By Seth Brown, Adult Connection Pastor Here’s a confession: I am fascinated by culture – how it changes over time, how cultural beliefs have shifted, and how certain behaviors are deemed unacceptable one day and acceptable the next. In today’s culture what was once taboo is now openly celebrated and…

By Justin Kinsley, Student Ministry Pastor Being a youth pastor in the twenty-first century, I get a lot of questions from my adult volunteers. Most of the time I hear this question from my volunteers: “How can I be more relevant to the students in my small group?” Here is…

By Chris McLaughlin, Creative Director In our current political climate and the 24 hour news cycle constantly blasting out the warnings of government shutdowns, accusations of corruption, and following every movement of our leaders lives it can be difficult to not place our government in places of undeserved importance. To…

By Ricardo Colon, Administration Director Next month will mark my two-year anniversary as Administration Director at Faith Bible Church.  I enjoy my job and have gotten to know so many members.  I also just completed my 18th year as a youth volunteer.  My co-leader for the past 6 years has…

By Connie Goodson, Children’s Director Every year I am asked if VBS is really worth all of the work, resources and investment that is required to pull it off. And every year I think for a moment and then resoundingly say YES! Vacation Bible School is a recognized ministry in…

By Dustin Loehrs, Worship Pastor My son goes to our Wednesday night children’s activities and this year has memorized tons of scripture because of it. It has been amazing to see how much he has learned, and how it’s given opportunities to point him to God as my wife and…

By Dr. Burge Troxel, Senior Adults Pastor GLOW – “God Loves Our Widows” is the name of our new newsletter that is sent to the Widows of Faith Bible Church. This Widows Ministry is our response the biblical mandate in 1 Timothy 5:3 – “Give proper recognition to those widows…

By Dr. Mark Hitchcock, Senior Pastor The last 25 years have flown by. As most of you know, Cheryl and I celebrated our 25th anniversary at FBC last October. The outpouring of love and appreciation was very encouraging. As part of the commemoration, the elders kindly extended the opportunity for…

By Jay Risner, Lead Pastor The term “church shopping” is high on my list of odious phrases. It perfectly describes a consumer approach to church, and suggests that you should not commit to a community of believers until you find the perfect match—kind of like hunting for a spouse on…

By Seth Brown, Adult Connection Pastor A couple of months ago I wrote about Faith Bible Church being a welcoming people, and I love the fact that we are striving toward that end as a congregation. In fact, in the last year we have had plenty of opportunities to be…