Their effect on americas faith. I know this for a fact because, on occasion, im asked to preach to our hispanic congregation through an interpreter. And im always so blessed to be in their worship service. Even though i dont understand the lyrics, i can sense the love they have for the lord god. So theres a lot of wonderful things that are happening in america because of all the differences in the peoples that come. We live in a cosmopolitan world. We shouldnt bse about that. We should rejoice that god has given us that privilege. The potential of immigration is incredible. But lets be honest, this is a series of talks about reality, talks about truth. And not everything about immigration is easy. Not everything about it is positive in the lives of some of us. Working against the immigration advantages are several growing and unsolved problems, and nobody seems to know what to do with them. With legal immigration. The flood of immigration in the past few decades is a major contributor
to make. they could turn their place over to a mega church looking to expand, or to a local minister preaching from whatever room he could muster up each sunday. when we brought it before the congregation, it was unanimous. we felt we needed to offer the arabic church the opportunity to take over this property to give them a home. there was actually one more option. the value of the land the church was sitting on, around $1 million. they never considered going for the money. i really honestly don t think we really had any other choice. it wasn t ours to sell. it belongs to the lord. and it stayed that way. the first day was really good. we have a big number, a lot of people came. it was between the whole church and the new church, it was a wonderful time. that was bittersweet. you re anxious and sad at the same time.