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We compared 2017 and 2018 statistics in our staff meeting this past week. We have seen a significant increase in baptisms, new members, and attendance in 2018 compared to 2017. We have also noticed that as growth becomes our new normal there are new, but healthy, tensions to lead the church through. I was writing… Read More
Don’t forget Mother’s Day is this Sunday May 13, 2018! This weekend you have an opportunity to celebrate the wonderful gift of motherhood. My advice, celebrate it in a way that she will enjoy and appreciate. Ask her what she wants to do. If you have kids in the home, include them in the planning… Read More
I’m 40 years old and I can’t recall a time in my ministry without the grandstanding, name calling, and general divisiveness that regularly precedes the annual convention in each June. I, like most of the guys my age, am tired of it. I have never know the convention without the constant undercurrent of competition rather… Read More
To watch or listen to the sermon from Harrisburg Baptist Church click here. 18 And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 19 Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the… Read More
On March 1, 2018, the Mississippi State University is hosting Dr. Willie Parker. Dr. Parker is a well-known advocate and supporter of abortion. He has written, Life’s Work: A Moral Argument for Choice, in which he proposes that abortion is morally consistent with his faith in God. Having spent most of the last 12 years… Read More
In the sermon yesterday I mentioned various ways that we can give more for the good of others and the glory of God. The basis for the call to give more of who we are and what we have is the fact that Jesus held nothing back when He gave His life to save us… Read More
To watch the sermon “Advent Conspiracy: Worship Fully” click the link below: http://harrisburgonline.org/sermons/advent-conspiracy Do you celebrate Christmas an different than a person who doesn’t believe in Christ? As we work through our sermon series on Sunday mornings my hope is that our celebrations this year will be more Christ-centered than ever. Our challenge from the sermon… Read More
