Ryan and
I look back on the past ten years of marriage with wonder and amazement as to how God has used different circumstances and experiences to bring us to where we are today. I, Kristyn, grew up in the small town of Ridgeway, Ontario (next to Crystal Beach area) and Ryan grew up outside of Cleveland, OH). The Lord brought us together through our college experience at Messiah College, (Grantham, PA), where Ryan graduated with a B.S. in Accounting with a minor in Business Administration and I with a B.A. Health and Physical Education. Now, ten years later, we are blessed with three children and thankful for the opprotunity we have to serve WNY, Southern Ontario and the Greater Toronto Area through our financial minstry/business, RKL Financial.
Our first love and passion is to serve our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, and our prayer is that we would serve Him with every aspect of our lives. Over the last few years, God has laid a specific burden on our hearts to pray for unity in the body of Christ, and to faciliate greater awareness of what is going on in churches around the world. This summer the Holy Spirit inspired us to create this website to promote unity amongst churches who preach Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior, and to create a prayer chain for churches that extends across the globe.
No church is perfect, but as we pray for revival, we see distinct denominational blockades preventing the Spirit from moving freely in and through our churches who are in Christ. Greed, competition, envy and insecurity have distorted The Gospel and the “every church for itself” mentality has proven to be ineffective and even counter-effective as the unsaved are disturbed by the hypocrisy and foolish quarreling: “You are still worldly. For since there is jealousy and quarreling among you, are you not worldly? Are you not acting like mere men? I planted the seed, Apollos watered it, but God made it grow. So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God who makes things grow.” 1 Corinthians 3:3, 6-7. Guilty and ashamed myself, I pray God’s Word would spur us on to walk in His Truth and esteem one another as brothers and sisters in Christ Jesus. Until we realize that we are One in the Body of Christ, the enemy will continue to keep us pinned to our pews and the blood of Christ will be unable to flow freely through our clogged veins and arteries to minister to our communities, our nation and our world.
Please understand we are in no way supporting the new-age, “inter-faithism”, where all roads lead to God. We believe Jesus is “… The Way, The Truth and The Life. No one comes to the Father except through [Him].” John 14:6
According to Psalm 127:1, “Unless the Lord builds the house, its builders labor in vain…”. God is building His church, and while the physical earthly churches show themselves in varying forms, (variety of convictions, methods of worship, governing practices, etc), if the foundation of Jesus Christ is there, the Bible says we are One in the Spirit of God (Ephesians 4:1-7). It is not ours to decide who does or does not belong, but rather it is our responsibilty to link arms and walk forward in the Spirit of Christ as His band of soldiers ready and willing be trained in righteousness for His glory and good purposes. There is power in numbers and today, more than ever, it is time for the body of Christ to come together and stand for the Name of Jesus!
Will you stand with us?
