Building

I have good news!

We are continuing to see growth and building as we meet together to worship and to serve our Lord. 

This past weekend we had over 90% of our previous year attendance in both worship and connect groups. Not only was this our highest percentage of previous attendance, but it was also the largest numerical attendance we have had in both connect groups and in worship.

We obviously have much for which to be thankful. We can see week by week that many people have returned to both connect groups and worship.

But, there is something much larger at work. In our Thursday morning pastoral staff meeting, we reported four different people (two were adults in their 20s) who had professed faith in Christ Wednesday night.

Our attendance is also being boosted by so many people who are new to First Baptist Church in all its campuses. We prayed that God would open doors for the gospel, and it appears He has certainly done so.

I don’t have to tell you how difficult this year has been. Our pastors and our staff have been magnificent in their work ethic and in their strategy for making a difference in our world by making Christ known.

We have made it our goal not just to get back to where we were but to get back and to move beyond.

Our goal and Christ’s command is not that we would maintain but that we would reach out with the good news of Christ Jesus.

I thank our great God for his wonderful blessings!

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13 Responses

  1. Good morning Waylon, it’s a blessing to hear about our church growing! And I am blessed to be a part of this. I have made some great Christian friends.
    But Waylon I am struggling right now since the election. I have to confess I am a little angry with God since the election. I know He has a plan and a purpose and I know His purpose and timing is not our timing; I do ,I know all of this. Usually I spend at least couple hours as soon as I wake up with Him n prayer and devotionals. And I have my Bible and devotionals but I just can’t get focused right now on His word. And Iam certainly not proud of this and know I need to surrender this feeling to Him. Anyway please keep me in your prayers.

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