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TEBA STAFF STAFF & CHURCH OPPORTUNITIES PASTORLESS CHURCHES

VOLUME 39

ISSUE 4

April 2014

THE WAY TO PEACE WITH GOD

THE PROBLEM: SEPARATION FROM GOD Romans 3:23 “For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.” THE RESULT: SPIRITUAL DEATH Romans 6:23 “For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.” GOD’S SOLUTION: HIS DEATH IN OUR PLACE Romans 5:8 “But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.” YOUR SALVATION: BY FAITH Romans 10:9 “If you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.”

UPCOMING EVENTS

Merry Christmas!

Pastor/Staff/Spouse Christmas Luncheon

Part-Time Music/Worship leader needed at First Baptist Church Shepherd. The music director will need to be able to lead a blended service and work with a praise band. If interested, call 936-628-3130. Part-Time Minister of Music needed at Honea Baptist Church. Please contact Floyd Helton at 936-588-4239. Youth Pastor needed at Union Grove Baptist Church. Please send resumes to Union Grove Baptist Church, 24380 FM 149, Richards, TX 77873-2434. Attn: Pastor Rick Boswell. Bi-Vocational Youth Minister needed at Alana Lane in Spring. Excellent opportunity for growth and experience. Send resume to raveritt@charter.net Part-Time Administrative Assistant to Youth & Children needed at FBC Willis. Please email resume to info@firstbaptistwillis.org Part-Time Youth Director needed at Oak Shade Baptist Church near Cleveland. This two-day-a-week position would be a great ministry for a beginning youth pastor to gain experience. For more information, please contact Bro. Nick Van at oakshadepastor@gmail.com or by calling 281-593-1362. Part-Time Music/Youth Minister needed at Whispering Pines Baptist Church. Please send resumes to 15200 FM 1485 Rd, Conroe, TX 77306 (Attn: Personnel Team). Part Time Secretary needed at Allendale Baptist Church. Please send resumes to Allendale Baptist Church, 14535 Allendale Lane, Conroe, TX 77302. If you have any questions, please call Jerry Timms at 281-429-1519 or 832-434-2481 for more information. Volunteer Music Director needed at Peach Creek Baptist Church, New Caney for Sunday mornings and Wednesday nights. Position could work into paid position. Contact PCBC @ 281-399-9025 or email pcbaptistchurch@att.net ATTN: Bro. Ray Morris. Part-Time Teachers needed for a Parents Day Out Program at Woodland Place Baptist Church. Tuesday & Thursday from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., starting in August 2014. If interested, please contact Kimberly Jones at 281-356-5521 or 936-273-1222 or by email at kimjones@woodlandplace.info or mail resume to 5148 FM 1488 Road, Magnolia, TX 77354, Attn: Kimberly Jones.

Roger Yancey, D.Min. ryancey@teba.org Executive Director Tracy Jaggers, D. Min. tjaggers@teba.org Church Development Associate Stewart Pickle, D. Min. spickle@teba.org Church Planter and Ethnic Consultant* Shannon Brown sbrown@teba.org Administrative Assistant, Financial* Mark Wilson mwilson@orbchurch.org Financial Administrator* Crystal Miller cmiller@teba.org Administrative Assistant Executive Director Natalie Bowman nbowman@teba.org Administrative Assistant *Part-Time or Consultants

Keyboard needed at the Baptist Student Ministry in Huntsville. If you can help, please contact David Griffin at 936-295-2962 or shsubsm@yahoo.com Pews available at The Woodlands FBC, approximately 24 ft. in length. If you could use them, please contact Barbara Lumpkin at 281-367-4317 or barbara@thewoodlandsfirst.org

The Church at Alden Bridge

8050 Branch Crossing The Woodlands 77382

Davis Hill 1101 CR 2252

Cleveland 77327

FBC Huntsville 1229 Avenue J

Huntsville 77340

Good Shepherd P.O. Box 716 Conroe, TX 77305-0716

Iglesia Bautista de Jesucristo

P.O. Box 9320 Huntsville 77340

Pleasant Grove* 8751 FM 945

South Cleveland 77328

Rainbow Baptist P.O. Box 276

Rye, TX 77369-0276

Spring Creek 1431 Rayford Rd.

Spring 77386

Unity* 8904 FM 787 West Cleveland 77327

*Bi-Vocational

APRIL

Kids Life Kamp

Camp 1: July 27—30

Camp 2: July 30—Aug 2

EQUIP

September 13

9:00 a.m.—3:00 p.m.

FBC Conroe

Annual Celebration

September 13

12:00 p.m.—1:00 p.m.

FBC Conroe

Maine Mission Trip

Sept. 25—Oct. 2

Senior Adult Council

April 14, 10:30 a.m., TEBA

Pastor Conference

April 15, 12:00 p.m., TEBA

Good Friday, TEBA Closed

April 18

Golf Tournament

April 28th

West Fork Golf and

Country Club

TEBA’s 9th

Annual Golf

Tournament

Proceeds will be used to benefit TEBA

Strategic Church

Planting You may register and/or sponsor a hole online at www.teba.org or by calling the TEBA office at 936-856-2001

West Fork Golf and Country Club

One Golf Ridge Drive Conroe, TX 77304

WWW.TEBA.ORG

Connecting Churches to Change Our World

HEAVEN IS FOR REAL – THE MOVIE is coming soon It will open the Wednesday before Easter (April 16, 2014) at theaters near you

“We were invited to the premiere - it was excellent – it is a movie that reveals the reality of heaven, the hope of being able to get there through Jesus Christ, and hope for those who have suffered loss. It’s a GREAT discussion resource.” TEBA has the Conversation DVD Kit in the Media Library if you plan to take a group to the movie and desire to have a small group session based upon it. Heaven is for Real would be a fantastic tool for Gr ief Share as well.

