It’s almost time to come together for the annual State of the Church and Vision and Stewardship meetings.  Each event provides encouraging and important reflections on 2025 while looking ahead to how God could use our church in 2026.

The State of the Church will be held on Friday, February 6th, at 7:00 pm at Main Campus and 4th Street. Location assignments are as follows: 
4th Street: Trident & Sequoia spheres
Main Campus: Multisphere, Delta, and Sullivan spheres

The Vision and Stewardship meeting will take place the following Saturday morning, February 7th, starting at 9:30 am in the Main Campus auditorium, with overflow seating available in the Main Campus Cafe.

 

Pat Reeder, our division coordinator for equipping,  released a review of "God, the Science, and the Evidence" by Michel-Yves Bolloré and Olivier Bonnassies through The Gospel Coalition. This book, originally written in French, sold over 400,00 copies before being translated into English. Reeder discusses the strengths and weaknesses in their apologetic arguments and the implications for the gospel in France. Read below for an excerpt. 

"France's spiritual landscape looks like the secular, post-Christian desert many American Christians hope to avoid. Secularism has a long history in France, from its Enlightenment philosophes, to the efforts by French revolutionaries to loot and rename Notre Dame, to the recent efforts to ban traditional Muslim outfits. The homeland of Sartre and Foucault seems like an unlikely source for a 500-page apologetics book that sold nearly half a million copies before being translated into English. That surprising book is God, the Science, and the Evidence: The Dawn of a Revolution. The authors, Michel-Yves Bolloré and Olivier Bonnassies, both have advanced scientific and business training. Their experience and education are equivalent to... click here to continue reading...

A 3-week class with Niccole Williamson
Saturday mornings, 9:00-11:00 am

A 3-week class with James Rochford
Wednesday nights, 7:00 - 9:00 pm

A 6-week class with Scott Risley and Mateo Williamson
Wednesday nights, 7:00-9:00 pm

A devotional from
Brian Adams

Philip brings the gospel to Samaria, crossing a deep racial divide between Jews and Samaritans to proclaim Christ—and the Samaritans respond in faith. This episode examines why God delayed giving the Holy Spirit to these new believers until the apostles witnessed it firsthand, revealing how God actively dismantles prejudice in His church. 

Ryan Lowery

1 Timothy

 

Ben Foust
Romans

Mike Sullivan
Daniel

Chris Risley
Philippians

Brian Adams
Acts

Conrad Hilario
Acts

James Rochford
Acts

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