FINDING THE SABBATH TRUTH
St. Luke Church of Opportunity Church switches to Saturday Sabbath services By Barbara Jolly-Deakle News Herald Correspondent Oct 30, 2019 The community is invited to participate in the new Sabbath services at St. Luke Church of Opportunity, 126 Brookside Lane, Morganton. The church switched to Saturday Sabbath services July 7 and no longer offers Sunday services, after the subject of the Sabbath came up one church night by Russell Corpening Sr., trustee chairman of the church, said Aaron Hooper, bishop of the church. “During our Wednesday night, ‘Let’s Talk Bible,’ brother Corpening asked why we did not observe the holy Sabbath,” Hooper said. “All of us come from a Christian background, and have roots in several other denominations, still were consistently taught ‘We go to church on Sunday.’ During conversations, we came to understand the most common explanation for this was (because) Jesus’ resurrection from the dead was on Sunday. We had not giv