West Ridge Church

That is the question a man from Ethiopia asked Phillip in Acts 8:36 when he heard the gospel of Jesus Christ.

 

This past Sunday, sixty-five year old Frederick Karnes asked the same question. Frederick has never been part of a church. In June 2011, he was diagnosed with lung cancer. He has gone through chemotherapy and has had many health related problems this past year. He doesn’t have much energy or strength and uses a wheel chair to get around.

 

After finding out he had cancer, he started thinking more about his sins and his need for forgiveness.  On Sunday, January 22, he visited West Ridge and prayed with our senior pastor Brian Bloye during the service for Jesus to forgive him of his sins and come into his life. The following Sunday January 29 he was baptized. His health, wheelchair, stitches, or pic line wasn’t going to stand in the way of Fred being baptized and identifying himself with Jesus.

UPDATE: 2/7
We just received news that Fred passed away this morning. Please be in prayer for his wife Donna and family.