Posted by Ray Pritchard on 3.28.10 in Churches, Video
I believe this is the best local church video I’ve ever seen. I love it because it doesn’t start by talking the church. It starts with the gospel. Watch it and see for yourself. You may find yourself saying, “I’d love to be part of a church like this.”…
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 12.15.09 in Churches
Last Sunday we attended a fast-growing church in Birmingham called The Church at Brook Hills. Located at the southeastern edge of the city, the church attracts 5-6,000 attenders each Sunday in three identical services. They come in large part because of the earnest preaching of the senior pastor, Dr. David Platt. Although he is only 30 years old, h…
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 9.16.09 in Churches, Travel
I am finally back in my hotel room after the most amazing Wednesday night service I’ve ever attended. Earlier this evening I spoke to about 150 people at the Couples Class at Shiloh Metropolitan Baptist Church in Jacksonville, Florida. As soon as we were finished, Pastor H. B. Charles, Jr (you should check out his blog) hustled me upstairs so…
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 5.5.09 in Churches, Travel
Before the week gets too far gone, I want to say thank you to Randy Faulkner and the congregation of Metropolitan Baptist Church for their hospitality during my whirlwind visit over the weekend. I use the word advisedly because I more or less blew in (along with the rain that came on Saturday), preached four times on Sunday, and then flew home yest…
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 2.24.09 in Churches
Two years ago, more or less on the spur of the moment, I wrote a blog entry called How to Spot a Healthy Church–Quickly. That entry turned out to be popular or least noteworthy because it eventually drew 98 comments, which I think is the record so far for any of my blog entries.I hadn’t thought about that entry until Crosswalk decided t…
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 12.28.08 in Churches, Personal, Tupelo
This morning Marlene and I joined Harrisburg Baptist Church in Tupelo. To say that we waited a long time would be true, given that we moved to Tupelo in October 2005 and started attending Harrisburg more or less on a regular basis sometime in 2006. In the last three years we have seen the other side of church life—the view from the pew, …
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 11.20.08 in China, Churches
The Wednesday Journal ran a nice article on the 100th anniversary of the Chinese Bible Church of Oak Park. The church has a long legacy of faithful ministry and now is a multicultural congregation with services in Cantonese, Mandarin and English. …
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 8.24.08 in Churches
This afternoon the members of Calvary Memorial Church in Oak Park, IL voted overwhelmingly to call Dr. Todd Wilson as their next pastor. He comes to the church with a wealth of experience—Wheaton College undergrad, Wheaton Graduate School, a Ph.D. from the University of Cambridge in England, and two years on staff at Bethlehem Baptist Church …
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 6.3.08 in Christian News, Church Trends, Churches, Current Events
How should evangelical churches respond to the growing movement toward same-sex marriage? Here’s one answer. Put a statement about marriage in your church constitution.
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 4.14.08 in Churches
Here’s a slideshow of our visit to Village Bible Church yesterday. If the slideshow doesn’t start automatically, hold down the Crtl button while clicking on Refresh. You can click on each picture to see my comments and then click on Resume Show to go the next picture.Flickr Photo GalleryYesterday we spent most o …
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