One day in the courts of the Lord is better than a thousand elsewhere. King David said that, a man who had many things, many pleasures to enjoy. You think he would prefer the thousand days to enjoy all the privileges that life had brought him, but no. He says I’d give up a thousand [...]
In my experience in church ministry, the nursery has always been the toughest ministry to staff. That, of course, is not without reason. Let’s be honest, it is a tough ministry. You have to deal with crying babies and children who are not yet convinced that sharing is a good thing. And oh the noise [...]
Christians speak often of what we have been saved from and rightfully so. God has graciously rescued us from sin, Satan, and hell and we ought to revel in this truth. But it seems we do not speak as often about what we have been saved to, and this truth is equally powerful, in fact it may be [...]
Sunday was our Missions emphasis at Providence Church. We had an encouraging meeting afterwards with many attending our Kosovo Informational meeting concerning our plans to send a team there. This morning I read an encouraging blog from Jonathon Parnell about the courageous missionary efforts of John Paton and I wanted to share. (Plus, I thought [...]
Providence is a young church, still in the church planting stage. We have had very few people leave our church after joining in these first 27 and a half months. More likely, we have had far more people leave their churches to attend and possibly join Providence Church. Nevertheless, the more mature our church becomes, [...]
After a 16-day vision trip to Eastern Europe by our pastors and Rex Durham, and a couple months of praying, we're ready to announce Providence's new mission partnership in Eastern Europe. Providence will be partnering with missionaries in Peja, Kosovo to bring the gospel to the unreached people of that region. More information is forthcoming, [...]
Prayer is a gift and a blessing. But sometimes it’s hard to know how to pray. That’s especially true when we go through tough times or when we face circumstances we would rather avoid. Sometimes it seems like we have to choose between praying honestly (asking for what we want) or praying spiritually (asking for [...]
Providence Church is focused on carrying on Jesus’ mission, which has been commissioned to all believers in the Great Commission. This requires that Great Commission churches and Christians partner with other churches and missionaries to bring the gospel and plant new churches around the world. Our objective on this trip is to cooperate with International Mission [...]
I went to a funeral recently where the officiating pastor quoted this verse from Ecclesiastes 7:4: “A wise person thinks much about death, while the fool thinks only about having a good time now” (NLT). It was a good word, and not surprisingly, it got me thinking. The following represents the fruit of some of [...]