by Stephen Suffron | Mar 16, 2017 | Leadership, Ministry, Missions
“I remember when this whole place was full every Sunday. We even had people in the balcony.” The “good old days” can be an enemy to the pastor of a small church. People can often define success as getting things closer to what they used to be,...
by Stephen Suffron | Dec 22, 2016 | Leadership, Ministry
If you watch Christmas TV-movies like my wife and I do, you have a picture of small-town life at Christmas. You might imagine the bustling town square lit up with Christmas lights as the various businesses make their Christmas profits, a full calendar of community...
by Chris Sims | Jun 16, 2016 | Leadership, Ministry
This week my blog takes a turn to a near rant. However, the rant comes out of a heart of healing from the damaging statement ‘We aren’t being fed’. You never hear this from a new follower of Christ but you may often hear it from those that have spent a lifetime...
by Stephen Suffron | Mar 15, 2016 | Leadership, Ministry
This week was the last Sunday of a six-week discipleship course on the Holy Spirit. After starting in week one with an eight-member class (huge!), tonight only my wife and one deacon showed up. Now, the weather has been terrible all week and we were under a tornado...
by Stephen Suffron | Feb 2, 2016 | Leadership, Ministry
The first time I spoke to someone from First Baptist in Stephens, Arkansas, was while I was driving in the car with my wife Liz. When we got off the phone, I told her, “I think they are really serious about us.” Her reply: “They can be serious all...
