by Stephen Suffron | Apr 12, 2016 | Leadership, Ministry
This past weekend, our church held a homecoming service. We invited dozens of members and former members who had once called Stephens home but had since moved off. When we first started preparing for the weekend, I wondered how many people would travel back to our...
by Stephen Suffron | Feb 16, 2016 | Ministry
About a week after we arrived at our new pastorate in Stephens, Arkansas (pop. 891), my parents came up to visit and to help care for our newborn daughter. That weekend, I took my dad on a walking tour of the town (it didn’t take long). As we were passing by...
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...
