Antioch Baptist Church Worships Under the Most Beautiful Mango Tree

 

On Sunday morning team gathered their materials for VBS and headed toward El Porveneir.  Upon arrival Pastor G had at least 12 of his disciples from his church out there repairing a problem with a foundation of a home which was to be built the next week.  Dirty and sweaty, Jose G., stopped working grabbed his guitar and headed up to the church under the mango tree.  Pastor Joey went prepared to preach if needed but there was over 50 children and some 20 adults, so Sunday School for the children is what they all did.  One word that is so prevalent here is "flexibility".  Antioch was definitely flexible.  Pastor G's disciple now pastor is Aurelle, age 22, who drives one way  over one and half hours on a motorcycle three times a week to disciple this little piece of heaven, called El Porveneir.   Pastor Aurelle is doing an amazing job reaching out to this community who only had a couple of Christians in it five years ago.  As of today there is about 18 new Christians and 35 plus adults coming to church.  They have bibles which they are studying with the assistance of Pastor Aurelle.  This is a beautiful story of how God can bring the lost to Christ.  One evening the team shared how beautiful their two days was here in El Porvenier.  How God took their weaknesses and glorified Himself through each of them.  Our confidence comes from God.  Pastor Aurelle exemplifies God's confidence in how he shares the gospel with these precious people.  We met under the mango tree instead of the house because it was the adults and children on Sunday.  I was so hoping to worship inside of Ingrid's home/church.  The house could not hold all the folks who came from all directions to worship God this Sunday morning.  God is good all the time and all the time God is good.  A building does not make the church.  The body of believers make up the church and all which glorifies our Father.  Worship is wherever people gather to share the gospel.  The first missionary church started in a home.  The people of Honduras truly live out the bible in their daily lives. 

 

"The churches of Asia send you greetings, Aquila and Prisca, together with the church in their home, send you greetings in Christ."

I Corinthians 16:19

 

"Which is His body, His body, the church, the fullness of Christ, who fills everything in every way."

Ephesians 1:23