King’s Church Rev. Josh Smith
King’s Church in Columbia, SC, began as a small group in 2016 and by God’s grace was organized by Catawba Presbytery as a congregation on Sunday, August 21, 2022. Rev. Josh Smith was ordained as the pastor. Rev. Smith shares some of the journey and mission of King’s Church.
Describe how the Lord called you to serve at King’s Church. While in seminary, I was becoming increasingly aware that the Lord was calling me to church
of support to my friend, Rev. Matt Awtrey, I sensed God was calling me to be a part this work seminary in 2019, I began working with King’s Church full time as a church planting apprentice. I was fully prepared to plant in the Fort Mill area. Every bit of planning and preparation had been done, but the Lord gave me pause. I knew I had been called to King’s Church, but I hadn’t been called away from King’s Church. In God’s providence, when Rev. Awtrey’s season with King’s Church was over, the session called me to continue serving the church.
to understand what it really means to raise children in the Church. So many young people leave church after high school. We’ve found that it isn’t a lack of children’s ministry programs but a lack of helping parents faithfully disciple their children. King’s Church wants to help parents disciple kids in their own homes, which pays dividends for generations. We still reach out to our community and unbelievers but believe ministry starts with those in our own home. We are see- ing fruit as parents are having more and more stories of their children taking interest in things of the Lord.
Another ministry has been to people who may have grown up in church but do not really understand the Gospel. In honesty, I show them the truth that is in God’s Word and that growing up in the church, being baptized, and being “good” does not make you a Christian. In doing so I
- gation has come together in prayer with vulnerability, transparency and trust. We have seen God answer our prayers in remarkable ways!
to worship God rightly and experience Him through the means of grace. We want our best friends to be with us at church! Not just Christians. God says, “If you love me you will keep my commandments.”
• Pray that we grow numerically for the right reasons. We don’t just want a bunch of shining programs. You win people to what you win them with.
• Pray that we will trust that God will bring people He is already working on to hear the truth of the Gospel. • Pray for true fellowship in our congregation as we practice hospitality and use community groups to connect on a genuine level.
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Helping You Reach Your Community 14 The Associate Reformed Presbyterian
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