Happy Birthday to our October babies... Happy Anniversary to our October couples... Our October Senior Birthday Surprise goes to Sis. Connie Whiting. Join us for our next Theological Seminar on 10/7 addressing Church Hurt. Pastor Jerome Gay Jr . will be discussing the topic of his latest book, " Church Hurt: Holding the Church Accountable and Helping Hurt People Heal ". Here's an excerpt from the foreword of the book: “There are two common responses. The first is to diminish church hurt as if it’s not real or as if people should simply get over it in the name of Jesus. This response fails to bear one another’s burdens as Jesus Himself, the Bearer of all our burdens, has commanded. The second response is to dismiss the church in light of the damage that has been caused and, at best, to exist as a believer disconnected from the body of Christ or, at worst, to walk away from the faith altogether. Neither of these answers is sufficient, for the church, though o...
In the beginning was the Word ("logos"), and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. In him was life, and that life was the light of men. The light shines in the darkness, but the darkness has not understood it.