Small Start to Local Church is Now a Big Impact on Community

(Springfield, MO) -- There are churches all across the city of Springfield, spread in all directions.

But one church is using a central location to make an impact in the community.

It began with just four guys, four friends in a small basement of the old Skinny Improv Theatre.

They were young and appealead to the younger generation.

But now after five years, their message speaks to all ages.

The name of the church is Emmaus, named after a story in the Bible.

And after outgrowing that old theatre basement, they are now located just above the Gilloiz Theatre.

Emmaus is lead by four guys with the oldest one being just 35 years old.

They all go by the title of pastor because there is no heiarchy of rank.

One of the pastors is Kent Shelton and he said that it is a simple system between the friends.

They're just four regular guys who started a church.

"We've had to learn a lot along the way. We didn't even really have a gamplan in place at the beginning. but we knew what we wanted to be and didn't want to be and through it all we have slowly fine tuned and kinda involved into what we are now, " said Kent Shelton, Emmaus Pastor.

Again, Emmaus is located just above the Gilloiz Theatre, with a service time of 10:30 a.m. every Sunday.

And also they have what they call "house churches" that meet at several different locations Sunday through Thursday.

For more information about Emmaus, visit http://www.emmausspringfield.com/

Source: http://ozarksfirst.com/fulltext/?nxd_id=579807

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