I was driving to the church this morning, a cold and rainy December day, and as I pulled into the church parking lot I noticed the billboard that stands in the corner of our church yard. The use of th...  Read More

Your books are not worth what you think! Burn your books!Burn your books.You may be thinking, “What is this pastor thinking? Is he some arsonist or something?” Why certainly I am not an arsonist in th...  Read More

Our church, Faith Community Church, in Bainbridge, GA was teaching on the 1689 London Baptist Confession of Faith. As we got to Article 10, Chapter 3 on Effectual Calling, we entered into a discussion...  Read More

Are deacons the leaders of the church?In short, no. Elders are the spiritual leaders of the church. The church is to be primarily a place for the ministry of the Word and prayer. That ministry, of Wor...  Read More

Are elders the leaders of the church? The phrase that best describes church polity at FCC is elder-led, deacon-served, member-affirmed. Sometimes this is called congregationalism. This affirms that el...  Read More

Sometimes in order to see the big picture, it is necessary to get into the weeds. This will be the case for this article. In order to know who is qualified to come to the table (getting into the weeds...  Read More