Celebrate Recovery

Evangelism: Tom Melton
Sunday, March 1, 2009

Celebrate Recovery is a recovery program which is not limited to alcohol or drug addiction. CR encourages fellowship and celebrates God's helping power.

At Midway Baptist Church, we covenanted to start CR using the principles of "Experiencing God." We covenanted to only move as God gave guidance and evidence that He was working. Leadership training was from January - March of 2008. We began Worship (April 2008), the Open Share Groups (May 2008) and Step Studies (June 2008).

The Worship Service on the 1st Tuesday of April 2008 had 7 in attendance. January and February of 2009 averaged 35.

We have seen around 85 people come to CR which reveals a lot of turn over. Many desire to give up addictions, but few have commitment or perseverance to finish the race.

The ones that have stayed are having miracles happen in their lives. When CR started, very few had more than a month clean time; many are now reaching their one year clean time. We have seen 14 people become active members of Midway. Families are being united, reconciliation and forgiveness is occurring and many are being set free from Satan's strongholds.

At our New Year's Eve worship, "Nail it to the Cross", one man testified that this was the first New Year's Eve that he had been sober in ten years.

CR is a Spiritual Battlefield and can only be fought with spiritual weapons. We spend much time in fasting and prayer as we claim Isaiah 58:6-12.