Acts 1 : 6-11 (NKJV)

6 Therefore, when they had come together, they asked Him, saying, “Lord, will You at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?” 7 And He said to them, “It is not for you to know times or seasons which the Father has put in His own authority. 8 But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me[a] in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”

Acts 1 : 6-11 (NKJV)

9 Now when He had spoken these things, while they watched, He was taken up, and a cloud received Him out of their sight. 10 And while they looked steadfastly toward heaven as He went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel, 11 who also said, “Men of Galilee, why do you stand gazing up into heaven? This same Jesus, who was taken up from you into heaven, will so come in like manner as you saw Him go into heaven.”

Mission Reportfrom

Moorhead, Minnesota

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Matt 28:19

“Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son

and the Holy Spirit” NASB

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MOORHEAD CHURCH OF

CHRIST

About the Lord’s church and its work in Moorhead, Minnesota

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City of Moorhead

Location Brief History

Demographics Misc

Religion The Lord’s church

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Location of Moorhead

fargomoorhead.org

Jacksonville, FL to Moorhead, MN = 1707 Miles

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Demographics

The city of Moorhead is part of a metropolitan area composed of Dilworth, MN along with Fargo and West Fargo, ND.

The Red River which flows north into Canada is the natural divide between Minnesota and North Dakota.

The total population of the “Fargo-Moorhead area” according to the 2010 U.S. Census Bureau is 173, 468.

Fargo, ND is largest city in North Dakota and the largest city in the metro area at 105, 549.

Moorhead, MN is the second largest city in the metro area at 38, 065 fmwfchamber.co

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Demographics of Moorhead

Age Distribution The largest age group of Moorhead residents are the 20

– 44 year olds accounting for 15, 212 of the 38,065 total population.

The median age is 28.3.

Racial Distribution 90.7% white

Households Total family households – 15, 274 Median household income - $50, 088

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History of Moorhead Moorhead was founded in 1871 and is named after William G. Moorhead

(1811-1895), a director of the Northern Pacific Railway. The railway provided the stimulus for economic and population growth in the Moorhead area. Individuals moved west to take advantage of the Homestead Act, through which they were given acreage of property in exchange for farming the land and making their home in the area.

The Red River of the North served as a transfer point for goods and passengers between the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul and Winnipeg, Manitoba. Goods were hauled by oxcart from St. Cloud, Minnesota, to Moorhead, then loaded onto riverboats for the journey north on the Red River.

Moorhead was officially incorporated in 1881, and later that same decade added electric, water, sewer, fire and police services. That's also when Moorhead developed a reputation as "Sin City," with more than 100 bars at a time when neighboring Fargo, ND did not allow the sale of alcohol.

Today, Moorhead is still considered a transcontinental crossing. Interstates I-94 and I-29 intersect just west of the city limits. While distribution and transfer industries remain a vital part of our business environment, education and service industries have played an increasingly important role.

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Misc.

HIGHER EDUCATION MAJOR BUSINESSES

Minnesota State University of Moorhead

Concordia College

Minnesota State Community and Technical College

Globe University

Rasmussen College

Higher Education (faculty & staff)

Eventide (Senior Living)

American Crystal Sugar

Hornbachers

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The unemployment rate in F-M area as of Feb. 2013

was 4.3% (fmwfchamber.com).

Religion in Fargo-Moorhead

Religion in Fargo – 59.46% residents of Fargo are religious (2014 - bestplaces.net)

Lutheran – 30.12% Catholic – 17.69% Methodist – 4.37% Pentecostal – 1.94% “Other Christian” – 1.51% Pres.,LDS, Bapt, Epis. – 3.59% Islam – 0.21% Jewish - .05%

Religion in Moorhead (2006 - ci.moorhead.mn.us)

80 churches represent most of Christendom & some world religions The predominant denominations are the Lutheran church and the

Catholic Church both at about 40% each of those in Christendom.

