“Blessed is the man who remains steadfast under trial, for when he has stood the test he will receive the crown of life, which God has promised to those who love him.” James 1:12 ESV

 Often people will ask, “How does Central Christian WORK? Is there a head office somewhere? Who makes the decisions about how to handle the money, and who we support and when we should fully open again?” I just wanted to share a little info and ask you to pray for our Pastoral Board!
 
Central Christian Church is COMPLETELY AUTONOMOUS-there is no head office anywhere! We make all the decisions about dollars and programs RIGHT HERE within our church walls. We are led by a group of Godly men called Elders and Deacons. They make up our Pastoral Board. According to Titus & I Timothy, Elders have a Biblical responsibility to TEACH-Job #1 is to teach and pray over our people. Deacons have a Biblical mandate to be in roles of service to our people and our community. Most of these roles overlap and they do BOTH jobs. But the purpose of our Leadership Team is to make a difference in the Spiritual lives of our church family and impact the Physical lives of our people!
 
Currently, we have 4 Elders and 9 Deacons…here they are:
 
ELDERS: Jerry Partin (Chairman), Glenn Johnson, Franklin Smith, & Don Thomas
DEACONS: Justin Davis, Travis Hardin, Kevin Lackey, Wes Weems, Tom Banks, David Wagner, Ronny Miller, Brian Cox, & Gowan Hays
 
These men are CONSTANTLY serving, praying and looking for the “next steps” for our Church Family. I am asking you to do all in your power to lift these families up in prayer! This COVID shutdown has affected MANY of the ministry plans for our Church…and every time we seem like we have a handle on what is coming next, another wave hits us! Please know that it is OUR DESIRE to be back together as a family…COMPLETELY and as soon as we can! But in that, we have to look at the safety of our people and what we can do to keep the place sanitized. We are constantly monitoring the State Health Orders and asking God to lead each step we make. For right now, we hope to keep open at 25% (until we are told otherwise) and we are asking you to REGISTER each week for your seat. We hope to open classes, 1^st Service,  and KidZone soon…but we really do not have a specific date yet.
 
Our Elders and Deacons stand ready to help you, to pray for you, to serve and lift up our Church Family. Would YOU lift up this Board this week?? Would you pray for their families and their jobs? Let’s be serious about our tag line:

We ARE Central…and we’re IN THIS TOGETHER!