It's great to be back in Jakarta after 2 Sundays away! This last Sunday was an Amazing Return! Joy and I feel like some of the most blessed Pastors in the world to lead this wonderful Church in Jakarta! There is no place like HOME!!!
However, we had a wonderful time on this trip in the United States! We visited family, tied up loose ends and engaged in powerful ministry. The service on Sunday, February 17 at Crosslight Family Ministries (www.crosslightfamily.org) in Alta Loma, California was truly awesome! Pastor Paul Scheumack is a wonderful and great man of God and this Church is on the verge of great enlargement for God's Kingdom!
During the closing prayer for that service, I encouraged the congregation to continue to release Pastor Paul to traveling, especially to places like Africa which he has been going to. The reason is that as a spiritual Father, he brings spiritual "gifts" home just as any Father brings gifts back home from a trip abroad. It is important for Pastors to travel and to bring "Amazing Returns" back home to their Churches.
I want to thank the people of ICCJ for investing... for allowing Pastor Joy and I to sometimes go so that we can gain what we need in order to bring gifts back home to share.
If you are a Church leader and it is a stretch for your Pastor to "go" somewhere, either financially or because of time restraint... let me encourage you that for the sake of your Church, that you need to encourage him or her to go and get that refreshing so they can then bring a refreshing to your Church. To go and take care of personal business so that the business of the Church can be better accomplished.
About Me
- Steve McKinney
- Husband of Joy McKinney (Stunning Beauty and Awesome Singer), Father of Chad (Chula Vista, CA), Devin (schooling at Faith Academy in Manila) and Ethan (still at home). Senior Pastor of the International Connection Center Jakarta, a vibrant and growing Church.