After a delayed start to our revival season, we loaded up the trailer and headed to Ripley, TN, to hold a revival meeting with Pastor Tim Smartt and the Maranatha Baptist Church. We had been here before doing a teen VBS in the summer of 2010.
Pastor Smartt and his people did a great job of preparing for the meeting. Just counting those brought in on Monday through Friday of the meeting, his people brought over 70 visitors! It was a great meeting with a wonderful church.
Sometimes I hear people bemoan the fact that old-time Baptist churches seem to be on the decrease. To be sure, it might seem to the be the case as church after church takes Baptist off the sign and goes the route of imitating the unsaved world in its culture. But the promise of the Lord Jesus is still true when He said, “I will build my church.” Pastor Tim Smart is another young man who is doing a good job as a pastor of a separated independent Baptist Church. He, like so many others in his age group, has come to Bible convictions as result of walking with God. God is still working in the United States and still raising up many to continue to carry the torch. These men come from various backgrounds—Pastor Smartt started his career as an accountant—but they have answered the call of God and are serving Him. Jesus is still building His church.
Our family is currently in Laurel, IN, awaiting the details to fall in place for the closing of the sale of our house. While we were expecting that to happen this week, after hustling to get here, we were informed that it probably would not be this week or the next when we close.
We will keep you posted according to our ability to access the Internet. Thanks for your prayers.
