A First Time Visitor Writes About The Salvation Army Berry Street

Posted on October 21, 2014 by Steve Simms

–A First Time Visitor Last Sunday Talks About His Berry St. Experience!—

“We were blessed to attend Berry Street Salvation Army. This is a church which operates totally at the Holy Spirits bidding. We experienced an overwhelming ministry of love which flowed not only from the pastor, Steve Simms, and his charming wife, Ernie, but from everyone who attends. Pastor Steve calls it ‘sermon free’ church because he doesn’t deliver a sermon, but talks about what the Spirit is doing in the lives of those attending the church, then he turns the mike over to anyone else who wishes to share a testimony or prayer need, or a word from the Spirit. So, we must respectfully disagree about it being sermon free church, for we heard a number of inspiring sermons that morning. I once asked a traditional church pastor if he would like to have a church like the book of acts where everyone had opportunity and encouragement to participate, and he said the people were not ready for it. I wish he could experience Berry Street Salvation Army. Ordinary people ministering to ordinary people. We left KNOWING we had experienced Christ there.” –William Pratt

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About Steve Simms

I like to look and think outside the box. In college I encountered Jesus Christ and I have been passionate about trying to get to know Him better ever since. My wife and I long to see the power and passion of the first Christ-followers come to life in our time. I have written a book about our experiences in non-traditional church, called, "Beyond Church: An Invitation To Experience The Lost Word Of The Bible--Ekklesia." If you need encouragement, search for: Elephants Encouraging The Room and/or check out my Amazon author page. Thank you!
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  23. Chris Wood's avatar Chris Wood says:
    May 26, 2022 at 2:45 pm

    Why does the URL of this page say “how people pick sex partners”? https://stevesimms.wordpress.com/2014/10/21/how-people-pick-sex-partners/ I’ve been reading and enjoying many of these pages, but this one confused me greatly.

    I can’t see any replies on this page, so I don’t know how I will get an answer. If you can see my email, please email me.

    Reply
    • Steve Simms's avatar Steve Simms says:
      May 26, 2022 at 2:50 pm

      Chris: I wrote and posted this a long time ago, so I’ve forgotten. I think I posted an article about Biblical sexuality and then erased it and posted this on the same page. Steve

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