On The Grow!

We moved to Fairhope from Tennessee in January of 2001 for Lee to serve as the Worship Leader for a new church start called The Church On The Eastern Shore (COTES).

Our first Sunday here, about 50 people gathered in this office building for worship. (It now houses an insurance agency and a real estate office.)

We've made two more moves since then. One, across the parking lot to this larger building that we rented. 

Then, a couple of years later, our church "merged" with another area church of about 200 members, and we moved to the property that they owned. We've been building on that land ever since and just this past year, moved into our second sanctuary.

This past week, we found out that on the list of "The 100 Fastest-Growing Churches in America," we are #49! We now have over 2000 members and are baptizing new Believers weekly. Someone asked me yesterday, "What's your secret?" I immediately said, "I hope that WE have nothing to do with it. God is doing amazing things."

Today, I had to drop some forms by the insurance office that was once our church building. As I looked around and remembered clearly that very first Sunday, I just had to wonder what the next 8 years will bring.

"God can do anything, you know -  far more than you could ever imagine or guess or request in your wildest dreams!" Eph. 3:20

(The Message)