I recently read an article (https://churchleaders.com/pastors/409595-church-decline.html) from an evangelical pastor of another denomination. His name just happens to be James White…. But besides that, because that isn’t what was striking. The thesis of his article was why churches are not growing. He makes it very clear that churches are in decline, churches aren’t growing. He… Read More »
UPDATE: I believe Paul says that we should consider others more important than ourselves. This aligns with his teachings on the weaker brother. EVERYONE is a weaker brother to me. EVERYONE is a weaker brother to you. There is no implication in the article below that some people are weaker in the faith than others.… Read More »
If I’ve learned anything it’s that change is inevitable. I remember telling an associate pastor, as he was telling me that he was taking a call to go somewhere else, I said, “Nothing stays the same except change.” When Gail and I were getting ready to get married they said our major source of conflict… Read More »
On Tuesday evening, when the Youth and Young Adults get together for more evangelism training, we showed the premiere video production of our spring evangelistic series. I was moved to tears when I watched it. Tears…of…joy…. I have a couple of passions: 1) that lost people are brought to Jesus, 2) that we train the… Read More »
Monday, August 2, 2021 Life is best when lived with a community of believers – Get in a Community Group! From Pastor Roger… This last Sabbath, Pastor Tyler Long presented us with a message of a mission statement and ended with his mission statement, challenging us to write our own mission statement. Here’s what he presented.… Read More »
Thursday, July 19, 2021 People Matter to God, therefore they matter to us From Pastor Roger… The Biblical Sexuality sermon series ends this week. We will be discussing the 6 verses in the Bible that talk about homosexuality. Yes, there are only 6. Please understand that one of our CORE VALUES at this church says,… Read More »
Yesterday, as I preached on the issue of a biblical view of sexuality, I realized that there is so much more to cover than we will get to in these three messages. I’ve now preached one and will have two more to go. But one person came to me and afterwards and said something horrible… Read More »
Thursday, July 8, 2021 Core Value Check: People Matter to God, therefore they matter to us It’s about why we evangelize Why we disciple people Why we protect people Why we take care of our first impressions People first – over the task STAY UP-TO-DATE with our CHURCH APP: Sabbath School Times, Church Calendar, listen… Read More »
Tuesday, June 22, 2021 Full Devotion to Christ and His Cause is Normal for Every Believer. Personal Devotions Being in a Community Group for accountability Dedicating your life to Christ and His cause. STAY UP-TO-DATE with our CHURCH APP: Sabbath School Times, Church Calendar, listen to message, Pastor’s Blog, etc. From Pastor Roger… This week… Read More »
I’ve been saying for years, that we do two evangelistic seminars a year – one in the spring, one in the fall. But I’ve always thought we should be doing 4-6 a year. I never thought we’d be doing 3-4 at the same time in different locations. Right now, we’ve divided the youth and young… Read More »
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