Arithmetic from Hell

A kind of arithmetic has been spawned in the counting rooms of hell. This kind of arithmetic is always interested in reaching the masses but somehow never ...

First Baptist Church Mission Statement

First Baptist Church lives to glorify Christ by making disciples who are growing in relationship with God in worship, then with the church in fellowship, ...

Destiny in the Slums

In More than You and Me, Kevin and Karen Miller write of the power of a God-given vision:

One couple lived in London 130 years ago. For the first 10 years ...

Vision Should Belong to Everyone

If vision is going to be owned by the people, it has to be more than something we talk them into.

The Roles of Leaders and Visions

Leaders do not have to be the greatest visionaries themselves. The vision may come from anyone. The leaders do have to state the vision, however. Leaders ...

Preaching that Works

Words without deeds are empty, but deeds without words are dumb. It is stupid to set them against each other. It is, for example, stupid to say: "The ...

Lord, Convert My Parish

My God, grant me the conversion of my parish; I am willing to suffer all my life whatsoever it may please thee to lay upon me; yes even for a hundred ...

Walking Advertisements

We ought to be Christians in large type, so that it would not be necessary (for others) to be long in our (company), or to regard us through spectacles, ...

The Purpose of the Clergy

It is the laity who are baptized primarily to share Christ's ministry in the world, not the clergy, who in an unjust, violent world have their hands full ...

Community Baptist Church Mission Statement

Reach unchurched people in the Inland Empire. Help them grow in Christ. So we can together serve the Lord in ministry.