Today was spent discovering the rich history of Christian missionaries and Baptist work in Aquilas. We saw the location of the first Evangelical church in the city, great trees in a plaza that were planted by renowned Baptist missionaries, and found a great source of information in a wonderful lady named Josefina.
Josefina had us over for lunch in her home, the very same home she grew up in and
belonged to her great-grandfather. He was one of the early believers in Aguilas and their family suffered persecution due to their faith. Josefina herself remembers being in worship services in a lady’s home (the government would not allow them to have churches) and having passersby throw stones at them and what she described as “bottles with a rag and filled with gasoline.”
The home churches would designate a “sentinel deacon” to stand guard at the door and inform the congregation if the police were coming and disperse the people. The tradition of a sentinel deacon continues in the Baptist churches today (surprise, surprise) as a deacon is tasked with standing at the door and maintaining order or oversight of the entry way.
We met in a home where Brenda led a conference with the newly formed Worship Team of Aguilas.
Afterward, we worshiped in the home until midnight!
PS: Cars are small in Spain . . . and some are very small!
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