Well I can’t argue with you on any of this. I remember many years ago, one of my friends, a pastor in our church (he is not the pastor of another church), told me that we had “a great mission field” right in our own church. I think that is true for many churches.
As I’ve always said, I think God’s remnant is everywhere and even in very unlikely places. The spirit knows the spirit however, and the sheep hear His voice and He knows where His sheep are and who they are.
God knows, indeed.
I had a friend on JAD that was Missouri Synod and posted to Orlando. I meant to visit him a couple of years ago when we visited Orlando, but managed to miss him.
He was a great young man and full of Christ.