Davis Park Church of Christ is Launching
a Groundbreaking Bible Reading Campaign
“The Bible is central to our faith,” said
Buddy Gray of The Davis Park Church of Christ,“ but many people are
intimidated by its scope and size. The Story
gives us a way to journey from Genesis to Revelation together in 31 weeks so
everyone understands God’s story and how their story intersects with it.”
Modesto, CA – The Bible is the
best-selling book in history, but how many people in Modesto are actually
reading it? A Gallup survey reports the
average American household has four Bibles. However, research by Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life
(2008) found that only 16 percent of Americans read the Bible every day.
The Davis Park Church
of Christ is hoping to reverse
this trend, starting with its own congregation.
Buddy Gray believes that The Story, a Zondervan best-seller, is
the right tool to increase Biblical literacy, helping readers understand God’s
story from Genesis to Revelation and how their own stories intersect with
God’s. Consisting of 31 chapters of
carefully-selected scriptures sequenced in chronological order, The Story presents the word of God in an
engaging format, reading like a novel.
“I want the people in
my congregation, as well as the city of Modesto, to realize the incredible love
God has for them and how their story is found in His story,” said Gray.
The Story Church
Campaign
is a unique program providing up to 31 weeks of curriculum for children, teen
and adult Sunday school and up to 31 weeks of corresponding sermons. When accompanied by reading through the five
age-related books (The Story, The Story:
Teen Edition, The Story for Kids, The Story for Children, and The Story for Little Ones), the entire
church can be literally on the same page for 31 weeks. Davis Park plans
to begin the experience on September 9, 2012.
Davis
Park invites you to begin forty days of prayer with them, starting July 31,
2012. We will be praying for God to work
through His insightful world to change the people of Davis Park and the people of
Modesto, CA. We will be e-mailing a
daily devotion for the next forty days to all who are interested in praying for
God to go work on all of us. Send
requests to davisparkcoc@sbcglobal.net.
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