Pastor Bob first
felt call to start a new Church in Minot shortly after moving to ND in 1995.
·
In March 2007,
Pastor Bob suffered complications from a back surgery that paralyzed him from the waist down. Between 3/21/07 and 5/11/07
he received three miracles that saved his life, got him off of a walker and out of a wheel chair and walking without a cane.
· In June 2007, Pastor Bob went through a pain management program. It
was during this program that Pastor Bob felt the push from God that it was time to move into the call to start a new Church.
· In August 2007, Pastor Bob contacted a Pastor of another Minot conregation to solicit his assistance in
renewing his ministerial credentials. (Pastor Jeff and Pastor Bob had previously worked together at Sykes Enterprises in Minot)
· August 2007 through October 2007, This Pastor and Pastor Bob met weekly
for prayer, Doctrinal studies and assisting Pastor Bob in preliminary Church planting research.
· In October 2007, this Pastor and his family felt led from God to partner in the vision with Pastor Bob
and his wife in the Church plant of SLCF.
· December 5th, 2007, SLCF
had its first Bible Study and began building the core group for the Church plant.
·
January 26th,
2008, The Minot
Daily News included a short article on SLCF and Fresh Start in the Church Bulletin section.
· March 1st, 2008, We moved into our permanent Church Building and held
our dedication service.
· March 10th, 2008: KMOT-TV in Minot featured SLCF
on the evening news. The full story is available on KMOT.com (Or click here to see a copy of this news article)
