Reflecting on Year 2
June 9th marks the two-year anniversary of my time as Senior Pastor at Fee Fee. I find it hard to believe that Kenzie and I have already been here for two years, as it seems like yesterday we moved from Texas to join this wonderful church. In light of this anniversary, I want to take this opportunity to highlight again two areas of growth I have pushed for over the past two years and to encourage us to keep moving forward.
Relentlessly Focusing on the Gospel
Why do we exist as a church? Why do we gather on Sunday mornings? What hope do we have in this life and the next? As a church, the form of what we do (programs, events, weekly services) can sometimes steal our focus away from the reason behind everything we do—the gospel. We exist as a church because God, in his grace, has decided to save us through Jesus and bring us together into one body. We gather on Sunday mornings to celebrate what God has done, to remind each other of the power of the gospel, and to challenge each other to grow in the image of Jesus. Our hope—our only hope—is in the life, death, resurrection, present reign, and future return of Christ. As a church, my goal has been to relentlessly turn our focus to the gospel.
Passionately Promoting Evangelism
Just as the gospel is our only hope in this life and the next, the gospel is the only hope for the people outside our church. Our community needs Jesus. Lost people around the world need Jesus. And as people who have experienced the truth of the gospel, we need to share that truth with the world. I will continue to encourage each of us to grow in gospel proclamation.
We have plenty of room to grow; no church, no matter how healthy, can every say they have “arrived.” In our case, over twenty years of plateau and decline has left us with a lot of room to grow numerically and spiritually. But I’m thankful for all the Lord has done over the past two years—and the two centuries before that—and I’m looking forward to all God is going to do in the years ahead!
In Christ,
Pastor Britton