Pastor's Page

New beginnings are almost always filled with excitement and hopeful anticipation.  I can say with certainty that this has been our experience thus far at Macedonia Baptist Church. Maree and I have been overwhelmed by the...Read More

   For two years Macedonia Baptist Church has been preparing for the arrival of the next senior pastor. The journey is nearing its end; the light can be seen at the end of the journey and it is a light of hope. Rev...Read More

   Macedonia Baptist Church is about missions; that is, we support mission work on a global scale. Missions are part of our DNA. Missions identify us as a church and enable us to fulfill our own vision given by God. Let...Read More

   One of the questions we asked at Macedonia Baptist Church during the work of the Transition Team was, “Are we focused primarily on what’s happening inside the church or outside the church?” The consensus at the...Read More

   We recently baptized nine people in the waters of a nearby lake. Late...Read More

   Baptist have a Bible teaching program we call Sunday School that has been around for well over a century. I read a comment that a Baptist scholar, E.Y. Mullins, made about Sunday School in 1902. So I know that...Read More

   A healthy congregation engages its guests in a planned journey from the parking lot when they first attend the church to church membership and discipleship development. Healthy congregations know that they have a...Read More

   This is my fourth blog entry about healthy congregations. Chris Gambill, Manager of Congregational Health Services at the Center for Congregational Health, said in an article posted on the center’s web site,...Read More

   I have addressed in two previous blogs the subject of healthy congregations. I suggested that church health is a better indication of a church’s vitality than the dated term, church growth. Healthy churches are...Read More

   Referencing a church’s health is a better indicator of its vitality than talking about its numbers. Numbers can be manipulated to provide the meaning intended by the researcher; health on the other hand is a...Read More