Let’s all work together
PASTOR’S CORNER, Dr. Jeff Nagell, Friends Church of Liberal
I’m new to Liberal – well, I was six years ago. My wife and I came to Liberal in 2019 from Eastern Indiana, and this is our fifth state of residence. The first month I was in Liberal, I was invited to two meetings – the first was with the Liberal Ministerial Alliance (which took place, at that time) in the meeting room at Southwest Medical Center), and the second meeting I was invited to was a weekly prayer meeting led by Lora Jones.
The two groups shared a common thread in how the local churches all worked together in the city of Liberal. By contrast, the city I came from in Indiana had four ministerial groups, none of which worked together. I had tried to go to all four, but it was obvious how these four groups were all playing the same instruments, but in different bands. In Liberal, our prayer group prays inside other churches each week, with the host pastor receiving us warmly each week. Some weeks, we pray at community centers that welcome our prayers. This prayer group is part of the Liberal Ministerial Alliance.
