Hope for Congregations? You bet! Even when congregational leaders are losing hope. Our real hope is not in ourselves, but in the Spirit who makes new!

The hand of the LORD was upon me, and he brought me out... and set me in the middle of a valley;... I saw a great many bones on the floor of the valley, bones that were very dry. He asked me, "Son of man, can these bones live?" I said, "O Sovereign LORD, you alone know." Ezekiel 37: 1-3

Certainly, it is our Lord’s desire that every congregation fulfill the purpose for which Christ called us together: to make disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world. Indeed, the local congregation is both Christ’s and our Annual Conference’s primary strategy for reaching communities for Christ and impacting them for the Kingdom.

When congregational leaders are willing to join Christ is fulfilling His ministry purposes in their community... when congregational leaders are willing to make Christ’s purposes first even when tough choices have to be made, there is Hope indeed: Hope in the transforming power of the Holy Spirit!

Let us share with you how congregations are finding new hope and transformation.