“We’re hoping the school will become an outreach for the church, and some of the families in the school might consider the church to be their home church,” Holloway said.
“It obviously speaks of the congregation’s spiritual mindset because they want to keep this property in the Kingdom of God, and it speaks to their generosity and their unselfishness. These people could have sold the property and divided the money and went home, or sold it to someone who doesn’t hold to their same mission.
“This speaks to the spiritual heartbeat and passion of Ridge Avenue.”
Wolfe said his advice to other struggling churches would be to not only think of creating practical solutions but to examine their own spiritual state and trust God for the results.
“I don’t know what the Lord would lead other churches to do, all I know is that ultimately it is not our church,” Wolfe said. “It is God’s church. It doesn’t belong to us. Churches need to focus on allowing God to use them in building His church. All we can do is be faithful and allow Him to open the right doors.”
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