Archive for the 'Ministry' Category

THE KEY IS LEADERSHIP

Thursday, November 24th, 2011

(Be sure and listen to the great gospel songs)

DEATH

Monday, October 24th, 2011

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.   [...]

IN THE GOOD OLD SUMMER TIME

Wednesday, August 17th, 2011

      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 [...]

KEEP YOUR FORK

Friday, January 7th, 2011

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 [...]

SHOULD CHURCHES CONTINUE TO GROW

Tuesday, November 30th, 2010

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 [...]

HOW TO KILL A CHURCH

Thursday, October 7th, 2010

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 [...]

“ROUND UP DAY” AT BIBLE BAPTIST CHURCH

Monday, October 4th, 2010

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 [...]

DOES GOD CARE ABOUT NUMBERS

Thursday, September 9th, 2010

  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 [...]

OPEN DOOR BAPTIST, PASTOR MURPHY, AND THE GRACE OF GOD DID IT AGAIN!

Tuesday, September 7th, 2010

  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 [...]

SHOULD CHURCHES CONTINUE TO GROW

Friday, June 11th, 2010

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 [...]