Spiritual Formation
Mission Trip Aftermath: Spiritual Formation after Spiritual Awakening
A few weeks back, I returned from what I think was my nineteenth or twentieth mission trip. It’s not as spiritual or impressive as you might think.
Continue ReadingREAL Discipleship Groups
Two years ago, in the midst of the pandemic, our church celebrated five years of ministry. We took that opportunity to look back and see at what level we had accomplished what we actually set out to achieve.
Continue ReadingCall to Prayer alongside the CBC
We want to join with our brothers and sisters of the CBC in praying. Please take time over the next few days to do that. We would also request that you remember the CBC in your upcoming weekend worship services.
Continue ReadingMourning and Praying
A call to mourn and pray with our Cameroonian brethren, David Ewing’s retirement, the newest edition of Onward, and end-of-year info
Continue ReadingCall to Mourning and Prayer with the CBC
Cameroon is the oldest mission partner of the North American Baptist Conference. Through the years, we have had opportunity to rejoice with them as churches were planted, church leaders were trained, hospitals were built, and lives were forever changed by the in-breaking of the Kingdom of Heaven on earth. Today, however, is an opportunity to mourn with those who mourn.
Continue ReadingBetter Together Than Apart
As North American Baptists, we are a community of faith in Jesus. In this time of divisiveness and hostility, we need to commit ourselves to live in the love of Jesus Christ.
Continue ReadingYou’re Cordially Invited
A few years ago, my wife Carissa and I stepped into our church planting journey. After years of serving students in northeast Ohio, we sensed God was inviting us into a new and fresh challenge.
Continue ReadingConfession and Repentance
As the Church in the West considers its place in the broader culture, it is best for us to begin with confession and repentance, not repentance on behalf of the broader culture but because of our own role in embracing and even shaping that culture within the walls of our own churches.
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