It's my privilege to be a staff member of Harvest Church.
Harvest is an Evangelical Free Church in Story City, Iowa.
Our church is committed to the mission of "Reaching Up" and "Reaching Out" for the cause of Jesus Christ.
As a fellowship, we first seek to reach up to God as we strive to understand Him better through the revelation he provided in the Bible.
The second component of our mission is to reach out. This first involves community as we learn to reach out to one another as fellow-sojourners in the kingdom of Christ. Secondly, it involves reaching out into the world as we seek to aid others through our kindness, character, and doctrine.
The main work area of the website is my blog. Here you will find over 300 posts about the Christian world view and scripture.
You will find other blog authors who are more profound or insightful than I tend to be. (There are links here to some of them.) Nevertheless, the observations in my blog are a modest effort to help readers give consideration to the person and work of Christ and the implications for all of our lives.
Some of the posts deal with questions I am asked from time to time about certain ideas or biblical texts. Others are reflections from events of the day and attempts to step back from the rhetoric of the moment to see how these events reflect the world view of the culture or the Bible.
Harvest Evangelical Free Church
524 River Hills Dr.
Story City, IA 50248
515-733-5360
We have adopted a team leadership model at Harvest. I serve as the pastor of teaching and discipleship. Matt Soderstrum is in the role of pastor of evangelism and outreach. Dikran Koundikjian is the pastor of student ministries. We are learning how to use our complimentary gifts to serve Harvest in accomplishing its mission. Kim Fink serves as our administrative assistant.
We offer two weekly resources to our congregation and others. You can
download our sermons
and a study guide called "Reaching Beyond." It's our way of inviting
Christians to dig into scripture with us.
I enjoy the opportunity to lead the training of adults at Harvest Evangelical Free Church. I have the privilege of drawing together mature men and women in a lifelong learning process designed to grow our congregation both spiritually and numerically.
My leadership team is taking some exciting first steps in building on the discipleship heritage here at Harvest EFC.