Every family needs a place to call home and the body of Christ is no different. It is important for every church to have a place to come, gather, host the community, start ministries, grieve during times of community heartache, and celebrate during times of joy. When we first started helping construct churches I provided a deeper reflection on all of these ideas that you can read here.
Masarura UMC is a great example of what we hope happens in all of these new faith homes. The church building was completed in 2014 and has already hosted a wedding, funeral, many church services, and prayer services. In January of 2015 they hope to start a nursery school in the church so that the 4-6 year olds currently walking over an hour to school in the morning and then an hour back in the afternoon have a closer place to go, which also means a safer place. This is a church home that has already been well used and it is not even a year old.
