Let's Get Going!

I have said many times, on many occasions that outside of God’s grace if there is any single thing that has helped our fellowship at Trinity stabilize, it has been the consistency of our staff. When I say consistency, I am not simply talking about having men who are committed to this body and have a long term ministry, but I am also talking about the consistency in doctrine and love for this fellowship. The only turnover we have had was Bro. Brad Walker, who God sent back to Kentucky to be a Pastor.  Since Bro. Brad left, I can’t think of very many days during which we have not communicated in some way and there is still a mutual love there between the Walkers and this TBC family. In fact, Bro. Brad recommended our new student minister to us, and as a church we extended a call to him unanimously. Bro. Bruce Roberts and his family, Andrea and Riley, went to our summer camp with our students to get to know them and every student that I have spoken with has been ecstatic about him beginning his ministry at TBC.    We could not be happier about this addition to our family and to our staff.  Bro. Bruce and his family will be moving here over the course of this next week and will be full time with us beginning a week from Sunday.  Please pray for them as they make this transition but please put feet to our prayers as well - make sure you reach out to welcome them, assist in any way possible and minister to them during this sweet but difficult time.  I know you will, TBC family - love for one another is now one our greatest characteristics!  

The Motivation for Unity

Our Strategy and Building Teams are reading the book  The Great Evangelical Recession, by John Dickerson. He points out that one of the areas hurting the church today is the lack of unity.  Remembering this is how believers will impact the world for Christ, unity is one of the things Christ prayed for in His High Priestly prayer in John 17.  Paul urged us to keep this unity in Ephesians 4 and then we are reminded in 1st John that one of the tests of our salvation is our love for one another. In his book, Dickerson gives an illustration via a youtube clip and what unity can really do.  This link has had millions of hits and you may have seen it, but I want to encourage you to look at this through the lens of unity and remembering that we have a real enemy who is like a lion -  his desire is to devour. One of the ways he does this is through isolation and division. I hope this serves as motivation for us as believers to be united against our enemy and be unified for the glory of our Father!

 

 

 http://youtu.be/u2wOhlWeYpY