A growing church in Nordhordland

A growing church in Nordhordland
Last night Solveig and myself had the great privilege of being with the growing church in Nordhordland (north of Bergen). The church was officially launched one year ago and Magnar Askeland and Morten Gundersen were set in as elders. From that time there has been a wonderful growth and a tremendous development has taken place.
For years there has been a group of believers in that place that we had been working towards. They were part of the church Christian Fellowship in Bergen, and they saw a very slow but steady growth. When they started to talk of being a church in their own right in their locality and being planted out as a new church, things started to happen!
They are now a thriving fellowship and a growing church in their region. Once they were planted out, a new sense of responsibility and local belonging released the expanding faith among the people! I was so happy to see so many new faces that I had never seen before! I was filled with joy to see the growth that had taken place, not only numerical but also in character and stature.
God is so good! By his grace we are enabled to be a part of this growing company of God's people. They are really emerging as a church for their locality for a time like this!