The Split and Elevation
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Praise God that He always has a plan. One year after we had joined our new church home, our church went through a time of trouble. Just as I had been asked to be a deacon, circumstances came to bear that left us without a Pastor and some of the key pillars of the church when I had joined.
Very quickly I went from the new deacon to the deacon’s spokesman to the Deacon Chairman. My understanding of Biblical passages and my untaintedness meant that I was the logical choice in a polarized atmosphere. I also ended up being the Pulpit Committee Chairman in a rather uncomfortable twist of events.
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Table of contents for MInTheGap's Story
- God is Still At Work
- A Christian Tradition
- To College, and Beyond
- The Kid
- The Split and Elevation
- A New Mission
Wednesday, November 12th, 2008

The problem with attempting to go home and “change the world” is that a lot of what you can do is perception. To most of the people in my hometown and my home church I was the little boy that grew up at their knee. This meant that I had to jump through extra hurdles to get things done. However, I did it.