The Importance of Lake County, Ohio
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It
is contiguous to the greater Cleveland metro area
which is the most densely populated area in Ohio.
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It
is a growing county, posting growth of about 2% a
year.
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It
has a workforce diverse in ethnic groups, skills,
and economic strata.
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It
has growing communities with an attractive small
town feel to families.
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It
boasts a multitude of outdoor activities which
attract thousands of people each year.
A Need for a Reformed and Presbyterian
Church
There is
diversity in Lake County’s community of people,
industries, and education opportunities. Christianity
is variously expressed by many churches and there are
many other religious groups present in the county. Yet
these various options reveal a tension underlying modern
society. While diversity is good and brings people
together the temptation is to ignore important and
needful distinctions. The temptation is to make
everything relative to the individual. The end result
of this relativism is that everything has less meaning
for all.
Some 48%
of the people in Lake County, Ohio do not attend a
church or identify themselves with one. Of the 52% that
do so, nearly 68% of them identify themselves with the
Roman Catholic Church. People associated with mainline
Protestant churches comprise about 16% and only 13% of
people identify themselves as evangelical.
Specifically, less than 1% of those that attend a church
identify themselves as Presbyterian and those churches
have compromised the great truths of the reformed faith
and confessions.
We
believe that God has given universal spiritual truth in
his word, the Bible. We believe that there are
important distinctions that historic Presbyterian and
Reformed people have stood for. We believe that these
reformed and Presbyterian distinctives are the roots of
America’s great strengths of freedom, service, and
duty. We believe that Lake County would be strengthened
by a church that unashamedly teaches the biblical good
news of salvation by grace alone through faith alone in
Christ alone. We believe that such a church would be
blessed by God and that lives, families, and even
society would be transformed to their created purpose to
glory God and fulfill mankind’s deepest desires.
Won’t you join us?
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