Faith Baptist Church is now 6 weeks old! We are still just a baby, but we are growing! God is giving us a small core of people. We do not yet have any families that come to all three services each week, but we have several who come faithfully to a service, or even two services each week! One thing that has been trying is that it has rained on the days we have had church for several weeks now. This hurts our attendance. Everyone that goes to Faith Baptist Church walks with the exception of one family who rides a scooter. So when it rains, the only way people come to church is walking or riding a scooter in the rain. I understand that our attendance is lower when it rains. I cannot blame anyone for this. To walk 3-4 blocks in the cold rain with your children is a lot!

Sunday night was another cold, rainy night. Our church service started at 6:00 PM. At 5:53, we did not have anyone! I was sure that no one was coming. This would be the first service that no one came. But at 5:55 we had a couple show up! They had walked through the rain and walked in wet but happy to be at church! We started church and with just the married couple and my family. We sang a song and discussed a few things. As we were discussing a verse in the Bible another family arrived! They had also walked in the rain with their two very young children. They joined in. Before long another young man arrived. Before the end of the service, we had 12 people! These people found it worth the trouble of walking in the rain and cold, getting wet, walking with their wet children to arrive at church to learn more about God from His Word! I am very encouraged by this.

I believe God is working in those who are attending! I am thankful to see the dedication of these families. This is just the beginning!

Sundays are my favorite days of the week! We are excited about tomorrow. Today I will be inviting others to come to our services tomorrow. I already know we will have a few families who will be with us, and we are praying for more. One of the things I learned from a mentor of mine is that you can have the greatest message in the world to preach, but if no one comes to hear it, it does little good. We are praying for more visitors. We have had visitors at most of our services, and we are praying for more tomorrow for our morning service and our evening service. Please pray with us.

May 25 is just another day for many, but in Argentina it is one of our independence day (yes, we have more than one). Tomorrow is a national holiday here, but we will still have church, and this blog is really more about church tomorrow than about Argentina’s independence.

It happened Sunday night. Our evening service had ended and I was greeting the people who came before they left. A young man came up. He and his family have been coming to the church regularly now. They have also brought others to the church as well. Our midweek service is on Thursday night, which makes it almost impossible for him to come because he has a class he takes on that night. As we chatted before they started walking home, he smiled as he told me that he would be able to come to church on Thursday (which is tomorrow night). “That’s great,” I said, but I didn’t understand why. He told me it was because it is a national holiday (Argentina’s independence) and that his class was canceled.

For many in Argentina, tomorrow will be a day to play soccer, a day to grill asados, and a day to spend with family and friends. I am thankful to see that my friend is going to enjoy tomorrow evening in church, and that he is excited about it! We are a very young church and God is already giving us families who actually want to meet together to worship God and learn more from the Bible! We are praying for more families like this. We have discipleship going on with a few families and hope to start with more in the near future! In other words, these families are also growing.

The 25 of May looks to be another great day at Faith Baptist Church.

 

The past few days have involved meeting in the houses of families who have started attending the church. Although each house is different and each family is in different stages of life, the theme of each meeting is the same, discipleship. It is an honor to open the Bible around the kitchen table with each family, explaining the fundamentals of faith in Jesus. It is just the start. None of the families I am meeting with are familiar with what we are talking about, which makes our time even better. I love watching the eyes light up of a man who is just learning about what the Bible teaches!

Tomorrow we will be explaining what the Bible teaches us about growing in Christ. This is another opportunity to share the Gospel with many who are lost and to encourage those who are saved!