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“I walked them through the gospel and they believed in Jesus, right in my living room and then we baptized them just last month and they became members last week,” he said. “So we’re really excited. It’s a great encouragement to our church.” In addition to new believers, Massaro says many unbe- lievers have heard the gospel for the first time since the launch of Trails Church, and believers are growing in three community groups that meet throughout the week. As the church moves toward its first anniversary, Massaro has goals for his congregation. “I’d like to just continue to be faithful,” he said. “I don’t necessarily have numeric goals but we would like to see new believers come and hear the gospel and respond to the gospel.” He hopes some of those new believers come through out- reach to the Meskhetian Turkish population in Dayton. “We have strong desires to reach out to them,” he said. “I’m sitting in a house right now that if I stand on my porch, I cannot see another American. It is one hundred percent Turkish. So we kind of jumped into this community with the desire to be able to reach the Turkish community.” Massaro hopes to train his church in evangelism and how to engage with those in Islam. “You know, just prepare our team for what we believe God has called us to do, which is to reach out to the nations around us.” During the Week of Prayer for North American Missions, please pray for Will Massaro and Trails Church as they strive to reach Huber Heights and the Meskhetian Turks in their area.
Prayer Requests: Pray for the Massaro Family: Will, Alyssa and their three chil- dren, Liam (4), Luca (2), and Lottie (3 months). Please pray for Will and Alyssa’s marriage to stay strong under the stress of church planting while raising three young chil- dren. Pray for Trails Church: Please pray for unity and a shared vision and mission for the church. Pray for the Meskhetian Turkish community: Please pray for the Lord to open opportunities to share the gospel and open hearts to receive the gospel. Pastor Will Massaro, lead pastor of Trails Church, Huber Heights, his wife, Alyssa, sons, Liam, Luca, and newborn Lottie. Lottie was named in honor of missionary Lottie Moon.
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