This weekend come prepared to see church as you’ve never seen it before! Empty! That’s right, after praise and worship and a few marching orders from me, we will be taking the love of Christ to the streets! For more on this, read yesterday’s post here. Today I wanted to give a few more details […]
READ MOREBy now of course, the cat’s out of the bag so I might as well make sure this weekend finds all the Brookies as prepared as possible to actually BE the Church! Therefore, remember to come to your Southbrook campus this weekend dressed to serve! I would suggest jeans and a tee shirt. We will […]
READ MOREToday the staff continued our “Be the Church” theme by helping out ‘Camp Canaan’ in clean up and repairs. Together we: cleared limbs and branches made a 2 story branch pile for a massive bonfire set a nice bench and sign in concrete gathered stones and placed then around some landscaping areas enjoyed breakfast, lunch […]
READ MOREIn a moment I want you to hear from my favorite guest blogger: Michelle Singleton. But first, I want to tell you how we (Southbrook Church) helped dispel 2 common misconceptions about the church today. 1. There is the misconception that paid staff (pastors) are the ones who do all the ministry. But the Bible […]
READ MORERemember the Jim Collins book, “Good to Great?†It’s a fascinating read on what makes the greatest companies, well…great. And the thing is, most of it is pretty simple but all of it is anything but easy. For instance, they picture corporations as a bus and then talk about personel and positions as people in […]
READ MORENow here’s something nearly everyone spends a lot of time worrying about. Whether it’s the after affects of a nuclear bomb or the more subtle after affects of sin in our lives—fall out certainly plays a role. I’m just curious about which does more damage, the actual “fall out” or the feared “fall out” that […]
READ MOREAfter observing some less than godly behavior in churches and seeing the same ‘politically correct’ gobbly-goop given as the reason, I‘ve discovered an unhealthy trend that Christ followers had better get up to speed on. Fast. It seems we’ve adopted the world’s version of apology management and false statement retractions. For some believers who genuinely sin […]
READ MOREThese are my favorite times at Southbrook Church! Maybe I shouldn’t play favorites—nah, I should! And baptisms where we see 110 people publicly align themselves with Jesus Christ by getting dunked? Hard to beat! Except maybe when we see hundreds more place their faith in Christ and pass from death unto life! But baptism’s a […]
READ MOREI know it’s short notice and all but I have a dream—sure, it’s not quite as lofty as Martin Luther King, but it’s a dream nevertheless—a dream that the more than 4,000 men women and children who call Southbrook Church home would actually show up on a plain ole’ ordinary, non holiday weekend. And four […]
READ MOREOver the last few years thousands have given their life to Jesus at Southbrook Church. Are you one of them? If so, have you ever stood up to be counted?—In the way Jesus asked you too? I’m talking about baptism. After placing your faith in Jesus Christ for salvation, the Lord asks us to identify ourselves […]
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