Pastor David Smith’s longtime dream to host camp meetings through the ministry of New Home Baptist Church, Pisgah, may just have come true.
New Home recently built a Bible camp with an outdoor meeting area on property near the church. A variety of events such as camp meetings — a form of revival held outdoors — youth activities and Bible studies will be held at the camp. The first event was held in mid-May.
‘Great blessing’
“I have preached in various camp meetings and conferences and revivals and that led me to a burden for that type of ministry because I have found that there is a great blessing in this type of meeting,” Smith said. “I shared the vision with some church leadership and we began praying about purchasing some land.”
Prayers were answered when a longtime Tennessee River Baptist Association pastor and personal friend of Smith’s — Kenneth Higgins and his wife, JoAnn — donated a 20-acre plot of land.
Smith added, “We didn’t even have to ask for the land, they just graciously gave it to us.”
Refreshing
New Home church members are excited to host camp meetings because “the meetings are refreshing for the saints of God, and we [as the church] believe that we will be able to reach the community in a different way through this ministry,” Smith said. “People that might not come on Sunday could possibly come to an open-air camp meeting.”
Church members are referring to the meeting area at the camp as “the tabernacle” because they believe the Lord will meet them there, Smith said.
“New Home’s goal is to encourage its members in their faith and be a blessing to revive and refresh believers, because if the church is going to reach the lost then the church needs to be refreshed and revived,” he said. (Caleb Jones)
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