@sinbach Well said. Absolutely right, it's no use waiting for things to go back to the way they were in 2019, God is doing a new thing. Time we caught up

@sinbach in answer to your closing question I think it most certainly should - this is where our berrybunch.family website was born; adpatation to a changing situation!

but since most churches got stuck in a loop of 'but we always used to meet THIS way so we'll wait until we can do what we have always done' i fear not many lessons will be learned...

there will be those that will adapt - indeed there were some great initiatives from churches in the UK, who simply looked at their local needs, met them, and grew - both financially and in numbers, while not meeting physically as they always did. they seized the moment!

but they were the ones we heard little about, and infrequently.

i want to hope that churches are silently doing what is needed....i fear the silence is due to a lack of 'doing' rather than being careful about sharing

Andy B

@sinbach excellent! It is exciting to watch the Lord work out his plan. The world may change but praise be to God his word and promises are unchangeable. Most likely, I will never travel to these countries but my prayers accompany those that do.

@sinbach This is exactly why I started my company in the middle of lockdown. Everything is new. I'm not Lot's wife ;-) to look back at 2019 and expect that the "good old times" will come back.
I'm excited for the things that are coming, forgetting those in the past.
@StevenBerry Amen - God is doing a new thing!