A Community, Not a Club “I’m not interested in country club Christianity.” I sat quietly in my seat, waiting for my friend to explain his comment. “You know, sometimes church can feel like a country club. I don’t think that’s what the local church is all about.” He...
The Biggest Sunday of the Year Every Sunday is resurrection Sunday. But not every Sunday has the unique gospel opportunities of the Resurrection Sunday. We celebrate the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus every Sunday, and we seek to connect people to the gospel...
Member-Led Ministry The members of Humble Area’s First Baptist Church wanted to connect their neighbors to the gospel. Mobilized under the mantra, “Gather, Grow, and Go,” HAFBC members prayerfully engaged the community with a variety of formal and informal ministries....
Connecting People to the Gospel “Connecting people to the unifying and life-transforming power of the gospel.” Our Strategic Planning Committee and our staff spent numerous hours crafting every word of that mission statement. We deliberated extensively. We exhausted...
A Month of Prayer Our Strategic Planning Committee and our staff have spent countless hours evaluating data from our community and our church, parsing simple phrases to create shared language for our congregation, and dreaming about the future God has...
Preparing for the Holidays Holiday season is officially upon us. As I write this article, home cooks are dusting off their Thanksgiving recipes, providing those well-worn pages with their annual dose of sunlight. Christmas decorations—and Mariah Carey’s “All I Want...
