My Church

I attend The World of Pentecost, pastored by Reverend Dan C. Mitchell, in Columbus, Indiana. We have a weekly worship service at 2:00 on Sunday afternoons. If that sounds odd, consider how much effort it is to make Sunday a day of rest when you have to be at church by 9:00 a.m. Pastor Mitchell considers time with the family to be of utmost importance, and this schedule allows us to wake up pleasantly and have breakfast, worship God with a clear head and energetic heart, and then spend the evening in fellowship with friends and family over a relaxing dinner.

The bible says that “wisdom is justified of her children” (Luke 7:35) and this has certainly proven the case. It’s a joy to go to church at The World of Pentecost. Pastor Mitchell teaches a “balanced fervency” about living for God. There’s a ditch on both sides of the road, as he says. Too lenient, and you’ll lose your soul and miss out on your mission. Too harsh, and you’ll burn out trying to live what no one can, and you’ll force people away from God. It’s all about Spirit and Truth, both together at the same time. The bible says “let your moderation be known unto all men” (Phillipians 4:5), but it also says that you should be “stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord” (1 Corinthians 15:58).

Pastor Mitchell’s wisdom and compassion are simply too large to be spoken of here. I have never met a bigger man. Many people fault the Pentecostal movement as cultish because we tend to place our spiritual leaders on a pedestal, but I’ll say this: I can find no fault in the person of Pastor Mitchell. I have never – in almost 18 years of attending this church – and being around him a lot personally besides this – ever seen him make a rash decision, lose his temper, or belittle someone, even when everything else would say that he had a “right” to. He recently has spoken on the scripture in Proverbs 16:32 (much to my conviction), and I can promise that I have never met anyone more qualified to teach the subject.