Bridgewater, VA- Two precious souls were baptized into Christ for remission of sins in the North River on Sunday, September 14, 2008. Randy Trout came in faith & obedience, wanting to make sure of his salvation. Randy was thankful for the help of his family, especially his physical brother, Barry Gantt, who became his spiritual brother that day as Randy was immersed into Christ for remission of sins and to receive the Holy Spirit, Acts 2:38.
Elisa Fernandez came to us during one of our Christian Kingdom College classes. She had always wanted to be baptized, but wanted to study what the Bible said about the subject, and as she studied the things of the kingdom of God, and obtained a better understanding, she was moved to obedience, being born again, of water and spirit, John 3:3-5.
Baptism is the believer’s identification with the cross of Jesus, according to Romans 6:4-6. In baptism, we die to sin, are buried, and raised to walk in newness of life.
Treasurer’s Report
In lieu of the instruction we have received from Preacher “D” on church management principles; we have decided to publish our congregation’s attendance & giving, for God’s glory, and to inform and challenge His people to do great things. In our first assembly, Sept. 14, 2008, we had 65 people and our first time special love offering was $8,013.00. Listed below is our projected needs and recent figures. Respectfully submitted, Wayne Sandridge
Current weekly needs: Nov. 2 Nov. 9 Nov. 16
-Preachers salaries Attendance Attendance Attendance
-Rents: 54 Bible School 51 Bible School 47 Bible School
--Holiday Inn, JMU 74 AM Assembly 72 AM Assembly 70 AM Assembly
-CKC costs 32 PM Assembly 29 PM Assembly 33 PM Assembly
-Supplies 21 CKC students 36 CKC students CKC winter break
-Postage (+14 kids) Tues. (+14 kids) Tues.
-Miscellaneous
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$2,500 $2,027.26 $1,703.00 $ 2072.75