We have two DVDs with the trailer and special features for advertising use.

Camp 2 is almost filled but there is still plenty of room in Camp 1 GET US YOUR NUMBERS AND REGISTRATION NOW! Deposit - $25 non-refundable deposit per camper/sponsor is due to hold your reservations. Check and Reservation Deposit Form must be received to hold your reservations. Mail to: Kids Life Kamp-TEBA, P.O. Box 2408, Conroe, TX 77305-2408 Cost of Camp - $199 - Churches from the TEBA and NRBA Associations $209 - Non- Member Churches Final Deadline - Noon on Friday June 13, 2014 For More Information - nbowman@teba.org - Tel. 936.856.2001

KIDS LIFE KAMP www.kidslifekamp.org at Carolina Creek Christian Camp Camp 1 – July 27-30, 2014 Camp 2 – July 30-August 2, 2014

Prayer and Church Starting by Stewart Pickle, D.Min.

God has never called us to do what we are capable of doing. Isaiah was respected. He was seen as completely qualified as a priest. When King Uzziah died, Isaiah grieved for the future of Israel. That was when God revealed the power and presence of the King of kings to Isaiah. As Isaiah saw the LORD, he saw himself as unworthy. God cleansed him and lifted him up. God asked, “Who will go?” Isaiah wanted the privilege. “Here am I; send me.” It is not hard to start the church God wants—it is impossible! Yet if we meet God and He sends us, ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE IN CHRIST. Two things have to happen: An effective church planter must understand that he is not able to start the church God wants. As he comes to realize that it is God who wants him to start a church, he needs to spend time with God until God sends him.

Since God is doing the sending—it is His church—time must be spent with Him each day to share needs and victories. His guidance does not come as a 5 year strategy plan which needs to be developed. It comes as daily marching orders. He has a divine

interruption. He will nudge you to talk to a person you meet. He will give you grace as you counsel. A church planter needs the humility to depend on God. He knows the arrogant and proud. Whether in prideful pretense of prayer or in using people instead of serving them, the proud can count on one thing. God keeps them at a distance. The results they produce by manipulating people in God’s name is all the reward they will see—and it will not last. When we walk with God we have real hope. Hope is a firm expectation based on the character of the One who has promised. We can expect Him to act, not on our time line but at the right time. We need to be sensitive to where God is working. As we depend

Story. What’s yours? Everyone has one – some sound familiar, some predictable, even surprising, but all of them are an account of a person’s life map leading them to this particular moment in time. Sometimes when you ask to hear someone’s story you get more than you bargained for – I recall a Deacon Ordination when I was in grade school where each Deacon Candidate shared their testimony. One after the other they got up, took a few minutes to share, and then sat down. But not Bro Smith. Bro. Smith stood and told us about his faith journey beginning with receiving Christ in the fourth grade and then walked us through something important that happened each year (literally, every year) in his life from that point forward…he had gray hair, when he finished 38 minutes later, I thought I did too. Good story. Right context. Wrong length. But I do remember his story, even after more than 40 years have passed – that’s the power of story in our lives. God is a storyteller. Anyone reading the scripture knows it is a story of stories. Lived out in real time in a world so often deaf to the sound of His story. But He keeps on telling the story.

Creation, the Fall of Humankind, Relationship, Covenant, Faithfulness, Faithlessness, Triumph, Failure, more Failure, Correction, Encouragement, Silence – so much silence. 400 years of silence. But then the echo of the Story Teller’s voice speaks out of the darkness into the life of Zachariah, to Elizabeth, to Mary, to shepherds, to sojourners from the East, to the dark heart of Herod, to sleepy town, to the world – “for unto you is born this day a Savior, Christ, the Lord.” And the Story Teller became flesh and dwelt among us and the heartbeat of the Story Teller could be heard in the chest of a baby. He grew, grew up, walked the earth, felt the sun on his skin, splinters in his hands, the weight of daily life, understood our lives, took on the work of redemption, fulfilled all righteousness, mounted a cross, became sin for us, paid the ultimate price, was buried only to be triumphantly resurrected on Easter morning. And the world was changed because the Story Teller transformed everything by not narrating a story but incarnating its reality. The message of Easter doesn’t begin at the cross – it echoes in the heart of God before the creation of the world.

Easter is a season of story – we hear the story, we sing the story, we worship the one who is the Story. We are transformed by the power of the Story becoming a reality in our hearts. Hymns include themes such as “Tell me the story of Jesus”, “I heard an old, old, story”, “I love to tell the story” and on and on but what if we moved from singing about to talking about the story. Not just in church but also at home, at school, at work, at play, at bowling—in our world so needy of hearing the Real Story lived out and demonstrated in the story of our lives. Greatest story. Right context. In Kingdom service,

LEADERSHIP MATTERS by Roger Yancey, D.Min.

1 Peter 3:15-16 ESV “...but in your hearts regard Christ the Lord as

holy, always being prepared to make a defense

to anyone who asks you for a reason for the

hope that is in you; yet do it with gentleness

and respect, having a good conscience…”

"Thus the gospel is integrally

tied to the Bible's story-line.

Indeed, it is incomprehensible

without understanding that

story-line. God is the sovereign,

transcendent and personal God

who has made the universe,

including us, his image-bearers.

D.A. Carson

The Biblical Gospel