Rescued from Foolishnes

Jesus Christ himself speaks of the deception of riches in the "Parable of the Sower" and yet so many are fooled by the lure of being rich with a happy life. Although there is nothing wrong with being rich however it is not the primary goal of believers. So many people that are poor are taken advantage of by these so called prosperity pastors and these "bishops". They deceive them by luring them with the idea that: God is calling them to a life of wealth and happiness rather than a life of submission and service to the king. Click on: "Rescued From Foolishness" and listen to this young lady speak about how she escaped the false teaching of a movement that has infiltrated the body of Christ in the African American community and unfortunately reeked havoc in the lives of many misguided people.
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I'm Awoke!

Hey people I do want to give a few more updates later in the month to let everyone know what is going on. I also have a video about the prosperity movement that is sweeping through the Black church like a plague that I will post later this month. Anyway blessings to all and I hope God has been doing great things in your life and I hope you have remained faithful despite many issues you may be facing. Remember: "Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ..."(Phil. 1:6) I too am confident that God is working out His will and is in control. Continue to pray for the church and our leaders as we march for the kingdom of God and bring in more of the harvest for the glory of Christ and beauty of His holiness -which without it no man shall see God.
Blessings

Oprah's worldview is anything but Godly.

Don't ever be surprised at what you hear and see and as Christians we must be even more vigilant and alert. Oprah ramble off on some kooky new age mumbo jumbo.

Forgive me for I have sinned!

I have violated one of the 10 commandments of blogging: "Thou shall blog and blog often". This is a grave sin in the blogging world. (I think I violated this commandment before) I do apologize that I haven't got a chance to write and let everyone know what is going on- in over a month and a half! So anyway lets get started shall we. Well, the replanting is going fine- believe it or not -we are now beginning to start our first phase of evangelism which I hope will go well. Our new class on Thursday is beginning to settle and take root, however I am hoping that we will have something for the kids on that night while the adults study. A new praise and worship format will be starting on the 4th Sunday in April so I will fill everyone in on that at the next church replant meeting. I do want to emphasize praying. Please remember to pray with your partners and do it often: at least three times a week with your partner and everyday for yourself. Sis. Tabitha mentioned that she does talk to her prayer partner but they don't pray all of the time. Well that's okay as long as you pray at least three times with a week with your partner that is acceptable. I would prefer everyday, but three is fine. To advance the kingdom of Christ we need prayer and lots of it from everyone!
Anyway gotta run....
Blessing,
Pastor Paul
Oh yeah one more thing- I got a new video I will be posting so stay tuned....

New Bible Study Group

Hello folks! Hopefully all is well. We are starting the new study on this Thursday and I hope you are praying for it's sucess. The group is looking forward to learning a lot of the basics of the faith that I think that are important for your growth as believers and disciples of Christ. We're definitely looking forward to picking up new people- so invite your friends and neighbors. And I am hoping that we will learn a lot and have fun in the process. The new materials should be here this week (hopefully today or tomorrow) but if not I will make copies of the first lesson and distribute them to all.
Blessings!
Pastor Paul.

Church Planting and Spiritual Warfare

I though I would let everyone know about an article I posted on spiritual warfare and church planting just click on the Influential Books in the My Library section and scroll down past the books and you will see the article.
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The Replant Has Begun! Hooray....

Hey everyone! I haven't been a blogging in a couple of weeks but I am back in full force! We have begun the the church replant and have laid out some of the basic components that we will use in this endeavor! Our key element of course is prayer and we emphasized that at the 9:00 AM replant meeting. Looking forward to all who will participate in this great adventure as we travel with God in building His church!

Bible Study Groups!

A big hello to all! We are back again in the new year with each of the groups. Our groups will meet on Sunday Mornings at the church at 9:30 AM and Sunday evenings at 6:30 PM (Sunday evenings will be changing to Thursdays soon) Tuesdays at 10:30 AM, Wednesdays at 6:30 PM and Thursday evenings at 7:00 PM. No excuse people! Glad to all who came out to the meeting on last Sunday we will be meeting again regarding the scheduling on the replant on February the 3rd. Please remember the assignments I gave to all I will be expecting to receive all of the index cards!
Be good and God Bless.

New Group Has Begun!

Hey, Hey, Hey! Well everyone we want to announce a new bible study group has begun. We had our first study session on Sunday night and it went great! I was glad to see as many people as we had there as we cover the fundamentals of the faith. I am looking forward to great things from this group and we are hoping that it grows and expands as well as the growth and expansion of the members spiritually. Looking forward to this Sunday at 9:00 AM for the meeting on the replanting of the church. We really are looking for great things for the new year so continue to pray and support the effort as we march to expand the kingdom of God for 2008!

Happy New Year to all

Hey to all! I am finally back and blogging again. I hope everyone is well and sorry I haven't blogged in a while- but I have repented and I am back again putting in my two cents! We will be doing a lot of new things this year including the REPLANT! Looking forward to recruiting the team and getting things going with the plant. It is something that is needed and we are looking for great things as we contemporize our church. I'm looking for greater consistency in our attendance people and dedication in our service and commitment for fellowship with each other.
Okay I'll say bye for now
God bless to all!