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Category Archives: Ministry
Amanda Brewer-Johnson on the Homepage
In our fourth “Welcome from the Congregation” video to grace the church’s homepage, Amanda (the soundtech and nursery helper) encourages the hearing impaired to visit the First Baptist Church of Granada Hills. Check out her video by going to the … Continue reading
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The Video Volunteers Keep Coming!
A little while back we posted a video of the church’s secretary welcoming people to FBCGH on the frontpage. Since then a number of other people here have volunteered to help with this fun and very visible ministry. The latest … Continue reading
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Baptist Press Article on the Christian Year (UPDATED)
Baptist Press has graciously published an article I’ve written on the Christian Year and its possible place in the worship and devotion of Southern Baptist churches: “FIRST-PERSON: Christian Holidays You Didn’t Even Know About.” Now a close keeping of the Christian … Continue reading
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Black Hebrew Israelites
Last week, while evangelizing at California State University – Northridge, I met a pair of young men who seemed interested in discussing the Bible, Jesus — the whole shebang. The men were Black, but they wore stars of David around … Continue reading
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Happy Halloween
A few years back I wrote an article on the history and meaning of Halloween entitled “What Should Christians Think of Halloween?” In fact, that article was one of the first that I posted to First Baptist Church’s blog. Four … Continue reading
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Granada Hills Holiday Parade
In about a month and a half Granada Hills will host its annual Holiday Parade. It’s a pretty big event with cars, floats, marching bands, horses, and all the other fun stuff that normally figures in community parades. (Lamely, Granada … Continue reading
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Ha-lelujah! Ha-lelujah! Halelujah, halelujah! Ha-lay-ay-lujah!
Well folks, after literally years of frustrations, false starts, dead-ends, and trip after trip after trip to talk to administrators, we’ve finally got permission to evangelize on the campus of CSUN. I’ll be there for the first time with tracts … Continue reading
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What About Female Pastors?
Occasionally a member of the congregation or sometimes even the wider public sends us a question about some aspect of the Christian faith generally or First Baptist Church’s more particular beliefs. Recently someone asked why Southern Baptist churches (like First … Continue reading
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Deacon Election #2
Well, folks, the deacon election here at First Baptist Church is right around the corner. Members of the congregation nominated fifteen different men and the current deacons and the pastor worked together to vet the nominees for eligibility in light of … Continue reading
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Deacon Elections #1
Last Sunday the congregation here at First Baptist gathered nominations for the upcoming deacon election. The members of our church submitted a total of fifteen names for consideration and the existing deacons have now reviewed that list. Unfortunately only about … Continue reading
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