A Little Good News!

Here's a great report concerning the movement Crossroads Church is affiliated with and I have my ordination through. 

The Assemblies of God, one of the largest Pentecostal denominations, is growing faster than the U.S. population.

AG reported that its U.S. adherents increased four percent in 2010, which is several times higher than the U.S. population growth rate, which is about one percent a year. Adherents of the Assemblies of God USA have surpassed three million followers, 3,030,944 to be exact, in 2010.

This is the largest annual percentage increase since 1983, according to AG records.

In terms of official membership, AG reported a 2.5 percent increase, to 1.75 million members. Attendance at major worship service, water baptism, spirit baptism, and conversions were also up, according to statistics.

The largest decline was seen in the Sunday evening service, where attendance drastically fell 4.1 percent, to 399,728.

“This is a unique moment in the history of our movement,” said Assemblies of God General Superintendent George Wood in a video promoting the denomination’s annual General Council meeting next month in Phoenix.

The Montes Family

It was so great to host some wonderful friends here at Crossroads this week. Hugo and Michelle Montes were our Junior High Pastors when we worked at Church On The Move in Tulsa, OK. We became close friends and have stayed connected though the years. They work at a school in the Dallas, TX area and travel weekends and summers doing Children's Crusades. They also do a lot of Public School Assemblies at elementary schools in the Dallas area. They conducted a special family night for us this past Wednesday that was a lot of fun. It was so great to get to spend some time with these dear friends that we love so much!

Their daughter Zoe was able to check three items off her 'Bucket List' (she is awfully young to have one of those already) by tasting some fried crawfish and alligator and by enjoying her first horseback ride on our always kid-friendly Paint Mare, Jessie. She loved it! I think Hugo better be prepared to find her access to a horse near their home. Shouldn't be hard - It's Texas for crying out loud!

Aye-aye Captain!

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