The pieces fit as two Pennsylvania congregations merge to become one body.
By Bobby Ross Jr. | The Christian Chronicle
POTTSTOWN, Pa. — A match made in heaven.
In God’s timing.
That’s how members and leaders alike characterize the merger of the Coventry Hills Church of Christ and the Chesmont Church of Christ.
After decades apart, the congregations — halfway between the high-rises of Philadelphia and the horse-drawn buggies of Amish country — have joined together to become the Cornerstone Church of Christ.
“It feels like the work of the Lord,” said Christine Ober, 36, wife of Caleb and mother of 8-month-old Mabel May.
The Obers were among the few young families at Coventry Hills, which averaged Sunday attendance of roughly 30. Chesmont, which met at a Christian school 6.5 miles away, drew about 110 men, women and children on a typical Lord’s Day.
“The members that were here at Coventry Hills were willing to come under the leadership at Chesmont,” said Josh Dove, who was one of three elders at Chesmont and now serves in that role for Cornerstone. “It just seemed like it was God leading us that way.”
The pieces fit.
This story appears in the June print edition of The Christian Chronicle.
Photo by Bobby Ross Jr.
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