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Good Evening Ephesus Family,
We are starting a new initiative in our church family. May God allow us to firmly root and ground a new core value within the fabric of our church family.
A core value of encouragement!
May we commit together, not to only aspire to be encouragers, but to actually be known in our families, in our church, and in our community as those who are encouraging and uplifting, with the primary goal of our encouragement being to see people grow into Christ following disciple-makers.
We are calling this new initiative, the Barnabas Initiative. This initiative is based on a sermon preached by Pastor Wayne. Watch it here: https://fb.watch/aKPF5IXw9k/
We know that many among us believe that the day of Jesus’ second coming is drawing near. Many routinely say that Jesus is coming soon! If we really believe that, it is time for us to live like we believe it.
Hebrews: 10:24-25 reminds us, exhorts us, yes, it even encourgages us to:
“…consider how to stir up one another to love and good works, not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near.”
Scripture is clear, we are called to be an encouraging people. As a church, we value a great many things, some that are good, right, and biblical, others that are more ritual, traditional, and familial. At Ephesus Baptist Church, we are desiring to become a church that values what God values above all.
The Gospel compels us to seek to proclaim Christ and His Kingdom with everyone who will listen, to call them to repentance, and to encourage them to follow Christ as His disciples by faith as Lord of their lives.
In order to be who God has called us to become, we believe it would be prudent for us to lean into our role as encouragers or ambassadors of reconciliation. In other words, we want to become the most encouraging and uplifting people that we can become under the guidance of Scripture and the Holy Spirit. Not just to be encouraging, but to be a community that values encouraging one another so that others will desire to be a part of our community and to know and be known by our wonderful Christ.
That is what the “Barnabas Initiative” is all about. We hope that you will commit to joining us in this initiative to become a son or daughter of encouragement, like Barnabas.
In the future, you will be seeing emails and social media posts with graphics like these. They are intended to be reminder prompts to help you lean into your gifts of encouragement. Our hope is that each of these will be thought and prayer prompts to get us growing into our identity as Children of the King of kings who calls us to love and encourage one another.
Welcome to the Barnabas Initiative!
***Please Share this information with those in our family who are not online. Also, please go to Facebook and share our post with your friends and family members.****
Good Evening Ephesus Family,
We are starting a new initiative in our church family. May God allow us to firmly root and ground a new core value within the fabric of our church family.
A core value of encouragement!
May we commit together, not to only aspire to be encouragers, but to actually be known in our families, in our church, and in our community as those who are encouraging and uplifting, with the primary goal of our encouragement being to see people grow into Christ following disciple-makers.
We are calling this new initiative, the Barnabas Initiative. This initiative is based on a sermon preached by Pastor Wayne. Watch it here: https://fb.watch/aKPF5IXw9k/
We know that many among us believe that the day of Jesus’ second coming is drawing near. Many routinely say that Jesus is coming soon! If we really believe that, it is time for us to live like we believe it.
Hebrews: 10:24-25 reminds us, exhorts us, yes, it even encourgages us to:
“…consider how to stir up one another to love and good works, not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near.”
Scripture is clear, we are called to be an encouraging people. As a church, we value a great many things, some that are good, right, and biblical, others that are more ritual, traditional, and familial. At Ephesus Baptist Church, we are desiring to become a church that values what God values above all.
The Gospel compels us to seek to proclaim Christ and His Kingdom with everyone who will listen, to call them to repentance, and to encourage them to follow Christ as His disciples by faith as Lord of their lives.
In order to be who God has called us to become, we believe it would be prudent for us to lean into our role as encouragers or ambassadors of reconciliation. In other words, we want to become the most encouraging and uplifting people that we can become under the guidance of Scripture and the Holy Spirit. Not just to be encouraging, but to be a community that values encouraging one another so that others will desire to be a part of our community and to know and be known by our wonderful Christ.
That is what the “Barnabas Initiative” is all about. We hope that you will commit to joining us in this initiative to become a son or daughter of encouragement, like Barnabas.
In the future, you will be seeing emails and social media posts with graphics like these. They are intended to be reminder prompts to help you lean into your gifts of encouragement. Our hope is that each of these will be thought and prayer prompts to get us growing into our identity as Children of the King of kings who calls us to love and encourage one another.