By the grace of God, Sovereign Grace Church has paid off its mortgage!

What a joy it was this past Sunday to take some time and recount all of God’s blessings and provisions regarding our facility.  In that story, we have witnessed God’s providence at work, God working through His people as the means of grace, and the fruit of gospel expansion when a small Church has a facility. They can now do mission 24/7.

God providentially provides. Trusting in God’s providence to provide is a crucial element in Church planting.  When a Church planting team relocates or simply births a new Church, God's providence becomes one of His character traits immediately experienced: His provision of people who relocate to join the plant, His provision of a public place for the Church to meet, His provision of leaders early in the process, etc.

In our Church’s story, God manifested His providence early in our Church story by providing a small facility in a highly strategic location. God provided a very visible place that’s easily accessible for the public preaching of the gospel on a weekly basis with no threats that we might show up on a Sunday and not have use of the building (which does actually happen in school rentals).

As we began to invite people to join us for Sunday services, many quickly realized our location and how many times they had driven by.  Strategic and new relationships began with other like-minded Churches and Pusch Ridge Christian School. God was truly directing our paths!

God’s provision was working in us, and God’s people were the financial means of His grace! The members back in 2004 – 2005 faithfully and sacrificially gave so we could take advantage of this opportunity without slowing down the process of bringing Derek Overstreet on staff in February 2005. 

After some modest remodeling in our first five years in the building, it was time for a larger facility project that included nine improvements.  The largest improvement was a county-approved development plan that connected both properties with a parking lot.

After faithfully maintaining the facility over the past ten years, our current members witnessed and sacrificially gave, enabling the payoff of the mortgage! What a joy! We now have a facility that is completely paid for! To God be the glory! 

What does He have for us in the future?  Stay tuned…