FBC Member Shares Praise Report and Her Trust in Jesus

Lynda McClellan has been attending First Baptist Church (FBC) for four years now. She works the multimedia ministry at the church and offers assistance in other areas as well. McClellan moved to the area in search of a church home, but unfortunately she started becoming turned off by her other selections.

At one church, the Christian single says, she started not being able to understand what the leader was saying during service. His speech became confusing to hear and she felt some racist undertones from people within the church—there wasn't many minorities attending. She was uncomfortable and felt the Spirit within her cautioning that the church she was attending at the time wasn't “the one.”

Her father advised she should attend FBC and so one day she decided to take his advice. So she did. Lynda enjoyed coming and found that the church was a good fit for her. However, Lynda warns, “There is no such thing as a perfect church!” All have their share of challenges. 

Lynda believes in the Bible and so do the members at FBC. There are Wednesday bible studies, prayer service, Sunday school, and special events to help draw people closer to Jesus. In addition, many ministries are available at FBC including: music, women, men, children's, evangelism, ushers, and more. One of the first groups Lynda joined at the church was the meal program. She served the homeless population with free meals. While doing that, Lynda was unemployed and that wasn't her only struggle, she also discovered she had tumors. 

The health woe was growing in size, the tumors were rapidly increasing and there was no stopping their growth. Lynda continued to pray and trust God during her trials. She visited doctors, but they would tell her nothing was wrong. The prayer warrior was eating healthy and her pap smear was normal, but still her health problems persisted.

One day Lynda, who is child-free, received a medical report after undergoing testing, her blood results had come back and she was asked by a nurse to return to the hospital. The report showed she was anemic.

Lynda questioned the seriousness of her condition, because the doctors hadn't told her until she asked. They explained she was walking around with half the blood in her body. Although not in pain, it was essential that she undergo immediate surgery. Lynda believes God moved on those doctors to call for surgery and as a result she no longer suffers with tumors to date. 

Lynda refers back to the biblical story about the woman who had an issue of blood and reached out to Jesus for healing. She too needed help. Lynda feels that Jesus was there with her too! After her long recovery from the surgery, Lynda was back to work. She credits God for favor to obtain employment after being unemployed for quite awhile.

Jesus is indeed a miracle worker, a healer and a personal friend!

Won't you come to FBC and be encouraged by listening to more stories like Lynda's? God bless.