From the Vantage of the End | Though evil and suffering remain until Christ returns, believers can endure with hope, trusting God’s perfect justice, finding comfort in His presence, and looking forward to resurrection and eternal glory.

Speaker: Michael Crosswhite

Discipline & Discontentment | The whole church body is to guard the gospel by pursuing holiness and practicing discipline and exercise wisdom and discretion in dealing with frustrations and discontentment within the body.

Church Membership | Tom Allen

Are We Pawns? | God’s sovereignty and human responsibility coexist mysteriously, calling Christians to trust his goodness, pray faithfully, fight evil, and endure suffering in faith rather than fall into fatalism or bitterness.

Speaker: Michael Crosswhite

Congregationalism | A church that is elder led and congregational ruled recognizes that under

Christ’s ultimate authority and the subordinate authority of pastors, the entire church

body is responsible to guard the gospel through doctrine, discipline, and membership.

Church Membership | Tom Allen

When God Refuses to Explain | Scripture gives good reasons for evil and that God may withhold the specific reasons for our suffering, calling us to trust His sovereign goodness rather than presume to explain His providence.

Speaker: Michael Crosswhite

Elders and Deacons | The biblical offices of elder and deacon promote unity in the church as the Word is taught, the church is equipped for ministry, and its physical needs are met.

Church Membership | Tom Allen

Why would God permit it? | God can be both good and sovereign while allowing evil for purposes of judgment, discipline, and mercy.

Speaker: Michael Crosswhite

The Ordinances | Baptism and the Lord’s Supper are church acts whereby believers publicly identify with Christ and his church.

Church Membership | Tom Allen