This past weekend we had the opportunity as a church to host a group of Pakistani believers from around Chicagoland for a special worship service. The service was in the Urdu language. By the end of the service we had over 80 people worshiping God together here at the church.

This was a wonderful experience for me as the pastor. It was a joy to see people worshiping the Lord in a language and style that was meaningful to them. It was also a tangible reminder that being a follower of Jesus Christ is not an experience limited to one culture and one part of the world. Followers of Jesus worship around the world.

I pray that our church can increasingly see people from other parts of the world worship here at Great Commission Baptist Church. I hope that we can provide special services in people’s heart languages. I also hope that we can worship together as one body – brother and sisters in Christ – made one by the blood of Jesus. I pray this will happen. Will you join me in praying for this? Will you join our church in pursuing this biblical dream? Will you contribute your cultural and ethnic heritage to our church body? I hope you will.

-Scott Greening, pastor