January 9, 2017
I Love the Church . . . Because of What I See the Church Doing
By Scott Ancarrow “This is why we planted a church here.” That phrase ran through my head as I tried to rest in the midst of the unrest in our city in April 2015. As peaceful protests following Freddie Gray”s death turned into a night of violence captured and shared on video all over the world, our family knew that moments like this are why we were where we were. A hundred times I had repeated the refrain “the local church is Plan A for bringing hope to bear in the world.” I said it every time I talked to
