Bill Petite

The Amazing Work of God Bill Petite

I'm sure there are countless numbers of testimonies concerning the amazing work which God has performed. Regardless if it's personal or ministry, these testimonies are always encouraging. This book is just one of the many testimonies which could be told concerning how God used the lives of many dedicated Christians to accomplish a work which spanned a time of approximately twenty years. This is the story of how God used a group of His people to start a church ministry which would reach the lives of many lost souls. For twenty years, there were different men, women and pastors who attempted to begin a Calvary Chapel ministry in Barstow, CA. In 1985, a Calvary Chapel church plant in Barstow failed after only months. But there was a small group of people in that failed church plant who refused to accept that God would not move forward in this small desert city with a ministry which was needed so badly to reach the lives of so many people. What began as a Bible study, which had joined with a small Home Church group, eventually became Calvary Chapel of Barstow. The road leading to this ministry was one of many adventures. God did amazing things in the adventure which led to the opening of the doors of Calvary Chapel of Barstow. He used many people in many ways and in ways which would be life changing for some. I have attended and been in ministry in various churches (Mostly Calvary Chapel) in the last 35+ years and I have heard some fascinating testimonies of how the Lord did amazing things in the start up work of those churches. This is just one more of those many stories but it is a story of it's own just like all those other stories of church plants are. Testimonies are so encouraging and it is my hope that this one will be encouraging to those who might read this one.