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When I came to Calvary Baptist Church of Fayetteville seven and a half years ago, I quickly learned that this was a church that wanted to share with others what God had provided. They were allowing a local community ministry called Potter’s House to utilize our Family Life Center for Wet Cement (a preschool/mother’s day out program) and Academy (an afterschool tutoring program). Our ministry assistant handled most of the contacts with their leadership, but after her departure, I ...
In Paul’s first letter to the church in Corinth, we find the familiar illustration of the church as a body (I Cor. 12:12-27). Paul mentioned the feet, hands, ears and eyes that belong to the body. He even contrasts body parts that are weaker with those that are stronger and those that are less honorable with those that are more honorable. This illustration captures the unity and...