Service - Extension
Extension--The Church Existing for Action
"The Spirit of the Lord God is upon Me, Because the LORD has anointed Me To preach good tidings to the poor; He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted, To proclaim liberty to the captives, And the opening of the prison to those who are bound; 2 To proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD, and the day of vengeance of our God; To comfort all who mourn, 3 To console those who mourn in Zion, To give them beauty for ashes, The oil of joy for mourning, The garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; That they may be called trees of righteousness, The planting of the LORD, that He may be glorified." (Isaiah 61).
In addition to the proclamation of the Gospel, the Church has been anointed by the Holy Spirit to go into a world that is wracked by problems such as moral decay, political corruption, oppression, violence, crime, unjust resource use of wealth distribution, and other social scourges that requires biblical solutions. Hence the anointing to bring good news to the suffering and afflicted, to comfort the broken hearted, to set the captives free, and to open up the prisons. To those who morn and will give beauty for ashes, joy for morning, and praise instead of heaviness. We have been commanded to rebuild, repair, and revive the ?, who over time, have been destroyed by sin. (Luke 3:10-14; Luke 4:16-21; Acts 4:34-35; 2 Corinthians 10:4; Galatians 6:10; James 2:14-26; James 5:1-5; 1 John 3:16)
Service-Extension is overseen by Bishop Dale and Lisa Combs and Elder Alvin Thomason.