Of the following series on evangelism and missions, Pastor Emilio simply said, “Horton on Evangelism, he does a great job.” To Download MP3 Right click and save to your hard drive… An Introduction to Evangelism and Mission – Class 1 (MP3) The Basis for the Great Commission – Class 2 (MP3) The Great Commission – Class 3 (MP3) The Great Commission – Class 4 (MP3) The Great Commission – Class...

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Here is the lastest update we have from Steve Scheider (see previous ones here): “…Steve’s schedule, from August until December, has become more involved, primarily in preaching and training the leaders in our church. At the seminary, he taught courses in Expository Preaching and Church History. The students continue to grow in their ability to study the text and preach it expositionally. Steve is further encouraged when they share...

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Below is an update we received during yesterday’s service (Aug. 7, 2011), via email, from Billy: Hey everyone, I just wanted to give you a Romania update. Everything has been going very well. We are all safe, and no one is sick. We all miss our families and our church very much, though we are enjoying the opportunity to meet and fellowship with our family from another culture. We can’t wait for the day when we will all understand...

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Remember that our short term mission team consisting of Billy, Joe, Kyle, and Chauncey are in Romania. Please keep them in your prayers. Mandatory class for all baptism candidates, this Sunday (Aug. 7, 2011) @ 2pm. Greek Class begins this Wednesday (Aug. 10, 2011) @ 7pm. Details on all the above on the calendar...

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Here is the lastest update we have from Steve Scheider (see previous ones here): “Greetings from Chile! We are fast approaching our one-year anniversary of our arrival in Chile on July 19th… The first semester of our seminary academic year, and Steve’s first semester teaching, finished on July 1. As we shared in earlier updates, the seminary had 17 new students enter the first year in our four-year program, thanks to the efforts...

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Tomorrow (June 21, 2011) Women’s Study will be held @ Trish’s house. NO SERVICE this Friday (June 24, 2011). Evangelism has moved from Southlake to Downtown Fort Worth (Sundance Square). Details on all the above on the calendar...

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Dear Sovereign Joy Family, As of today, the death toll in Joplin, MO has risen to 138, and there are still many missing persons yet to be found. Joplin is only five hours drive from Haltom City, and there are many lost and hurting people who need to receive the healing power of the gospel. A group of SJCC church members have decided to travel to Joplin to attempt to meet this need on Tuesday and Wednesday of this coming week. We pray that you...

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Before this past Friday’s sermon on “Patience & Endurance Through Suffering”, Pastor Jay talked about a video he had recently seen about brothers and sisters who have endured persecution for their faith and how they endured. You can listen to this in the two minute clip below: Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have...

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Below is the most recent update from the Schneider’s (see the past ones here) Dear Friends and Family, Our Lord has been gracious, good, and faithful to us over this long journey of training and waiting to be fully absorbed in ministry. Although we know He has used us throughout this time in ministering to others, this week marks the beginning of what He has called us to do, since November 2001 when Steve first considered a change in the...

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…do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus have been baptized into His death? Therefore we have been buried with Him through baptism into death, so that as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we too might walk in newness of life. For if we have become united with Him in the likeness of His death, certainly we shall also be in the likeness of His resurrection… - Romans...

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