I love the church of the Lord Jesus Christ. I always have. Even as a teenager when I thought I never would want to be the pastor of a church, I loved the church. We know why the church is special. It belongs to Christ. It is made up of those redeemed by the blood […]
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What You Can Pray About
I grew up singing hymns–and I loved it. Many of those hymns were about prayer. “Sweet Hour of Prayer” was one we sang often but I didn’t really get the significance of prayer being sweet. I also missed the power of “What A Friend We Have In Jesus” and its phrase about the privilege of […]
How Seniors Can Help Their Church
Most churches are blessed with a large number of senior adults, and that’s a good thing. God has given the church a wonderful supply of people to carry on the work of ministry and to build up the body of Christ (Ephesians 3:12). We should not be surprised that this is the case. After all, […]
Hope for the Future–What You Can Do
Earlier in the week I wrote about having a sense of hope for the future for the growth of the kingdom. If you would like to read “A Sense of Hope,” go to waylonbailey.com. I think you will be encouraged to read a few wonderful things happening in our country and also around the world. […]
I am the senior pastor of First Baptist Church, Covington, Louisiana, a position that I have held since 1989.