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2021 Thank Offering: Berean Bible Church

By Bro. Vidal Moreta
Berean Bible Church (BBC) has had a wonderful year establishing itself as a functional church and enjoying sweet fellowship since July 2020. With the guidance and financial support of Mission Bible Church, we have set up some of our primary needs. A foundational step was to register the church with the state of West Virginia.

Berean Bible Church (BBC) has had a wonderful year establishing itself as a functional church and enjoying sweet fellowship since July 2020. With the guidance and financial support of Mission Bible Church, we have set up some of our primary needs. A foundational step was to register the church with the state of West Virginia. This allowed us to initialize our church bank account. We designed a church logo and jumpstarted BereanBibleChurchWV.com not long afterwards. This took considerable time and effort. By God’s grace, we learned to work with each other administratively. Vidal posts and edits the sermon videos to YouTube.  We stream each sermon live to Facebook on a weekly basis.

 

We expanded our online outreach to spread of the gospel. Our YouTube channel has garnered a total of 551 views since this past December. It can be found by searching for “Berean Bible Church Martinsburg WV.” The most viewed sermon on the channel is titled "The Incarnation of Grace." The most liked sermon is titled "The Eternal God." Lord willing and in due time the audience will continue to grow. It is encouraging to receive positive feedback from viewers that are blessed by the Word. We are excited to expand into the Sermon Audio platform later this year. We praise God for His faithfulness!

 

We have implemented some ideas from Mission Bible Church which have made our fellowship enjoyable. At the end of the church service, Vidal or Charles facilitate a time of reflection on the message. This provides an opportunity for the children to get involved. While raised hands sometimes result in silence when called on, it also leads to thoughtful questions or articulating biblical truths they have grasped. Even the youngest ones are engaged and ask many questions. They are growing in their knowledge of the Scriptures, and it is a blessing to behold.  Another pleasure is our time of fellowship following the service as we break bread and continue our discussions of God's Word. Although the current pandemic has made it challenging for some to visit our home church, the Lord allowed us to host about 20 visitors who have benefited from the preaching and lively fellowship.

 

BBC has had about 20 visitors in 2021. A few are seen above.

MBC’s Anton and Marysa Kolyabin, and Ivan Kolyabin visited BBC in January. Anton exhorted from the Word.

The Jackson and Moreta households of Berean Bible Church.

 

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