Sunday twelve of us from the church who have expressed interest in Adult Bible Fellowship (ABF) groups travelled to downtown Akron, Ohio, to visit The Chapel, a large church that has developed a large network of ABFs. We got there a little late so we were rushed to get to our respective groups all over the three story facility.

Anita and I attended a group that was middle life couples. There was a 15 minute fellowship time with coffee and refreshments, then the leader made some announcements that tied the ABF to the larger church, as well as a couple of announcements that pertained to only that ABF, and then introduced the teacher, who was a substitute that day. The leader had introduced us to the group and told them why we were there, so the teacher began by asking if we had any questions about ABFs. We asked a couple of questions, and the rest of the teaching time the group members took turns telling us about things their group does and has done. They sacrificed most of their teaching time to really paint a clear picture of ABFs.

Then we went out to eat with Jeff Martinelli, who heads up the ABFs (about 60 of them) and fired more questions to him. I think we’ve gained a good understanding of how these can work and benefit our church community.

You’ll be hearing more about it.