Christianity Board Hits 1,000 Members!

Yesterday, Christianity Board reached quite a milestone. We added our 1,000th member to the forum and have since added another five. Our growth has been tremendous in the past year and a half and I cannot be more thankful to God for everything that this community has become and the good people within in!Most of you know what it feels like to watch something grow and take off. I've administered another, secular forum - which I sold at the 999th member because of a financial situation when I was younger - and I don't remember it being such a joy to reach this same milestone. The 1,000th member came during negotiations for the sale. Christianity Board is my internet child and God has blessed us! He's done all the hard work, I just get the joyous part of meeting you all and trying to keep this place running right.I just wanted to say that I thank you all for what you have brought to the table and for the manners and respect that you have shown even when opinions do not always agree. We've had our share of troubles, but God has seen us through it each time.At a moment like this, I can't help but be reminded of some verses, so I'll conclude with these in tribute to our Father YHVH - because that is what this is all about for each and every one of us - and in tribute to the community here that has come together:Matthew 18:18-20Verily I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever ye shall loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven. Again I say unto you, That if two of you shall agree on earth as touching any thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father which is in heaven. For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.Colossians 3:12-17Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering; Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye. And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness. And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful. Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord. And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him.Finally, given the time that we are fast upon:Psalm 91He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. I will say of the LORD, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust. Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from the noisome pestilence. He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust: his truth shall be thy shield and buckler. Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night; nor for the arrow that flieth by day; Nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness; nor for the destruction that wasteth at noonday. A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand; but it shall not come nigh thee. Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold and see the reward of the wicked. Because thou hast made the LORD, which is my refuge, even the most High, thy habitation; There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling. For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways. They shall bear thee up in their hands, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone. Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder: the young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample under feet. Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him: I will set him on high, because he hath known my name. He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and honour him. With long life will I satisfy him, and show him my salvation.Maranatha!May God Bless you and may God Bless Christianity Board!

Just shy of 450 have one or more posts on the board. That's about right at normal in my experience to have around half of members contributing with another group of lurkers and then those who sign up and don't come back for whatever various reasons - usually chief one is they flat out forget.