Michael Smith
How have you seen God working in your life?
Taking the huge step of faith to plant a new Presbyterian church (EPC) in downtown NYC was daunting as I knew I would be raising 100% of the funding myself while trying to establish a new church where church plants often fail - yet despite these fears, after 4 months, we are at 50% of our financial goal for year one and have over 30 people looking to launch with us. God continues to amaze and humble me with His faithfulness.
How have you seen God working in your family?
We had a weird year in that we left NYC (lost my job) and headed to FL (to plant with the EPC) just before the pandemic - my wife had to travel back and forth for work, my son still was enrolled at Brooklyn College but working online, and my youngest son started at a new school in North FL. We were all heavy hearted to leave the city we loved so much so the fact that God has been so clear in calling us back to NYC (in just 1 year!) and is slowly re-establishing us in here has been a bit surreal for all of us.
How have you seen God working in your church?
There is clear excitement that God is doing something new and many of the people I had the privilege of meeting and ministering to for the 7 years we lived here are starting to get word that we are planting. We had our first Brooklyn based bible study last night (7/7) and our Manhattan study starts on Tuesday !
Church Mission & Vision
To exalt Christ through being an authentic, gospel-centered, disciple-making, multi-ethnic, multi-generational community with a sincere love for God, for people, and for the city.
For further information please contact Michael at https://commongrace.nyc/
The Smith Family