President Lewis Preaches at Eastern Hills Church

Houghton University President, Dr. Wayne D. Lewis, Jr., preached at Eastern Hills Church where he serves on the teaching team. His message focused on Acts 2:42-47, with special focus on how the early church lived out the Christian life together in verses 44-45.

“If there’s any one word that stands out to me in terms of how they behaved and how they went about their work, it is “collectively.” They did it together.”

Lewis went on to identify three primary takeaways from these verses:

1. That there was a willingness and desire to do Christian life together—Christianity was never intended to be lived out in isolation, but in community with other believers—the Church.
2. That the early believers had a willingness and desire to act selflessly and bear each others burdens—the needs and petitions of individual believers become the needs and petitions of the body of believers—the Church.
3. That there was a recognition of the power of the Christian collective—the Church, as a body of Christian believers, is much more impactful than Christians acting individually.

During the Saturday night service, Lewis had the privilege to introduce Stephenie (Garey ’08) Couch, a Houghton alumna and homegrown missionary from Eastern Hills.

President Lewis Begins Speaking at 24:30