MODERN MATURITY CENTER
Modern Maturity MinistryWhile at the Delaware State Fair in 2004 our pastor happened to sit by a preacher who was in charge of the Modern Maturity Ministry. He said that he was retiring and needed someone to take over the ministry. Pastor Bob immediately volunteered to take over the ministry and held his first Bible Study the next Thursday. So began our churches ministry at Modern Maturity. It has been eight years since that day and it has been a fruitful ministry.
The first Thursday we showed up at the regular classroom and no one else came. We went to the next door office and talked to the lady in charge of the newspaper. She encouraged us not to give up. The next Thursday she took her lunch break, came to our class and brought several people with her. God bless her heart! Then we were off and running! We met in a 10x10, very small room and it quickly filled up. Then it overflowed. We met right across from the beauty shop, so all the ladies came with pretty perms. Over the years we moved to a larger room where we met now. The great thing about this ministry is that seniors from all faiths, including the lost attend. We are certainly against the Modern Ecumenical Movement. Our approach is to teach the Gospel through the lenses of the Doctrines of Grace. We have had many begin to attend our church thru this ministry. We have seen the Lord regenerate and bring to salvation those who have attended. We have sadly lost several to death over the years, but we know they all heard the Gospel. We have had our preachers teach the classes including Howie Pleasanton, Ken Cross, Glenn Johnson and Pastor Bob. Other pastors and missionaries who have taught there include, Conrad Mbewe from Zambia, Buruck Maoz from Israel, Ramzan Hosein from Trinidad, Adam Plenderlief from Scotland, Ashley Rocke from Belize, Cohen Ezelle from Belize, Stan Roberts from Scotland, Steven Murphy from Ireland, Rod Wilton from S C, Leland Browder from S C, David Depp from S C, Bob Depp from Md, Dallas Glass from De, and others. For about the last 9 years preachers from our church have done most of the teaching at Modern Maturity. They have done a very good job teaching the class. The class has grown under our churches ministry. |