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COMMENTARY
FAVORITES
Joyce Meyers
Life in the Word Page 5
Charles Stanley
This months newsletter Page 4
ENTERTAINMENT
Old Man River Comes to Rome
Page 15
Dove Award Nominations
Page 8
HISTORICAL TIMES
Rome Museum Holds Treasure
Cover
VALENTINE SPECIAL
LOVE IS
Preschoolers from St. Mary’s
Throughout
Three Marriage Truths Page 11
MINISTRIES
Pastor Profile: Steve Coyle Page 6
Battlefield Ministries Page 3
The
Christian Timesfloyd polk bartow & gordon counties
VOLUME 1 ISSUE 3 FREE MONTHLY PUBLICATION FEBRUARY 2002
Prayer Warriors Unite
Announcing the
location and times that
people are gathering to
pray is a mandate from
God for this paper.
E n c o u r a g i n g
Christians to step out
of their busy lives and
into the Throne room
with petitions will be
found among our
pages hereafter.
A group of men have
been the catalyst for an
area in The Christian
hour?" (Matt 26:40)
Our next issue will
have a listing of
prayer groups who
are praying for our
cities regularly so we
can all watch and
pray together. If you
have a group that is
open to the public, or
want to start one,
contact us at The
Christian Times and
we will list you on our
site next issue.
weeks there were
seven men gathering at
lunchtime. They are
setting up a website
c a l l e d
PrayRome.com, and
would like to invite
you to join them on
Wednesdays at noon
to pray for Rome.
One day each week,
one hour, like Jesus
beseeched His disci-
ples, "Could you not
pray with me for one
Times which will be
called Warrior Central.
These intercessors
gather at lunch (12
PM) on Wednesdays at
The First Presbyterian
Church in Rome to
pray for Rome, for one
h o u r .
The urge to pray
began in Jorge Romero
of the Hispanic
Ministry in Rome, he
called his friend Jim
Lanier and in a few
A Rich Christian Heritage
Our area is
rich, lavish in
Christian heritage.
Certainly this is
proved at the Rome
Area History
Museum. On a wall
at the museum hangs
pictures of , not just
a few, but many
churches that had
their beginnings in
the 1800's. Some
that were established
over 150 years ago
s t i l l h a v e
congregations.
Metropolitan UMC,
700 Broad St.
Established 1867.
Floyd Springs UMC,
Established 1848.
St. Paul African
American
Methodist
Episcopal,
106 East 6th Ave..
Established 1844.
First United
Methodist Church,
202 E 3rd Ave..,
Established 1840.
St. Peters Episcopal,
Established 1844,
served as a Federal
hospital in 1864
F i r s t C h r i s t i a n
C h u r c h ,
Established 1896.
First Baptist Rome ,
8th Ave.. and 1st Street,
Established 1855.
First Presbyterian
Rome, 3rd Ave..,
E s t a b l i s h e d
1833.Springfield
Baptist, Established
1 8 7 7 .
North Broad Baptist,
Established 1867.
G r e a t e r M o u n t
Calvary Baptist,
445 E 14th Street,
Book of Common
Prayer printed in 1802.
Most exceptional is the
Little New Testament of
which identical versions
are still carried around in
pockets by many today,
Established 1883.
The museum
which is filled with
delightful bits of history,
houses a German Bible
passed down in the
Woodring family from
1857, and a Standard
excepting that this one in
excellent condition, was
printed in 1817.Previous
generations have passed
down glimpses into their
lives. North Georgia is
fortunate to hold treas-
ures from so many years
ago. The Word of God
being the finest
treasure of all times
past and all times to
come.
On a wall at the museum hangs pictures of , not just a few, but
many churches that had their beginnings in the 1800's.