proDeo

We went to proDeo on a Sunday morning for the first time yesterday. The external appearance of the church service and church body looked like a smaller version of Cornerstone. Perhaps it resembled the 1992 version of Cornerstone with about 60 people and only a few children, almost all of them five and under. The entire service was from 10 to 12 in the morning and started with about 40 minutes of worship, a few announcements, a 10 or 15 minute break and then Doru (the current senior pastor of proDeo) preached a message that was around an hour long.

For those of you that don't know, ProDeo was formed from the student ministry OSCEC in 2002. The church formed primarily because the other churches in the area were not specifically focused on reaching students, and the students in OSCEC were seeking a church that had a student ministry. OSCEC, the campus ministry, began to fill a void for the students that were looking for a church home. This was a problem because OSCEC was not a church. After much prayer it seemed that the best option was to start a new church, proDeo Baptist, where they could minister as a church to the students who needed a church.

Six years later, here we sat in proDeo. The leadership has recently changed. Doru is currently the senior pastor because Adrian Lauran, the founding pastor, has been on a sabbatical since January, that is supposed to last for one year. Doru began a series on the spiritual disciplines this week, encouraging the church that we do not become godly by chance, but that it takes work. In the coming weeks they will look at specific spiritual disciplines that might serve the church to walk though.

We enjoyed the service on Sunday morning. It was strange listening to a message through translation, but we are getting used to that. Sorina served us yesterday by translating the whole message for Lance, her husband, as well as the two of us. We are looking forward to the time here where we get to serve this church. It will be a great time to trust the Lord!

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