Servant Spirit at Sycamore Bapist Church

We were treated like royalty by the good folks at Sycamore Baptist Church, East Moline.
Thank you very much for your service!

































Thanks also to the sound guy who made these masterful recordings and uploaded them promptly to the Sycamore Baptist website. Excellent job!

Personal Evangelism

Pastor Steve Martin of Heritage Church, Fayetteville GA brings the Assembly to a close with this heartfelt appeal to all believers. Preaching scripture Mark 1:16-20

get the audio here

Theological Discussion #2

Pastor Fred Malone moderates a discussion of patriarchalism and the church ...

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The Law and Gospel in Evangelism

Pastor Fred Malone of First Baptist Church Clinton LA brought us a marvelous message on the importance of Law and Gospel in evangelism. For me this was one of the highlights of this years' assembly. Pastor Malone hits a home run with this one ... listen and pay attention!


Brother Chad Bennett thanks Pastor Fred Malone

Friday Devotion

Pastor Jack Daniels of the Limerick Free Baptist Church, Limerick, Maine brings our final devotion of the week. I thought he gave a good balance between the emphasis on 'personal' evangelism and the evangelistic power of the preaching of the Gospel each Lord's day.

Audio here courtesy of Sycamore Baptist Church of East Moline

The True Bounds of Christian Evangelism

Pastor David Campbell of Grace Baptist Church, Carlisle, Pennsylvania traces the biblical boundaries of our liberty to spread the gospel. This sermon was a delightful examination of seven 'property lines' wherein a believer may be kept from error.

audio here

Spurgeon's Evangelism

Pastor Bob Selph of Grace Baptist Church, Taylors, SC spoke about some of the things that Spurgeon's church did in the area of evangelism. Simultaneously preaching the gospel and serving those in need.

audio here

One Church's Journey in Evangelism

Pastor Gary Hendrix from Grace Reformed Baptist Church, Melbane, North Carolina humbly shared some of their experiences in the area of reaching the lost. This was not a dry discussion but rather a passionate plea for the body of Christ to join the battle.
audio here

Theological Discussion #1

Coordinator Gordon Taylor opened the floor to questions on the topic, 'Our Philosophy of Church Planting'
audio here

Report from Columbia SA

Pastor Stan Line gives an encouraging report on the work in Columbia.

audio here

Missionary Olivér Favré

Olivér and
Heartfelt & encouraging devotion from our missionary to Switzerland.

audio here

The Holy Spirit and Evangelism

This is a 'must hear' sermon on the topic of evangelism. ARBCA Coordinator Gordon Taylor preached on the essential empowerment of the Holy Spirit in all aspects of the Christian's life, especially in the area of evangelism.
Acts 1:1-8
Luke 24:46-49
Acts 8:3-4

listen here

Book Deals from Solid Ground Christian Books

A few of the books available only at the Assembly from our friend Michael Gaydosh and Solid Ground Christian Books ...





Solid Ground Christian Books

Devotional

Pastor/Missionary Stan Line (Columbia, SA) preaches on Psalm 18, focus on the 'problem' verse 24 where the psalmist seems to claim that the Lord has rewarded him according to his righteousness. Certanly this verse seems to go against our understanding of the holiness of God vs. our present state - suprisingly this message wasn't theological parsing but rather a message of encouragement. This was a good, balanced exposition of a problematic passage.

Audio

Tuesday Sermon - The Great Commission and Evangelism

Pastor Earl Blackburn of Heritage Baptist Church, Shreveport, LA brought us a message on The Great Commission and Evangelism. The preaching scripture was Matthew 28:16-20.

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Navy Chaplain Lieutenant Patrick L. Joyner

ARBCA has been approved by the government to be an official sponsoring agency for the Chaplain program.

Brother Chad and Brother John (the baptist)

Chad and John in a heated theological discussion at dinner ...
the folks at Sycamore Baptist Church lavishly provided lunch and dinner plus snacks for our 10 o'clock break.

Coordinator's Challenge

Pastor Bob Selph, outgoing ARBCA coordinator, preaches on Every Believer and Personal Evangelism- from 1 Corinthians 10:23-11:1.


go here to listen to the message

(Pastor Selph has accepted a call to serve Taylors Baptist Church, Taylors, SC
Pastor Gordon Taylor becomes our new coordinator tomorrow)

2008 Circular Letter

Pastor Steve Marquedant of Sovereign Grace Baptist Church Ontario, California presented his paper titled, Ministerial Ordination: Its Legitimacy and Limitations (link to the audio file here)

Next years circular letter

Pastor Arden Hodges, Trinity Reformed Baptist Church La Mirada, California introduces next years circular letter to be writen by pastor Steve Garreck on the topic, Deacons; Leaders or Servants.

Audio

Sycamore Baptist Church is uploading Assembly audio 'on-the-fly' - check it out at http://www.sycamorebaptistchurch.com/GA%20Audio.htmlcom/

Roll Call

Pastor John Hueni of Grace Fellowship Church, Bremen Indiana, calls the roll!

Pastor Donny Martin

Pastor Martin from Grace Baptist Church, Hartzville, Tennessee brings a warm and encouraging devotion on the topic, Model & Motivation for Evangelism; Phil 1:21-30 & 2:5-18.

Registration

Sycamore Baptist Church welcomes delegates to the ARBCA Assembly

Breakfast

Pastor Stefan Lindblad of Trinity Reformed Baptist Church Kirkland Washington & Pastor Brandon Smith of Trinity Reformed Baptist Church Jackson Georgia

Study Time

Chad & Brandon making good use of their time ... I'm driving and you don't want to know who took these photos!

Near Paduchah

Looking at the bass (after a bathroom break) wishing we had brought our fishing gear.

Breakfast

Chad & Brandon at the Awful House just outside Chatanooga.

On the Road

Started driving at 5:02am. Brandon driving & we've already covered Jesus' calling the disciples (gospel of John's account) and now discussing Timothy Keller's book on the Defense of God among other things.

Leaving for East Moline Tomorrow

Pastor Brandon, brother Chad and I leave Georgia tomorrow morning early bound for the ARBCA annual Assembly.
13 hours and twelve minutes (according to Google Maps) to go!