As the pastor of The Church At Limestone, I would like to welcome you to our assembly. I want to take this opportunity to describe what you will see and hear when you visit.
When you arrive, you may notice right away that the Believers are modestly dressed. The men wear pants. Their hair is not long, but is cut as the scripture requires. We ask men to dress appropriately to show respect for the house of the Lord.
The ladies are dressed in modest dresses or skirts that are not revealing. In accordance with the Apostle Paul’s teachings in the New Testament, their hair is uncut. 1 Corinthians 11:13-15, 1 Timothy 2:9 We ask women to dress modestly when visiting.
Although some visitors may not yet understand or observe these scriptural teachings, we welcome you and would love to discuss and explain why we obey the scripture instead of adhering to worldly fashions and trends.
In the majority of modern churches, these scriptural teachings go mostly ignored. We hold God’s Word too dear to cherry-pick what we observe. We obey His Word because we love Him and want to please Him; we don’t obey Him out of legalism. John 14:15 Why do we love Him? Because He first loved us and gave His life for ours at Calvary.
We love to worship and sing songs of praise and adoration to the Lord Jesus Christ, for He is worthy to be praised. Psalm 100:1-3 We are not ashamed to give praise to Him. Whether shouting “Amen!” or other joyful exclamations of praise while the Truth is sung, prayed, and preached, exalting Christ everywhere is our goal. 1 Timothy 2:8
Occasionally, the Holy Ghost may so fill a Saint that they are overcome with the presence of God and they release a victory scream or dance in the Spirit. At first, this might seem surprising but is welcome when it is genuine and in order. Have you seen sports fans, when their team just scored the winning point, they will scream and dance because they are so happy that their team won? So do the Saints of God when they see the lost saved, the sick healed, and the captives set free. It is a wonderful time of rejoicing and praising the Lord.
We believe in the scriptural, supernatural manifestation of speaking in tongues. When it occurs in order and with an interpreter, it edifies the church. 1 Corinthians 12:4-10
We seek to never hinder any gift or manifestation of the Holy Ghost and our primary focus and goal is to make the Lord welcome in any way possible that does not break the scriptural order or doctrine of God’s Holy Word. 1 Corinthians 12:4-10
If any of the topics mentioned are new to you, I invite you to read the following scriptures that show their Biblical basis. I would be more than happy to talk with you too.
Thank you and may God bless you!!!
Your brother in Christ,
Wes Willis
Pastor
The Church At Limestone
Deuteronomy 22:5
5 The woman shall not wear that which pertaineth unto a man, neither shall a man put on a woman's garment: for all that do so are abomination unto the Lord thy God.
2 Samuel 6:14
14 And David danced before the Lord with all his might; and David was girded with a linen ephod.
Psalm 100:1-3
1 Make a joyful noise unto the Lord, all ye lands.
2 Serve the Lord with gladness: come before his presence with singing.
3 Know ye that the Lord he is God: it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are his people, and the sheep of His pasture.
Ezra 3:11
11 And they sang together by course in praising and giving thanks unto the Lord; because he is good, for his mercy endureth for ever toward Israel. And all the people shouted with a great shout, when they praised the Lord, because the foundation of the house of the Lord was laid.
John 14:15
15 If ye love me, keep my commandments.
1 Corinthians 11:13-15
13 Judge in yourselves: is it comely that a woman pray unto God uncovered?
14 Doth not even nature itself teach you, that, if a man have long hair, it is a shame unto him?
15 But if a woman have long hair, it is a glory to her: for her hair is given her for a covering.
1 Corinthians 12:4-10
4 Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit.
5 And there are differences of administrations, but the same Lord.
6 And there are diversities of operations, but it is the same God which worketh all in all.
7 But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to profit withal.
8 For to one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdom; to another the word of knowledge by the same Spirit;
9 To another faith by the same Spirit; to another the gifts of healing by the same Spirit;
10 To another the working of miracles; to another prophecy; to another discerning of spirits; to another divers kinds of tongues; to another the interpretation of tongues:
1 Timothy 2:8-9
8 I will therefore that men pray every where, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting.
9 In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with broided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array;