More than 400 middle school students enjoyed a time of worship July 10-14 at Camp Fuego during at Acadian Baptist Center in Eunice and grew closer to Christ as the week progressed. Since the camp in its 20th year now moved to Acadian Baptist Center in 2011, it has grown by leaps and bounds from its first year, when 250 students attended. This year, 80 campers made a first-time decision to follow Christ, 70 rededicated their life to Christ and 62 surrendered to Christian ministry. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WU2F27TOzRE … [Read more...]
VIDEO: Pastor Jeffery Friend praises God for Suburban Baptist rebuild volunteers
Four months after an EF-3 tornado heavily damaged Suburban Baptist Church, the congregation assembled Sunday, June 11, for the first gathering on its campus since the storm. The message to the community during this block party was strong – the members have not given up and plan to return to full ministry in the neighborhood when their facilities are rebuilt. Many of the congregants who showed up shared moments of laughter and a few thankful tears about how far God had taken them since the tornado destroyed the worship center and damaged two other buildings, Feb. 7. Pastor Jeffery Friend said with the help of others, they have not missed a worship service as a church family and are thankful for the help of about 100 other churches who have volunteered their time and financial resources to help with the rebuilding effort. “It’s a miracle we didn’t have to go without meeting for a single Sunday,” Friend said. “It amazes me that people showed up onsite to do the work, the exact work I needed to be done. God preplanned and pre-trained individuals to work in the situation that was predestined to happen so I don’t have to worry about if it wasn’t going to happen. I just wondered who. “We always preach and teach ‘anyway you … [Read more...]
Notables
HOMECOMING Emmanuel Baptist Church, Monroe: 75th Anniversary, June 4, 10 a.m. Meet & Greet, 10:30 a.m. worship service. Dinner on the grounds will follow the service. Special Music: Preston Allen, choir director. Pastor: Terry Mims. Mt. Gilead Baptist Church, Vivian: 157th Anniversary/Homecoming, June 4, 10 a.m. Covered dish luncheon provided by the church to follow the service. Speaker: Ed Baswell. Special Music: Simple Faith, from Largo, Florida. Pastor: Bill Treadway Lanier Baptist Church, Baton Rouge: 60th Anniversary, June 4, 10:20 a.m. Greg O’Neil and Tim Hill (former music ministers) will be leading the worship service. Lanier will begin with worship in its newly renovated sanctuary. Former pastors and ministers will be in attendance. Afterward, they will have dinner on the grounds, the dinner provided by the church. Pastor: Michael Ferguson. Briarwood Baptist Church, Saline: Homecoming, June 11. Speaker: Scotty McDowell. Pastor: Trey Ethridge. REVIVAL Lake St. John Community Baptist Church, Ferriday: Revival, May 31-June 3, 6:30 p.m. Evangelist: Scotty McDowell. Pastor: Mark Richardson. Fellowship Baptist Church, Mansfield: Revival, June 2-4, Friday and Saturday, 6:30 p.m.; Sunday, 9 … [Read more...]
Science education matters in understanding the value of life
By Wade Warren PINVEILLE – Once a sperm cell has fertilized an egg cell, a zygote is formed combining the genetic material, or DNA, of the sperm and the egg. All of the biological information necessary to form a new individual being is present in this cell, and stopping this process, abortion, terminates a human life. Since 1973, more than 55 million abortions have been performed in the United States alone, representing a profound disregard in our country for the value of human life. One of many factors contributing to this tragic death toll of the pre-born has been the prevalence in our schools of a Darwinian view of life. This secular dogma is presented as indisputable fact to young people, promoting the proposition that all life on earth can be explained without God as the Creator. Indeed, many science texts ardently present the Darwinian evolutionary ideas of random mutation and natural selection as a substitute for the biblical creation narrative. Meanwhile, doubters of Darwin’s theory are depicted as primitive, uninformed thinkers. One need only read the history of the eugenics movement in our country, or the writings of Adolf Hitler, to grasp the grave consequences to which Darwinian thought … [Read more...]
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My Takeaways from Christmas 2016
By Waylon Bailey Amazingly, Christmas is now behind us, and as with all other years we now have to look to the future (and eat less!). Here are some of my takeaways for Christmas this year. First, I need Christmas. This is what I mean: I need the hope of Christmas and the joy of Christmas. I need a time when I wish people a merry Christmas and give gifts. I also need to focus on the events of the past (what really happened at the first Christmas) and what it means in the present. I think our sermon series on “Christmas: What It Means” from John 1 was good for me. Second, we have to have families. Christmas provides a time for families to be together. We need that time. God created the family. It is the basic institution of society. We have to do everything to build up the family. Christmas helps us do that as well. Christmas gives us a good picture of the family. Mary, Joseph, and Jesus show us real people dealing with real issues and blessing other people through it. Life was not easy for Joseph and Mary; it’s not easy for us either. Third, God knew what He was doing when He created the church. It’s easy to dismiss the church; people have been doing it for centuries. But the church is God’s plan and … [Read more...]
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