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CHBC Connect for March 1, 2024

God’s Vision for CHBC: 3 Piers, 3 Pillars, and 3 Purposes

3 Purposes: Equip Believers, Exalt Christ, and Extend the Gospel

¹⁵ And He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation,” (Mark 16:15). The Lord Jesus Christ commanded the church to take the gospel to the ends of the earth. What a glorious responsibility. At CHBC we embrace the Great Commission from our Lord in several ways.

Local ministry that is gospel-centered. Sunday School leadership is regularly reminded to expect unbelievers to be present and to make sure Christ is the central hero of every passage of Scripture which is taught. AWANA is a means of outreach on a weekly basis to children. Vacation Bible School is an annual attempt to evangelize children in our community. Student Worship on Wednesdays is discipleship oriented, but always calling students to trust in Christ. Language Learners is a weekly ministry to reach those who are seeking help with the English language, as a means to introduce unbelievers to the gospel. Other outreach ministries occur like Project Angel Tree, and community ministry efforts in which the desire is to intersect unbelievers with the gospel.

Partnering with frontline ministries that reach the unloved and unwanted is another way CHBC is part of obeying the command to preach the gospel to all creation. Supporting the ministry of pregnancy centers, prison ministries, displaced children, mothers in crisis, and addiction recovery spreads the gospel in our community outside the walls and direct reach of CHBC.

Supporting the Cooperative Program of the Southern Baptist Convention allows us to obey the Great Commission by supporting missionaries who serve North America, as well as every other continent on earth. Every person who tithes to CHBC is also supporting the preaching of the gospel to all of creation.

Providing opportunities for members to go on short term mission trips is another way CHBC attempts to fulfill the call to global missions. This year we will help send people into OKC, to Belize, to Mexico, and to Utah. Pray for God to raise up these short-term missionaries, as well as to call out some to make it a full-time pursuit.

This samples the way CHBC is fulfilling the purpose of Extending the Gospel to our neighbors and the nations. Thank you, Capitol Hill, for being a church on mission at all times. This Sunday is March Forth Sunday. We will celebrate the gospel focus of the mission outside the walls of CHBC.

By His Grace and For His Glory,

Pastor Mark

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CHBC Connect for February 23, 2024

God’s Vision for CHBC: 3 Piers, 3 Pillars, and 3 Purposes

3 Purposes: Equip Believers, Exalt Christ, and Extend the Gospel

“Have this attitude in yourselves which was also in Christ Jesus, ⁶ who, although He existed in the form of God, did not regard equality with God a thing to be grasped, ⁷ but emptied Himself, taking the form of a bond-servant, and being made in the likeness of men. ⁸ Being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross. ⁹ For this reason also, God highly exalted Him, and bestowed on Him the name which is above every name, ¹⁰ so that at the name of Jesus every knee will bow, of those who are in heaven and on earth and under the earth, ¹¹ and that every tongue will confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father,” (Philippians 2:5-11)

 I have bolded for you the phrase, “For this reason, God highly exalted Him,” because if God exalts the Son, then how can we do less. Once forgiven of our sins, we ought to spend the rest of our lives doing what God has done, exalting Christ because He emptied Himself, humbled Himself, and died on the cross for our salvation.

 Webster’s 1828 Dictionary defines exaltation as, “the act of raising high.” The Christian’s proper response of thankfulness for eternal forgiveness is to live in such a way that Jesus is raised high in our thoughts, words, and actions. In a personal way, CHBC calls this the pursuit of practical holiness. The believer pursues to live a life of personal holiness in the practice of everyday life. Choosing to speak, think, and act in all our days in the way Christ would.

 As Christians we are part of a local congregation, whose purpose is also to exalt Christ. We attempt to exalt Christ by centering our worship on God and His redeeming work through Christ. We love one another as Christ does and take the command of our Savior in Philippians 2:5, to have His attitude of emptiness, humility, and other orientation.

 The purpose of exalting Christ goes far beyond singing songs on Sundays. The purpose of exalting Christ becomes a lifestyle that affects home, work, church, and our witness in the world. CHBC exalt Christ to the glory of God.

By His Grace and For His Glory,

Pastor Mark

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