Haywood Baptist Association3 days ago1 minWITH THE OVERTURNING OF ROE V. WADEWe rejoice that Roe v. Wade has been overturned! Praise God! Yet, there is more work to be done. Also, there are concerns about...
Haywood Baptist Association5 days ago2 minWHAT ABOUT THE SOUTHERN BAPTIST CONVENTION?I hear from more voices a growing disquiet concerning the direction of the SBC. Among those who had already expressed concern, those...
Haywood Baptist AssociationJun 142 minFOUR PILLARSAs I regularly pray about and weigh my priorities as an Associational Mission Strategist, I ponder how to fulfill those responsibilities....
Haywood Baptist AssociationJun 81 minA MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATHI just came from a prayer meeting in the parking lot of Mountain Area Pregnancy Services (hereafter referred to here as MAPS). This...
Haywood Baptist AssociationJun 13 minVERMONT MISSION REPORTDriving through the country of Vermont gives you a sense that you are back home in North Carolina. There are mountains similar to our...
Haywood Baptist AssociationMay 252 minGOOD FOR NOTHINGWhat good is salt that cannot season? Is that not the whole point--the distinctive quality that makes salt effective? Jesus put it this...
Haywood Baptist AssociationMay 181 minVERMONT MISSION REPORT: PREVIEWThank you for your prayers and financial help so that five representatives from Haywood Baptist Association churches could go to Vermont...
Haywood Baptist AssociationMay 132 minREADY TO GIVE A REASONAs a follower of Christ, I should know what I believe and why I believe it. Consequently, it is to produce a living hope in me. The...
Haywood Baptist AssociationMay 122 minPATIENCE, PAIN, PERSEVERANCE, AND PRODUCTIVITYThe earth has warmed and it is time to put in the garden. We labor as we till the soil, stoop to sow, with weeding to come. Sore muscles...
Haywood Baptist AssociationMay 111 minTHE ROYAL LAWA group of us are to fly to Vermont this morning where God has planted a church and is making inroads with the Gospel. Seed has been sown...
Haywood Baptist AssociationMay 104 minHAYWOOD BAPTIST MISSION REPORT FOR SPRING 2022This past quarter afforded me an opportunity to visit more of our Haywood Baptist Churches. After concluding a couple of interim pastor...
Haywood Baptist AssociationMay 43 minNATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER--PRAYING FOR AN END TO BABY KILLINGTomorrow is the National Day of Prayer--two gatherings I know of will be in Canton at the Community Kitchen and Waynesville in front of...
Haywood Baptist AssociationApr 271 minRIDE ON OVER TO CLYDE!If you are a pastor or elected messenger from your church, you want to ride on over to Clyde First Baptist Church, on Tuesday evening,...
Haywood Baptist AssociationApr 201 minBUSY OR PRODUCTIVE?We are busy people. But are we productive? You can do a lot but accomplish little. Jump on a stationary bike and pedal away…but you...
Haywood Baptist AssociationApr 131 minCOME AND SEE"Chreasters," they are sometimes called--people who only show up at church on Christmas and Easter. It is mostly used in a derogatory...
Haywood Baptist AssociationApr 62 minSPRING CLEANINGSpring means time for spring cleaning. Believe it or not, our Associational Office needs it! So, we are scheduling it for Saturday...
Haywood Baptist AssociationMar 302 minMULTIPLYING MINISTRYThe primary lesson of Exodus 18 concerns multiplying ministry. It has been said, “You cannot teach an old dog new tricks.” Perhaps, but...
Haywood Baptist AssociationMar 221 minVISION VERMONTIf Vermont were in a foreign nation, its citizens would be considered an unreached people group! It is a very secular state. Yet, God is...
Haywood Baptist AssociationMar 172 minA DIM AND DYING LIGHTJesus said that His followers would be the light of the world. In many churches, however, the light is growing dim and about to die. Our...
Haywood Baptist AssociationMar 101 minSPRING IS ABOUT TO SPRINGI am ready for Spring! The cold air invading this weekend will hopefully be the last gasp of old man Winter--of course, in the...