Common Ground Ministry visits Uniontown church
Common Ground Ministry of Oklahoma is coming to New Beginnings Covenant Church, 171 Connellsville St., Uniontown, on Sunday. The ministry will appear at the 10 a.m. worship service, which will be followed by a dinner. The Rev. Mark Lawson is pastor.
According to the Common Ground website, Wayne and Connie Sanders are the founders of Common Ground Ministries (CGM), which has the motto, “Taking it to the Streets.” Since 1990, Common Ground has been involved in outreaches in the United States and overseas, including street evangelism, mission trips, tent revivals and prison ministry.
The website explained, “CGM is passionate about taking the Gospel into the places where most Christians don’t go in order reach the people who will not come to the church.”
Each year, CGM participates in outreaches at Mardi Gras, the Indianapolis 500 and Fair St. Louis as well as other outreaches across the nation. CGM makes three mission trips each year: two to Honduras and one to Pennsylvania. The ministry will appear at the Fayette County Courthouse in Uniontown at noon on Tuesday for a 9/11 memorial and Awake America Prayer Gathering.
CGM has traveled to the West Indies, including Barbados, Curacao, St. Martin and Trinidad, to minister while also bringing comfort and healing to clinics and orphanages throughout these nations.
Wayne and Connie Sanders have been married for 36 years and reside in Oklahoma with their family. Wayne Sanders is a graduate of Rhema Bible Training Center. In addition to CGM, Wayne and Connie Sanders serve as volunteer chaplains in several prisons in Oklahoma.