Farewell Message from Pastor Philip Trent
October 27, 2024
Farewell… It is with a lot of mixed emotions I recently announced my resignation as pastor at The Wesleyan Church of Fairfield. We will be moving at the end of October and taking the Senior Pastor position at Parkview Wesleyan Church in Central Indiana.
After 22 years in Fairfield, this decision was made only after much prayer, contemplation, soul-searching, discernment and ultimately some very specific confirmations in my spirit and answers to prayer. It is important to me that the entire church, our community and any future pastors would know that I have made this decision, not because of any actions or inactions on the part of this local congregation. The church has faithfully cared for, nurtured, compensated, encouraged and loved both me and my entire family. God has worked wonders in all our lives as we have faithfully served God together. We have worship, fellowshipped, studied, discipled, given away thousands of coats & shoes, held enormous Vacation Bible Schools, and banded together to expand our small building into what we have now. Then completely paid it all off way ahead of schedule. And better than all that, we have seen many people put their faith in Jesus. All of this was done thru the grace of God and the work of His Holy Spirit. If we are honest, Heather and I were worried when God called us 4 hours away from what we had always called home. But today, we find it hard to pull up the roots we have made, and we praise God for bringing us here.
We have built some of the greatest and most important relationships in our lives over these last two decades. But, we know we have to go. The reason we must is this; Because God has called us too. It’s that simple. As sure as I was that God called me to be the pastor here in 2002, I believe God has called me to now go and pastor at Parkview. And I have full faith and confidence that God is calling someone to come and lead the congregation of The Wesleyan Church of Fairfield. It is our prayer that The Wesleyan Church of Fairfield will find and follow God’s will and soar to new heights under their new pastor’s leadership.
Sincerely and in the love of Christ,
Pastor Philip Trent
Pictured above: Logan, Heather, Pastor Trent and Kaylin