Easter 2025

Typically, here on Seed to Harvest, we focus on individual churches and pastors; however, with Easter being last month, we wanted to take some time to celebrate all the goodness that came from that Holy week and how our region got to celebrate the Risen King!

At Greenville Community Church, they saw 17 baptisms and had a total of 1,015 people in attendance! Within the Zero Collective (Frontline, The Story, New Life, and Center Church), 71 people made their first decision for Christ. There were also 19 people baptized and a total of 4,130 people in attendance!

At Lakeport Wesleyan Church, 4 people were baptized, and there were 504 people in attendance! Mission Life Church in Ionia had 35 people come forward, stating they wanted to deepen their relationship with Christ, and one man also received Christ. Woodside Wesleyan had 184 in attendance, and 8 people received Christ! Lighthouse Church had 10 people receive Christ, and over 300 people attended.

At StoryHill Church, there were 13 first-time decisions, and at Hart Wesleyan, there were 12 people who received Christ! At Central Wesleyan, 6,000 people attended church over the course of Easter weekend, and 60 Bibles were taken in response to Salvation! Berkley Hills had 1,064 people in attendance (A new record for them!) Frost Creek had 305 people and Knapp Valley had 240 people!

The Local Church had 11 first-time decisions! The Beloved Church had 450 in attendance over 3 services and 3 baptisms, bringing their total baptisms since launch to 5! Fountain Church had a baptism, the first one in years there! They doubled their attendance from last year as well!

At LifeChange Church, 1,186 people were in attendance, and 4 people accepted Jesus! Broadview Wesleyan Chicago had 3 baptisms! Friendship Wes also celebrated baptisms! The Caring Community Church had 4 Salvations, 1 baptism, and 268 people in attendance (a new record)!

Encounter Church had 9 baptisms, 2 child dedications, and 2 people saying yes to Jesus! Blanchard Community Church, Lakeview Community Church, and Tri-County Community Church had a combined attendance of 382! Tri County Community Church also had 4 baptisms! Real Connections Church celebrated some baptisms as well!

Bayview Church had 33 first-time decisions with over 1,000 people in attendance! Keystone Church had 29 Salvations on Easter and 15 Salvations on Palm Sunday! Overflow Church had 14 Salvations and 571 people in attendance!

Impact Church had 131 Salvations with 3,972 people in attendance! Gathering Church had 2 Salvations and 125 people in attendance! At Hillside Church, 1,041 people were in attendance (another record-setting number)!

Radiant Life Church had 30 baptisms, several conversions, and an attendance of 2,100, a record-breaking number for them! Journey Church in both Caledonia and Middleville had 13 salvations! Woodland Church had over 1,000 new people attend with 348 new donors, over 180 salvations, 150+ baptisms, and 125 new members! There were 1,098 people in the worship center at Woodland Church on Easter, and 18 people received Christ! Along with Battle Creek Woodland Church, the Marshall location had 600 people in attendance on Easter!

While not all of our churches in our region are mentioned here, we recognize the impact in every community of every one of our churches! If you have a story you'd like to share with us, please send it to communications@theglr.org. We want to hear more about how your churches and ministries are positively impacting your local communities, both large and small.

We want to recognize all of our churches, big and small, rural and urban, because we are seeing people come to Christ in ways that impact them more deeply than these numbers above. While yes, these statistics are welcoming and great to see, the truly amazing thing is that each of these numbers is one person whose life has changed because of accepting Jesus Christ.

Our Kingdom impact is such a stark reminder of why we have the conversations, prayer requests, and support networks. This is all for our Lord Almighty. Witnessing our people in our region and beyond accept Jesus Christ as the risen Savior is an amazing sight.

We would like to remind you to be prayerful within your communities and churches, regardless of their size. To lean into the Holy Spirit and in any season, and make prayer your foundation for everything. We give thanks to God for the amazing celebrations that we can have from Easter, and we also know that the Mission is not finished.

With warmth and blessings through Him,

The Seed to Harvest team