• Mike Seaver • Posted in Mission, Unity
Church, here is an update from Mike Seaver at Sovereign Grace Church of the Lowcountry in Charleston, SC.
Thanks so much for praying!
We have a collaborative effort of several local churches called 1Charleston that we have been doing for about a year. We are in great position to mobilize (and we have been mobilizing) and we are calling all Charleston pastors across racial and denominational lines to pray together. We are gathering on Tuesday night, June 30th in Emanuel AME Church. Please pray for that time together.
We are then calling on folks from the city to have…
• Posted in Discipleship, Events, Life in the Church, Service, Unity, Vision
It's a big deal to join a church. It's a statement that we need others and that we are not alone as we live our Christian life. It's a commitment to partner with a group of Christians as we love God and love the fallen world around us.
• Posted in Bible, Every-Member Ministry, Life in the Church, Mission, Service, Unity, Vision
Dave Burnett serves us as our Deacon of Benevolence. In this post he invites us into that role and explains how he does it. As elders we have so appreciated his service, and we have seen time again that his wisdom and compassion bring great blessing to others.
• Posted in Art, Bible, Every-Member Ministry, Fellowship, Life in the Church, Unity, Vision
I hope you have enjoyed the recent installation of Jermaine Powell’s painting of the communion elements in our church lobby. His talent needs no exposition: it is obvious and the painting speaks of it loudly....But we don’t incorporate art into our church life thoughtlessly. And there are more questions at stake than simply “does it look nice?”
• Posted in Bible, Fellowship, Godly speech, Gospel, Life in the Church, Relationships, Sanctification, Sermons, Unity
Sunday's sermon from Ephesians 4:25 was about the need to be godly truth-tellers if we are to build strong relationships in the church. This is part of "putting off" sinful behavior and "putting on" godly behavior.
• Posted in Church Government, SG, Unity, Vision
Yesterday in what was truly an historical moment for Sovereign Grace, our 67 U.S. churches voted on whether or not they wanted to adopt the new polity proposal.
• Posted in Godly speech, Unity
A bit as an extension of Phil's sermon last week on love, unity, and godly dissent, we added a small button on the right side of our Members Page on the website. The button is labeled "Feedback for the Elders?" and takes you to a page with the statement below.