Rising Up From the Ashes

Jim Holway — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 22:37:36 +0000

The Palm Lakes Iglesia de Cristo has achieved what no other Spanish-speaking Church of Christ in South Florida has — their own building. But the road to that significant achievement was not an easy one.

In 2004, the Palm Lakes Church of Christ was a vibrant congregation with ministries in English and Spanish. Then a fire gutted the building. The elders decided to deed the building to the Spanish-speaking brothers, and like the phoenix, that mythological bird, the church rose again from among the ashes.

After four years of headaches and toil, the group was finally granted a occupancy permit. The inauguration service for the Iglesia was held over Easter weekend, March 21-23, 2008. Students from ACU helped hand out flyers and water bottles to publicize the event.

I praise God for the faithfulness and tenacity of these brothers! May God use this church in the middle of Hialeah to bring light to a dark world. He has truly turned their ashes into a crown of beauty (Isaiah 61.3).

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Rising Up From the Ashes