{"id":232,"date":"2011-09-08T15:19:57","date_gmt":"2011-09-08T20:19:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/sander\/?p=232"},"modified":"2011-09-08T15:19:57","modified_gmt":"2011-09-08T20:19:57","slug":"the-end-of-the-paved-road","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/sander\/2011\/09\/08\/the-end-of-the-paved-road\/","title":{"rendered":"The End of the Paved Road"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2011\/09\/SnDom3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-235\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2011\/09\/SnDom3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/sander\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2011\/09\/SnDom3.jpg 600w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/sander\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2011\/09\/SnDom3-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2011\/09\/SnDom2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-234\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2011\/09\/SnDom2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/sander\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2011\/09\/SnDom2.jpg 500w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/sander\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2011\/09\/SnDom2-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2011\/09\/SnDom1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-233\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2011\/09\/SnDom1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/sander\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2011\/09\/SnDom1.jpg 600w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/sander\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2011\/09\/SnDom1-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The town of Santo Domingo, Antioquia, is at the end of the paved road.\u00a0 Literally.\u00a0 And it isn\u2019t a straight road to get there, either.\u00a0 Ten years ago Covenant Pastor Javier Gomez teamed with some other pastors in a vision to plant a church in each pueblo of Antioquia where there was not an existing evangelical Christian church.\u00a0 While not all of the pueblos in Antioquia have an evangelical church yet, the Door to Heaven Covenant Christian Community is still going along under the leadership of Pastor Juan.\u00a0 The faithfulness of Pastor Juan is impressive and his efforts to introduce a healthy evangelical ministry in Santo Domingo and relate to the people of the town are steadily seeing fruit.\u00a0 In his time, God will allow the harvest to be realized.\u00a0 Meanwhile, we are encouraging Pastor Juan and the work there to keep being faithful.\u00a0 Being the only evangelical Christian presence in a town is a daunting task.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-report-this\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/sander?moderation_action=report_form&object_type=post&object_id=232&width=250&height=300\" class=\"thickbox\" title=\"Report This Post\">Report This Post<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The town of Santo Domingo, Antioquia, is at the end of the paved road.\u00a0 Literally.\u00a0 And it isn\u2019t a straight road to get there, either.\u00a0 Ten years ago Covenant Pastor Javier Gomez teamed with some other pastors in a vision &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/sander\/2011\/09\/08\/the-end-of-the-paved-road\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":71,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-232","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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