the cincinnati story

i fell asleep before i finished writing this last night..

i have just attended the worship service in cincinnati tonight and it was announced that they will have a chapel of their own soon. the brethren there are in such high spirits. it is indeed a great blessing.

the cincinnati congregation was born in the fall of 2008. the original dayton congregation was split into two. those living north of dayton (~20 brethren) started attending in the newly formed piqua congregation. those from south of dayton (~50 brethren) started looking for a temporary place in cincinnati. by march of this year, they started worshipping in a rented hall closer to their homes.

when i lived in dayton 6 years ago, no other brethren actually lived in dayton. dayton just served as the midpoint for the brethren in the north and south. for the longest time, they tried to compromise on the place where they would buy the permanent house of worship. no appropriate chapel in the dayton area was found. chapels that were looked at turned out to be too far for one of the groups. A
decision was made to split.

and soon enough the cincinnati congregation will have their own place of worship. all glory to God! no more rented halls, no more sense of impermanence, no more searching for the right place. all of us here in indianapolis can only pray for the same.