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churches_helping_churchesPITTSFIELD, Ill.—“First Baptist is a true gospel-preaching church and their town still needs them,” said Michael Nolan as he announced a recent $15,000 Baptist Builders Club grant to revitalize the western Illinois church. The funds will be given to Columbus Road Baptist Church, Quincy, Ill., to sponsor an effort that also includes the help of Calvary Baptist, Quincy, Ill., Faith Baptist, Camp Point, Ill., and First Baptist, Littleton, Ill. Together, the churches had previously raised $18,000 to begin the project. Volunteers have spent their Saturdays hauling trash, demolishing interiors, installing drywall and insulation, and pulling electrical lines throughout the remodeled building.

Bob Cowman, pastor of Columbus Road Baptist, set an aggressive schedule to begin holding meetings in the remodeled church by the end of November.
“All of our volunteers have put in an incredible amount of work and are at a point where it is time for skilled tradesmen to complete the job,” Pastor Cowman said, explaining how the $15,000 grant will be used to complete the project.

Michael Nolan, director of Baptist Builders Club, said that the project was a perfect fit for the fund’s purpose to help struggling and mission churches. Nolan also noted that Baptist Builder’s Club has a long history of helping churches in the Quincy area; Columbus Road Baptist was started with a $2000 grant to Calvary Baptist Church in 1960. “If four GARBC churches are working together and believe that a struggling church is still viable, we want to do all we can to help them,” Nolan said.

Read more at www.pittsfieldfirst.com about the plan to rebuild.

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