10 Things to Celebrate at West Ridge Church

These are exciting days at West Ridge Church. We have lots to celebrate.

1. In the ministry year that recently concluded, over 750 people accepted Christ through ministries on and off our campus.
2. We baptized almost double the number of people from the previous year.
3. West Ridge partnered with 79 other churches and 7,000 volunteers to complete community projects throughout the metro Atlanta area.
4. We’re continuing to dig wells, plant churches and care for hundreds of children in Burkina Faso.
5. Nearly 60% of our adults have been engaged in a small group and more and more folks are engaged in mentoring relationships. (I love it that folks are initiating mentoring relationships organically without a church program.)
6. We’re taking steps to launch new Bible classes and online spiritual formation tools in the coming months.
7. West Ridge is partnering with other churches to start The Launch Network to equip church planters.
8. We’re experiencing the typical back-to-school attendance bump, but our Sunday services have grown by 15% on top of that. We’re seeing holiday crowds in the middle of August.
9. Our student ministry had over 600 middle and high school students gather last week forcing us to find an answer to space challenges. (Pray for wisdom as we get creative about finding space for students to continue inviting their friends.)
10. We’re less than four weeks away from launching our second campus in West Paulding. (It’s only 25 days, 12 hours and 4 minutes to be exact.)

And, on top of that, we just came out of a series where we heard of one life-change story after another. There’s a lot to be grateful for. At the same time, we continue to desperately seek God for direction concerning next steps. As pastors, I assure you that we have a huge sense of accountability for the people under our spiritual care.

Hope you’ll celebrate with us and pray for us. We’re in the middle of a God story.