There is no follow-up, of course, because I didn’t fill out a visitor’s card. I did go to the church’s website, where I learned that St. Bartholomew’s was built in 1963. I see that they take part in a ministry that houses the homeless in their church building for a period of time every year (I’ve been involved in a similar ministry in our previous churches; it’s quite a big undertaking), and work on a food program with a church in Camden.
I learned later about another really fascinating ministry that this church works with. The Agape Mission Center is an Assenblies of God ministry that meets at St. Bart's on Sunday afternoons. That's not the interesting thing - plenty of churches share their space with other church groups. What's different about this one is that the pastors are a married couple, Rev. Charles Cho, DMD, and Rev. Grace Cho, MD. That's right - a dentist and a physician, married, pastoring a church together.
But even that, while unusual, wouldn't be enough by itself to get me so interested. The interesting thing is that this couple has set up a free medical clinic for the poor and uninsured, and the congregation at St. Bart's has offered space in their building for a dental office. St. Bart's parishioners also volunteer to provide transportation to and from the clinic for people who need rides.
Wow. Really - wow.
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