Recently I’ve had several people ask me about baptism and if they need to be baptized. This is a great question, and not something you want to enter into lightly.  So, what do I share with people who are interested in baptism?  Most of the time I encourage them to read what the scripture says about baptism and make up their own minds about what they should do in their pursuit of Jesus. I tell them this because Baptism is such a personal decision, a person needs to have decided in their heart that they are ready to follow Jesus in a forever kind of way.  Maybe you’re thinking, “but Kent, I don’t even know where I would start in the bible to find out more about bapt….

I love in movies when there is that one defining moment that changes everything. The moment uncle Ben dies and tells Spiderman “with great power comes great responsibility,” or in Back to the Future when Doc is telling Marty about how the time-traveling Delorean works and he tells him the story of inventing the flux…

When Pastors meet other Pastors, there is a weird exchange that goes on.  They inevitably end up talking about “how their church is doing” and what they are doing to “grow” their church.  It’s not a bad thing, and I’m certainly interested in seeing the local church continue to grow and expand.  But I have to tell you, I’m not like other Pastors – my goal…

Stay Wins for The Kingdom! Lesley Tipton has joined our staff as our Children's & Family Pastor Reach student ministry has baptized several teens recently God has been moving in our worship ministry even in the absence of a Worship Pastor Prayer...