I had been planning to gradually change the general trend in subject matter of my blog from pure politics to more Christiany stuff, anyway, and in a fortuitous coincidence it happens that I just got set up to blog here on Sojourn’s site, so I may as well put this here instead of there. Moreover, it’s an interesting time for Sojourn’s youth ministry, so hopefully this personal reflection will be timely for the church as well as for me.

When the vision is God-given and God-driven it will be tested.

Expect the tests.
Embrace the tests.
Posture yourself to grow through the tests.
Praise Him through the tests.

–
David Thew
Sojourn Founding Pastor

Church in a brewery? Isn’t that an oxymoron? No, it is God giving us greater opportunity to make disciples in Metro Huntsville.

The vision has always been to take the worship and teachings of Christ to the downtown area. We love our city. We love the heart and center of our city. We want to be a part of the vitalization, revitalization and other activity of our downtown.

Don Alan Hankins is the brew master and co-owner of Olde Towne Brewing Company. Don Alan became a disciple of Christ/born again Christian in October 2005. He now brews great beer to the glory of God (see 1 Cor. 10:31). We discussed and prayed about the possibility of Sojourn Church meeting there. Renown, a new ministry headed by Bruce Martin, also uses the space during the week. Renown lets Sojourn use many of their resources.