Busy weekend this past weekend. My Sunday visit with the congregation of Faith Covenant Church was delightful. They currently have the largest active membership I’ve seen thus far. The church has been around since the early 1980’s and has had multiple locations in its history. However, this church has been at it’s current location at 3607 Dempsey Rd, Westerville, OH 43081. When I first walked in they were very welcoming. I was offered a breakfast buffet of coffees, teas, and bagels as soon as I arrived. Interestingly this church is currently going through a pastor transition so pastor Steve was standing in for the next several weeks until they can find a permanent pastor. His message was about the importance of prayer in your life.
The building was lovely and this congregation also shared their building with another church that had services shortly after the 10:30am service that Faith Covenant has on Sundays. One thing that I found delightful was that after the service the congregation had a fellowship style potluck. It was an opportunity to sit down and get to know the members in that church community. The common thing that each church has expressed is that covid has really scared away their members from coming back to regular services. They are all also having difficulty growing with new members because of this. I also found that finding a new pastor is also a challenge because in today’s world people are looking for money rather than community service in their lives. It’s an interesting double-edged sword local communities are facing.