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Reflection Of Church

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I have the pleasures of visiting many churches that have different worship styles, the preaching and, teaching alike are also different. When you look at the demographics, age, and health of the church you can see why no church offers the same worship experience. Based upon those things can help explain why no two Pastors would be considered the same. Each leader has a unique ministry context. I have had to formulate and work out my unique ministry context and continue to build and shape ministry. For many years the church that I currently Pastor has uniquely been a predominately African American church. There have been times that some random visitors would show up because they had veered off the route in which they traveled and landed in worship with us, but reality always presented us with the challenge of being located “over the tracks.” First Baptist church had a traditional way of service. The weekly meetings consisted of Prayer meeting/ Bible Study, Brotherhood, Mission, Ushers, and Choir. Each Department was in charge of a service that would include a 3 P.M. service. Guest Preachers and choirs, soloist would be invited, and dinner would always be served. There was not a witness program, nor did anyone wrestle with the idea of doing the ministry. I think and wonder if the former pastors had taken time to implement such events. The mindsets of many of the members would be different. Some believe that since we have existed over 50 years and the

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