow and reproduce, remember it took many members functioning as God designed. As I say often when we hold hands, we're in this thing together.

What, after all, is Apollos? And what is Paul? Only servants, through whom you came to believe—as the Lord has assigned to each his task. I planted the seed, Apollos watered it, but God made it grow. So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God, who makes things grow. The man who plants and the man who waters have one purpose, and each will be rewarded according to his own labor. For we are God's fellow workers; you are God's field, God's building. 1 Cor. 3:5-9