THE KEY IS LEADERSHIP
Thursday, November 24th, 2011(Be sure and listen to the great gospel songs)
(Be sure and listen to the great gospel songs)
DEATH Death comes uninvited. It takes the ones we love. Hearts and arms are empty. They are with God above. The body once warm, is cold, Lifeless like the potter’s clay. God had warned our first parents. Their sins would take them away. [...]
As many of you know, Open Door Baptist Church, led by Pastor Jason Murphy, had a total of 700 in attendance on the 4th of July weekend. There were 127 first time visitors who filled out visitor cards. In order that you might understand their work was more than a “flash in [...]
By Ken Blue Recently I attended a funeral where the story was told of a woman who was dying of cancer. She gave some last instructions to her pastor and one of them was that she was to be buried with a fork in her hand. The pastor was puzzled at her request and [...]
By Ken Blue “Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.” Proverbs 3:5-6 Regardless of the choice one makes, we cannot argue with the fact that God wants His church to witness to the lost. If [...]
By Ken Blue All of us have heard of the tragic results when doctors make a mistake and give the patient the wrong injection or pills. Many times the results are fatal. That is one reason others should be brought in to assist and assure that mistakes are not made. I’m sure no pastor or [...]
By Pastor Al Hughes Sunday, October 3, we held a “Round-Up Day” at our church. On this special day we all dress “western” style. The church facility is decorated in a cowboy theme. Our guest preacher was Dr. Gene Howard, nationally know “John Wayne” impersonator (www.GeneHoward.org). We put a lot of effort into promoting this [...]
By Ken Blue Often we hear preachers, in their pious zeal, state that God does not care about numbers; He only cares about our spiritual condition. That is, God is more concerned about quality than He is quantity. Now, I agree that the last part of that statement is correct. God is more concerned [...]
By Ken Blue Hey Pastor! Sunday, August 29th, Open Door Baptist had 2 professions of faith, 21 people joined the church, 14 baptisms, 27 visitors, 540 in attendance and 51 people to take the 101-401 disciple class! God continues to bless in an unusual way under the leadership of Pastor Murphy. This growth continued [...]
By Ken Blue “Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.” Proverbs 3:5-6 Regardless of the choice one makes, we cannot argue with the fact that God wants His church to witness to the lost. If [...]