Read the article here Our congregation’s merger was in the Nashua Telegraph again today. The article had a couple of small misnomers (for example, we don’t call our worship services ‘mass’) but it was still a decent writeup. You should check it out!
Tonight, Heritage Baptist Church and Grace Baptist Church voted overwhelmingly to complete the merger of the legal corporations and become Bedford Road Baptist Church. We are very excited about this step and the process that has brought us to it. We know the coming years will not be challenge free, but we know this is… Read More »
Introduction I actually wrote this list a few years ago, when a friend of mine was struggling with some issues in his congregation. It is meant as a satire, but it is poignant nonetheless. Too often, these kinds of human objections limit the power of the Holy Spirit to direct a congregation. The Vision Killing… Read More »
I’ve made a new entry to the Intimate Church project. Without giving away too much, it speaks to Bonzai trees and Starbucks coffee. You really should go over there and check it out!
Explanation: I’ve started another site that I am calling Intimate Church: the strength of the under 200 congregation (title is still in the works). On the site, I am going to be posting what I hope will evolve into a larger project. The project started with the frustration of reading books supposedly written for churches but… Read More »
God gives a local congregation two things: vision and gifts. He shows us where we are going and infuses us with the ability to get there. Sometimes, we are unwilling to go where he is taking us. Sometimes, we are unwilling to do the things that are required to get there. Some church leaders and… Read More »
This is the first video in a three-part series. It is the content of the Vision Workshop that we presented to the congregation at Grace Baptist Church (well, all 5 of you who actually attended). Parts 2 and 3 will be put up as soon as we have them processed. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qwjdb32NPGw]
vi·sion [vizh-uhn] 1. the act or power of sensing with the eyes; sight. 2. the act or power of anticipating that which will or may come to be 3. something seen; an object of sight 4. glimpsing the image of our future that exists in the mind of God. Vision is not just some kind of nifty idea for church growth. In fact, it has very… Read More »
After discussing the candidate name of The Church on Bedford Road, the elders had enough of a sense of direction from the congregation that we chose to alter the candidate name to BEDFORD ROAD BAPTIST CHURCH. As I’ve told many people, I could pastor Cardboard Box Baptist Church, as long as the congregation was behind… Read More »
You can check out all the messages from the series Creed here. The Question of God The Gospel of the Son The Name and the Presence of the Spirit The Authority of the Word The Thud and the Crud Coming Together with Jesus We apologize for the fuzziness in some of the audio. There’s an issue… Read More »
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