For the last 22 years, Kings Avenue Baptist Church has put on a "Walk Thru Bethlehem"; a free event that is designed to give people an idea of what it was like in Bethlehem when Jesus was born. Everyone that goes through hears the Gospel, and it has been used to lead many to Christ. It takes a lot to put it on, and every year it seems we wonder if it's worth it. Every year we decide it is. I was thinking about it this year and came to the conclusion that even though it is by no means a perfect event, at least we are doing something. In the first 3 days, 35 people had accepted Christ, and 180 had rededicated themselves to Him.That doesn't mean we get to stop spreading the Gospel now that it's over, or that we couldn't be doing it some other way, but people are being reached, and souls are being saved.
There is something really cool about seeing a couple of hundred (or less!) people coming together to put on a event like this. God has a track record of making a lot out of a little.
Whether it's the economy or what, I don't know, but it appears this was our biggest year yet. The crowds got bigger everyday, and on Friday and Saturday we even had to stop letting people in for a while because we ran out of parking.
So, how many people got to hear the gospel message over a four-day period?
7,078
God is good.
