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Posts by Curt Parton

Seminar – April 5: “Restoring All Things: The Hope of Biblical Universalism”

Will God save everyone?  •  Is hell eternal?  •  What does the Bible really say? Biblical Universalism Seminar Many are rediscovering the historic Christian belief that God will reconcile and restore all of his creation through faith in Christ. Come join us as we explore the different views held by early church leaders, and examine the Scriptures used to support these differing…

What Do the Pastors Do?

Our church is led by our pastoral team. As the name indicates, these pastors lead the church as a team, with no team member being designated the Senior or Lead Pastor over the rest of the team. (To see more about why we’re committed to this kind of leadership structure, click here.) So, if the church isn’t led by one pastor but…

Proposed Addition to Pastoral Team

Greg Smit has been serving as the ministry leader for our care ministries. He’s also been meeting for some time with the pastoral team. At our congregational meeting last Saturday night (Feb 15), the pastors presented Greg for the congregation to prayerfully consider as an addition to our pastoral team. We’ll take 4 weeks to pray together about this as a church…

Digging Deeper: Political Division in the Church (Feb 2)

Our first Digging Deeper seminar will be February 2 and will begin a series examining the current political division within evangelical churches. Our conviction is that evangelical Christians should be modeling a different way of engaging one another, discussing even issues about which we passionately disagree with love, grace and mutual respect. The church should be showing the world another way, rather…