This is our situation as well, except that I'm not yet receiving a salary from the Church, nor will I, until we have settled in a building of our own, free from entanglements. We're building for generations to come, and not only for ourselves. We began in our home, and it was a real challenge week by week to handle 50-60 folks--but the Lord has blessed us with a large home, with plenty of restrooms, etc. There were some advantages, but I agree with Rev. Klein that a Church needs to be more public and inviting. We have moved to a leased storefront, still with our 50-60, and the increased visibility has brought some visitors, praise God. It is important however, that Church plants be done according to the Scriptures, and as I Presbyterian, I believe that is under the authority of a Presbytery, connected to other believers by a common confession, worship, and discipline. I was sent by the Westminster Presbytery of the RPCGA to this area to plant this Church, and the Lord has seen fit to bless those efforts thus far. Please pray for us, as we will for you-all, that the Lord would beautify His Church in our days.

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Rev. Todd Ruddell
Pastor, Christ Covenant Reformed Presbyterian Church (RPCGA)
Wylie, TX
www.christcovenantreformedpc.org

Our best marks can contribute nothing to our justification, ...that is proper to faith. Faith cannot lodge in the soul alone, and without other graces; yet faith alone justifies before God.--G. Gillespie