Our Debt is Paid

The Church at Tatesbrook corporately knows

• that the church is not a building
• that debt is sin
• the wages of sin is death
• that we can not pay our own debt

Clearly, the tiny financial debt that was incurred on July 15, 1983 seems rather trivial to talk about compared to the Debt of sin for which we were forgiven, but it helps to remind us how long it takes for us to work our way out of a parable of the Debt.

The Church at Tatesbrook corporately thanks the people, ministries and banks that have helped us meet together week after week on the corner of Appian Way and Trent Blvd for over 25 years.

• Founding members of the church who sacrificed time, money and materials to buy some land, build a building, and begin to worship, disciple, pray and fellowship together.
• Elkhorn Baptist Association
• Pikeville National Bank
• Community Trust Bank
• Ukranian Church
• Cornerstone Church
• Lexington Christian Fellowship
• Fifth Third Bank
• Tatesbrook Neighborhood Association
• Members who committed not to expand or expend until the financial debt was paid.
• Many servants who faithfully offered talents without pay or without increase

In the new testament, Jesus Christ describes to us the kingdom of God in many parables. A great number of those referred to money and management of resources because everyone could understand that.

Being "out of debt" financially as a church organization recognized by the state of Kentucky and the Southern Baptist Convention is not as big a deal as the principles that we have learned. God wants a relationship with us that is not distracted by debt. After all, that was Satan's original intent, to distract us from God.

Above all, I am thankful that our Debt was forgiven forever on a cross.