SOUTHLAWN CHURCH OF GOD
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  • Home
  • About Us
    • Service Projects
    • What We Believe
    • Our Affiliations
    • Our History
    • Meet The Church
  • Calendar / Events
  • Ministry
    • Children's Ministry
    • Youth Ministry
    • Adult Ministry
    • Missions
  • Youth Group
  • Sermons
    • Bible Study: The WAVE Offering & JESUS
    • This Changes EVERYTHING! (Easter 2015)
    • The Kingdom of God on Earth is for REAL!
    • 2014 Easter Sunrise Message: The Stone
    • 2014 Easter Message: No One Knew!
    • Digging for Gold #1 Digging For Gold in 2015
    • Digging for Gold #2 "What's Your Treasure?"
    • Digging for Gold #3 "Where is Your Treasure - the COMMAND"
    • Digging for Gold #4 "Where is Your Treasure - the IMPERATIVE!"
    • Digging for Gold Conclusion "Investing in the Church!"
  • Pictures
    • 2016 In Pictures
    • 2015 Neighborhood Fun Fair
    • 2014 Christmas Pictures
    • April 2014 Youth Group
    • 2014 Easter Breakfast
    • 2014 Baptisms - Trevor & Jennifer
    • 2014 Baptisms - Rob, Hope & Joyce
    • 2014 Child Dedication - Ezra, Judah & Elizabeth
    • 2014 Children's Pictures
    • Kids Food Basket - October 13, 2013
    • 2013 Color Tour
    • 2013 National Neighborhood Night Out
    • Miscellaneous Pictures
  • Contact

our history


Church documents going back to the mid 1920's tell how a group of believers shared the vision of establishing a church in the Southlawn Park community.  The group was meeting in homes, but their vision was for a church building where they would have room to worship, to teach Bible classes to all ages, baptize new believers, and conduct various ministries in service to the community.  Soon they began collecting donations and one member stepped forward, volunteering to oversee the building project 40 hours per week, at 14 cents an hour!  Believe it or not, that was a fair wage at the time! Property was secured on the corner of Jefferson and Abbie, and construction soon began.
 
By 1927 the building was completed and the Southlawn Church of God was established. Many generations have served the community faithfully from the corner of Abbie and Jefferson.  The church has experienced ups and downs, with 3 major building expansions, and purchasing 2 parsonages over the years.  In 2002 we celebrated 75 years of serving the community.  In the past few years the make up of the church has changed dramatically.  We have mourned the loss of many of our life-long members to the enemy death, yet God has brought in several young families, dropping our average age from 55-56 in 1999 to about 33 in 2007.  
 
Visitors often comment how they feel "at home" when they visit Southlawn.  We know it is God's Spirit, as there is a wonderful sense of community and family as we seek to be true to the scriptural admonition to "make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace" (Ephesians 4:3).  The real strength is found in small groups where people get a sense of “belonging” and being “connected.”  We seek to inspire study of God’s Word with strong emphasis on it’s application to our daily lives, with a goal of growing in all aspects of discipleship.  Our emphasis is less on being like churches of our day, and more on being like the church of the New Testament.

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Location:
3880 Jefferson Ave. SE
Wyoming, MI 49548

Pastor Richard Alcumbrack
cell: (616) 308-3736

info@southlawncog.org
"He makes me lie down in green pastures; he leads me beside still waters; he restores my soul."
                                       - Psalm 23:2-3 NRSV

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