One of four families from the Bridge Church in Madisonville who were trapped in their homes by rapidly rising water, Will and Charity Phillips along with their newborn baby and four-year-old twins were rescued by a National Guard team in a 5-ton truck Sunday morning, Aug. 14, and taken to a local restaurant situated on higher ground. Pastor Lane Corley was able to reach them there and take them to his home where they will remain until the floodwaters recede. Corley, who also serves as a church planning strategist for Louisiana Baptists, is thankful all four families were able to make it out unharmed, but knows there is a long road to recovery for everyone in the state. “There are so many neighborhoods, homes and businesses affected by this flood, including East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana’s most populated,” Corley said. “We’ve got a lot of work and a great opportunity to let our ‘light shine before men’ ahead of us in south Louisiana.” … [Read more...]
Safe and sound
Satsuma Baptist Church became a place of jubilation after near tragedy Aug. 11-14. Families separated after flash flooding in Livingston were reunited at the church Sunday morning. The Cajun Navy, an informal name for the many Louisianans who used personal boats to rescue others, transported people throughout the day, dropping them off at the church into the arms of anxious but grateful members of displaced families. Pastor Brad Delaughter said he was blessed to witness the church’s response as “the hands and feet of Jesus” and the tangible effects of coming together “as an Acts 2 church.” … [Read more...]
Pray for these flood-damaged churches
Please pray for these churches damaged by flooding in south Louisiana. Amite Baptist Church, Denham Springs Bethel Baptist Church, Franklinton Bethel Baptist Church, Jennings Blood River Baptist Church, Albany Carroll Baptist Church, Walker Church of Life, Baton Rouge Comite Baptist Church, Baton Rouge Cross Creek Cowboy Church, Zachary Crossroads Baptist Church, Amite Don Avenue Baptist Church, Denham Springs Eastside Baptist Church, Zachary Ebenezer Baptist Church, Hammond Emmanuel Baptist Church, Denham Springs Faith Baptist Church, Baker Fellowship Baptist Church, Central First Baptist Church, Baker First Baptist Church, Broussard First Baptist Church, Crossgate First Baptist Church, Denham Springs First Baptist Church, French Settlement First Baptist Church, Eunice First Baptist Church, Greensburg First Baptist Church, Head of Island First Baptist Church, Kaplan/parsonage First Baptist Church, Lake Arthur First Baptist Church, Lydia French Corner Baptist Church, Ponchatoula Friendship Baptist Church, Central Glen Oaks Baptist Church, Baton Rouge Gracepoint Church, Simmesport Grays Creek Baptist Church, Denham Springs Greenwell Springs … [Read more...]
Celebrating through service
Steve Masters celebrated a milestone Aug. 15 as director of the LSU Baptist Collegiate Ministry. “Having my 25th anniversary during a major disaster reminds me the most important things in life are God, family, church, friends and serving others,” Masters said. “Material goods that get flooded can be replaced. You cannot replace God!” He was joined by 20 LSU BCM students, who later helped clean out six homes in the area. Associate Director Sarah Farley challenged believers to react positively to “one of the worst disasters to hit our state. This is a great time to be the Global Church,” she proclaimed.” To be the tangible hands and feet of Jesus! Join us!” The BCM is hosting volunteer groups Aug. 26-28, Sept. 2-5 and Sept. 9-11, with housing provided at Istrouma Baptist Church in Baton Rouge. For information about partnering with them, contact sfarley@bcmlsu.net or lsubcm@eatel.net. … [Read more...]
Steve Gaines’ vision for the SBC: soul-winning
Soul-winning is a passion of SBC Presidential candidate Steve Gaines. The pastor of Bellevue Baptist Church in Memphis, Tenn., Gaines shares more in a short video. "People still get saved when we share the Gospel with them," Gaines said. … [Read more...]
Is America too far gone ever to be redeemed?
"The church is too far gone ever to be redeemed," wrote John Marshall (chief justice of the United States Supreme Court) in a letter to Bishop James Madison, in the early 1800s. Is America too far gone ever to be redeemed? After the end of the Revolutionary War, in 1783, Christianity plummeted in America. The effects of The First Great Awakening were still seen as late as the 1770s when as much as 40 to 50 percent...of the population attended church. But by the 1790s only 5 to 10 percent of the adult population were church members. Christianity hit an all time low in 1794 in America. In the same year missionaries from six different denominations were welcomed into the Cherokee Nation for the first time. The overall situation seemed so hopeless that a friend wrote to George Washington in 1796, near the end of his two terms as president, "Our affairs seem to lead to some crisis, some revolution; something that I can not foresee or conjecture. I am more uneasy than during the war. " Washington replied, "Your sentiment...accords with mine. What will be is beyond my foresight." The Chief Justice of the United States, John Marshall, wrote to Bishop Madison of Virginia and said, "The church is too far gone ever to be redeemed." The … [Read more...]
His Kingdom will have no end
Baptisms at Revival Life Church
Sulphur Community Church baptism
Canaan Baptist celebrates six consecutive Sundays of baptisms
By Brian Blackwell, Message Staff Writer LEESVILLE – One Sunday last year, Morris Goins was deeply grieved while preaching at Canaan Baptist Church. He saw a visitor open the front door of the church, either looking for someone or seeing no seats available and left. That’s when he knew the congregation needed a bigger space. “I told them the next Sunday we need to start having our church services in the gym where we have room for everyone who comes,” recalled Goins who was recently honored as Southern Exemplary Bi-vocational and Small Church Pastor of the Year. “Brother Derrell Kay, one of the men of the church said having church in the gym won’t work long, we ought to look at building another building.” Fast forward to mid-November, when the church broke ground for its future new 296-seat worship center. When complete by a target date of May 2016, the new building will include a nursery, office space, a Sunday school classroom for our elderly ladies, a room to hold a children’s church service and a section in the back of the worship center to house sound equipment. Goins said his congregation that averages 125 for Sunday morning worship is excited about how God will use the new facility for ministry to the … [Read more...]
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