COVID-19 has posed innumerable challenges to churches all over the world. It seems that members of many churches will be slow to return to church gatherings—and some may never return at all.
We’ve experienced these hardships in our small, multi-national congregation in Dubai. As much as we grieve what the pandemic has cost us, I also see ways God has blessed us during this trial. Below are six ways I’ve seen the Lord at work in our church and its members.
1. New leaders have emerged.
And what you have heard from me in the presence of many witnesses entrust to faithful men, who will be able to teach others also. (2 Tim. 2:2).
When the pandemic restrictions took effect and we could no longer meet as a whole church we did what many churches did . . . we Zoomed. We divided up our almost 100 members into five small groups and asked them to meet together every weekend for prayer and an inductive Bible study. An elder led each group.
As the weeks went by, each elder began to invite different men to try their hand at leading. The elders coached the men about how to think about their
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