PastorMatt

Quality, over Quantity is a message I used to preach when I traveled in Evangelism. Text is Gideon and his 300-man army

Pizza

When visiting a church and you see a few people raising their hands during a music special and the first thing you wonder is if you are in the right church, you just might be an Independent Baptist.

Are you monotone? Not really, but I'm sure there have been times I have Are you loud in emphasizing your points? Yes and no. Sometimes when I get into the message I get loud Do you preach from notes, or off the top of your head "as the spirit leads" you? I always use notes. Notes cover my points, subpoints, Scripture and illustrations. How long is your typical sermon? 30-45 minutes

@BrotherTony Was there a big conference yesterday (15,000 or so) where the SBC was deciding the future? I thought I saw Gerald Wolfe post something on facebook about being there.

I been in those services before and might even have been guilty of doing this.

You just might be an independent Baptist if upon entering the auditorium you look for open seats in the back first

You just may be an independent Baptist if you can't agree on what being a Baptist means.

Watertown, NY does get very cold and has hard winters. I only go to upstate NY in the summer. I love the Northeast, can't see myself moving out. I love all 4 season, I love the people, and I love the pizza.

The winters in Jersey are not cold, they don't even get much snow down there.

I spend a lot of time in Jersey . I'm in the Cherry Hill area quite often.

I don't know if anyone here lives in NJ or followed the GOP Governor elections in NJ this week, but my pastor Friend Phil Rizzo finished 2nd. He never held any political office before and jumped into the election only a few months ago. After much lies and the media ignoring him, I'm proud of his second place finish. Singh and him split votes otherwise it would have been very close. Pastor Rizzo was very instrumental and helpful with us with the start of our church. New Jersey Governor Election Results 2021 | Live Map Updates | Voting by County (politico.com)

I know the feeling. lol You just might be an independent Baptist if.... ... if the song leader says.. Please stand, you can't sing Standing on the Promises while sitting on the premises.

you get upset because someone took the last piece of Chicken at the church potluck.