Something very exciting happened today.
We attended the groundbreaking for the first LDS chapel in Bella Vista Arkansas!
We have lived in NorthWest Arkansas for over 7 years and have been driving to Rogers 20 to attend church every Sunday.
When we moved here, the Bentonville 1st and 2nd wards had just split to form a Centerton Ward.
The number of church members has continued to grow.
Enough wards formed that the Rogers Stake split to form two stakes.
An additional ward formed in Centerton.
Bentonville 2nd ward split and the very first Bella Vista ward was formed.
Now, our ward, the Bella Vista Ward, has grown so much that we are ready to split into two, and we will have our own local building to attend church and worship in.
Amazing. We have been so lucky to have lived here over the past 7 years and witness the growth of the church here in this little corner of the world as people have come unto Christ. It will be a great blessing to my family to be able to congregate in a chapel so close to our home.
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The growth in the 9 years we've been here is pretty amazing. When we moved in, they just JUST announced that they were going to build the Bentonville Stake Center. Prior to that the last new building in the area was the Little Flock building 20 years prior. 3 new buildings in our stake this decade is awesome.
Very cool!
I have a question. What is the difference between a ward and a chapel? Is the ward the people and the chapel the building?
A chapel is the building. A ward is a congregation of people who meet in the chapel at a set time. Our ward is huge right now (about 500 people) and I don't doubt that we will split into two wards when the new chapel is finished and there is a place to fit everyone.
Happy Day!
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