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Brief
History of Amazing Grace Baptist Church
In
the summer of 2004, Brother David began feeling a strong leading
from the Lord to initiate a new church ministry in the Clay, Cleburne,
and Randolph County area. By September, the leading was
becoming stronger. Over a period of four weeks, the Lord
had sent four different men from four different counties to him
separately, all having the same burden. That burden was
for a church where their families could worship God in Spirit
and in Truth. Bro. David chose not to share the same burden
that the Lord had put upon him just yet. This was a miraculous
move of God to prove His will for this new ministry. For
even more of the Lord’s unmistakable proof, all four of these
men had approached Bro. David at the same place and all four were
a week apart.
By
October, the leading of the Lord was so strong that a cottage
prayer meeting was planned for these families that had approached
Bro. David. As the next few weeks passed, more and more
people heard of these cottage prayer meetings and wanted to take
part. This group of people was growing rapidly. It
was obvious that God was building a church! On November
10th , the first official church service as Amazing
Grace Baptist Church was held. It was decided that Sunday
services would be held at the Phillips home, and Wednesday services
at the Taylor home. These locations would serve as the meeting
place for Amazing Grace for the next three months.
On
December 31, 2004, the church held a Charter Service at the Phillips
home. It was a “packed house”. Bro. David’s Pastor,
Bro. Ken Bowman, along with the deacons of Liberty Baptist Church,
Bowdon GA, were present to make this new congregation of God’s
people an official church. By February, these two homes
could not hold this rapid growing congregation. As a result,
a storefront building was rented at Hollis Crossroads in Cleburne
County, AL. This would be the new, temporary location of
Amazing Grace.
There
was a piece of property that Bro. David had been feeling led to
for quite sometime. This property was unmistakably the appointed
place where the Lord wanted His church to settle. Bro. David
felt the need to contact the owner of the property to check on
the possibility of the church acquiring this particular property.
After a phone call, it was obvious that the owner did not have
a desire to sell the property. Now what? It is apparent
that the Lord wants His church there. After several weeks
passed the owner called Bro. David back and asked him to meet
him at the property. He GAVE the property to Amazing Grace
Baptist Church!! God is a Big God.
In
January 2005, our first revival meeting was held at the Chapel
of Cheaha State Park. We had a great week with many lives
touched, and one soul was saved! Bro. Dana Williams from
Boone, NC was the Evangelist for the week. Many monetary
gifts arrived almost weekly. The Lord was touching the hearts
of many people to fund the beginning of this new ministry.
On
the 8th of November, 2005, we broke ground for the
first building of Amazing Grace Baptist Church. After a
long building process, on August 20, 2006 the first service was
held on the new property, in the new building. Since that
time, the Lord has overwhelmingly blessed this ministry in Spirit,
Grace, and people. Please pray for this ministry as the
Lord adds to the church daily, such as should be saved.
Eph. 2:4 But God,
who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us,
5 Even when we
were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by
grace ye are saved;) 6 And hath raised us up together,
and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus:
7 That in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches
of his grace in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus.8
For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves:
it is the gift of God: 9 Not of works, lest any man should
boast.
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