Maranatha Assembly has a big outreach to homeless people. Where does that come from?
We just started that four years ago. The first Sunday of each month is a friends and family Sunday. We set up dining tables and a buffet line in the church. We eat first, have fellowship and then church follows. Well get more than 30 homeless people coming for those friends and family Sundays. Then we also offer a good meal for homeless people each Friday evening at the church. Everything we do has to be community-oriented and relationship-oriented…We want to establish redemptive relationships with people that will point them to Christ. Q. – How are you responding to the majority of Latino people in your community? We just started a Spanish service at 6:00 pm on Sundays. Weve had over 30 people the last three weeks. Its not a separate church, its part of Maranatha Assembly. I preach in English, and someone translates my sermon into Spanish. Well do it that way until God raises somebody up from right within the congregation to preach and lead the entire service in Spanish. Q. – Dream
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