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Moorhead is religious but spiritually lost

2 Thess 1:7b-9 “7…the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven

with His mighty angels in flaming fire, 8 dealing out retribution to those who do not know God and to those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus. 9 And these will pay the penalty of eternal destruction, away from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of His power” (NASB)

2 Cor 5:10-11a “10 For we must all appear before the judgment

seat of Christ, that each one may be recompensed for his deeds in the body, according to what he has done, whether good or bad. 11 Therefore knowing the fear of the Lord, we persuade men…” (NASB)

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The Lord’s church in Moorhead

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The Lord’s church of Moorhead & our Sunday morning meeting place

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chapel ofOak Grove Lutheran School

Fargo, ND

We currently have 18 members all of which are first generation Christians with the exception of one.

History of the Lord’s church in Moorhead

It begins with the Lord.

Two men who were lost in sin heard the gospel preached and obeyed it for salvation.

These two men, one from Minnesota and one from Iowa both went to Bear Valley Bible Institute of Denver.

They formed a team.

They prayed and focused on their studies.

Roughly six months or less until graduation both men received full financial support from a few churches of Christ in the south who wanted to be a part of a stateside planting of the Lord’s church.

After graduation both men and their families moved to Moorhead and on Sunday, October 27, 1997 the church began in Moorhead.

I am that man from Iowa. My classmate from Minnesota is no longer with us. More importantly, it was God who used us and our families as instruments for the sake of the gospel and to put His blood bought church in a community filled with denominational error and lost souls.

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Leaders of the church

Joe Lucia & Ryan Kinzler

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The work of the Lord’s church in Moorhead

Evangelism

Edification

Benevolence

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Evangelism

Billboard 2013

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Evangelism

This evangelistic effort held in 2013 was specifically held for a growing population of

African people in the Fargo-Moorhead.

20 Daniel B. Sackey Sr. was a visiting preacher from

Liberia.

Evangelism

Fair booth at Red River Valley Fair in West Fargo, ND – July 2014

21Fair attendance is over 100, 000

EvangelismOTHER RECENT

EVANGELISTIC EFFORTS:PAST

EVANGELISTIC EFFORTS:

Magazine ad in the local “F-M Summer magazine”

New Residents mail outs

DragonFest

“House to House – Heart to Heart” magazine

Website (moorheadchurchofChrist.com)

Fair booth at Clay County Fair (Barnesville, MN)

Gospel Meetings Vacation Bible Schools Yellow page ad Newspaper ad College newspaper ad Jail ministry (Clay & Cass County

jails)

Door knocking “In Search of the Lord’s

Way” on local TV

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Baptisms

Over the years we have taught the gospel to many people.

We have baptized 21 souls into Christ for the forgiveness of sins.

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Moses Ackah - June 16, 2013

Ephesians 4:11-16“11 And He gave some as apostles, and some as prophets,

and some as evangelists, and some as pastors and teachers, 12 for the equipping of the saints for the work of service, to the building up of the body of Christ; 13 until we all attain to the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of

the Son of God, to a mature man, to the measure of the stature which belongs to the fulness of Christ. 14 As a

result, we are no longer to be children, tossed here and there by waves, and carried about by every wind of

doctrine, by the trickery of men, by craftiness in deceitful scheming; 15 but speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in all aspects into Him, who is the head, even

Christ, 16 from whom the whole body, being fitted and held together by that which every joint supplies, according to

the proper working of each individual part, causes the growth of the body for the building up of itself in love.”

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Edification Sermons

Bible Classes

Ladies Bible study

New Convert Bible studies

Visitation/Fellowship

Gospel Meetings

Minnesota Bible Lectureship (Rosemount, MN) 25

Galatians 6:10

“So then, while we have opportunity, let us do good to all men, and

especially to those who are of the household of

the faith.” NASB

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Benevolence

Several thousands of dollars have been spent over the years from the contribution and privately to help brethren who were in need of physical necessities.

Brethren have rendered charitable assistance in service to their brethren in need.

Also, we helped non-Christians on a limited basis with their needs.

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1 Corinthians 15:58

“Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast,

immovable, always abounding in the work of

the Lord, knowing that your toil is not in vain in the

Lord.” NASB

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Moorhead church of Christ

This is my spiritual family and my fellow workers in the Lord whom I love in Christ.

God has blessed me with the privilege of teaching and preaching to these brethren every week the way of the righteousness. 29

Thank youfor your prayers, encouragement &

financial assistance to us.

We love you and commend you in your

service to Christ.30

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Moorhead church of Christ

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