Indiana

Chuck and Louise Smith were baptized in 1981 at the Salem (Oregon) Seventh-day Adventist Church by their pastor, Dwight Nelson. Sometime later, the Smiths moved across the country to Florida and then in 1983 they moved to a community in Indiana near Indianapolis. When they arrived in Indiana, Chuck and Louise visited various area churches, and they chose to worship at the Irvington (Indianapolis) Church.

Reflecting on the years after their move, Chuck and Louise say they allowed the cares of this life to lead them away from their faith. The fellowship they had once enjoyed with their church was no longer a part of their lives.

Then in 2007, the Smiths began to feel the wooing of the Holy Spirit in their hearts. Chuck and Louise realized life had taken them away from the fellowship they had once enjoyed with God and His people, and they decided to come back to their former church. Immediately, they were treated like a part of the caring church family at Irvington, as if they had just returned from a long vacation.

The Smiths' hearts were warmed and renewed by the members' friendship and spiritual worship services, and they decided to be re-baptized. Today, Chuck and Louise are very pleased to be a part of a wonderful and loving Christian congregation.

Charlotte Dodd, communications secretary, Irvington Church, as shared with Bruce Babienco, volunteer correspondent, Lake Union Herald