The apostle John writes from a 1st century perspective specifically to these seven churches in Asia Minor (1:4)… John writes about the religious, social, and political events going on at the end of the 1st century… Still, these churches and their trials of faith are representative of the churches and trials that all God’s people would face throughout the CHURCH AGE.
Bryan Wheeler Pastor Bryan Wheeler was converted to Christ in 1973. For most of the 20 years that he served in the U.S. Air Force he was actively involved in church-based preaching and teaching ministries in the U.S. and overseas. Pastor Wheeler was ordained into the gospel ministry in 1987 and was called into full time ministry in 1989. He is the pastor at Emmanuel Baptist Church in Verona, VA. He and his wife Maureen were married in 1968 and the Lord has given them 6 children and 4 grandchildren.
