A Group of Saints Meeting Together in Portsmouth, OH

 
Greetings fellow travelers.  My name is Andrew Wehrheim.  I am part of the Church in Portsmouth, OH.  We are a company of believers who love the Lord Jesus; are loved by the Lord Jesus; and are learning to love one another.  We are a small group of appoximately 4 families.  3 of the 4 families live in the town of Portsmouth and that it where we have our meetings, the majority of our common-life/fellowship, and where we take our stand as the Lord's testimony!.  We also have fellowship with other believers in this town, for we are all one in the Lord and together make up his church in this city. 

Our God is the Father of our brother the Lord Jesus Christ! (and our Father, too!)  Our head and foundation is the Lord Jesus Christ.  Our ground of unity is the common indwelling Spirit!  We have a meal and a meeting on Sunday afternoons around 3 p.m.  We meet from house to house sharing food, fellowship, and body ministry.  Sometimes during meals we will take bread and wine and celebrate the Lord's Supper!  Then we have a time of singing and body ministry.  We have no "formal pastor" although we welcome all the gifts and functions in the body of Christ.  We hold to the head (Christ) for direction and ministry.  All are free to sing a song; share a teaching; build up the rest of the body; unveil the Lord Jesus Christ; and share their testimony of how they are knowing and growing in Him!  We recognize that all authority has been given to Christ and that GOd has given him to be the head over all things to the Church (Matthew 28 and Ephesians 1).

Over the past six months or so we have been receiving outside help from a worker named Dave Shields.  He is a brother from the Church in Akron who has been in the Church life for many years.  He comes once a month and usually brings another brother with him.  He has been a great encouragement and help in the Lord.

We are a loving group of believers who shun the tactics of fear and guilt and instead seek to free one another in a revelation of God as our Loving Father!  We rejoice in being the righteousness of God in Christ and are unashamed of the fact that God wants us to enjoy Him!  We love the Scriptures; we talk to one another and to God (that is, pray), we sing, and we are family.

And, we are more than a meeting.  We are the Church!  We are the body of Christ!  We get together throughout the week to help each other, be with each other, eat meals together, go for walks, etc.  We long for true community- to truly know the fellowship of the Divine Trinity and give expression to that fellowship in our city!  We are growing in our experience of Him, and don't seek to move ahead of him.  And at the same time we look forward to all that God will continue to reveal to us, and do through us as we continue to grow together in Him.  If you live in the area and would like to visit us contact me at:  [email protected]

I would love to give you the date and time of out next gathering.  May the Lord richly bless you as you enjoy Him!