I want to take this opportunity to welcome you to our Website.  First Baptist Church Everman is a community of like-minded believers dedicated to seeking God’s Kingdom.  We do this in order to reach our community for Christ.  You see, I believe our focus must be on Christ first as His word says that we can do all things through Christ, but, apart from Him we can do nothing.  Therefore, Christ must be at the center of all we do.

When you visit, I think you will find that we are a friendly church.  We feel it is important to gather together to learn and study God’s word, to encourage one another, and to serve one another.  We look forward to meeting you and sharing God’s love with you.

The story below was sent to me by email.  The Author is unknown but the message is clear.  I hope to see you Sunday!

Pastor Jim Tucker

A member of a certain church, who previously had been attending services regularly, stopped going. After a few weeks, the pastor decided to visit him.

It was a chilly evening. The pastor found the man at home alone, sitting before a blazing fire. Guessing the reason for his pastor's visit, the man welcomed him, led him to a comfortable chair near the fireplace and waited.

The pastor made himself at home but said nothing. In the grave silence, he contemplated the dance of the flames around the burning logs. After some minutes, the pastor took the fire tongs, carefully picked up a brightly burning ember and placed it to one side of the hearth all alone. Then he sat back in his chair, still silent. The host watched all this in quiet contemplation. As the one lone ember's flame flickered and diminished, there was a momentary glow and then its fire was no more. Soon it was cold and dead.

Not a word had been spoken since the initial greeting. The Pastor glanced at his watch and realized it was time to leave. He slowly stood up, picked up the cold, dead ember and placed it back in the middle of the fire. Immediately it began to glow, once more with the light and warmth of the burning coals around it.

As the pastor reached the door to leave, his host said with a tear running down his cheek, "Thank you so much for your visit and especially for the fiery sermon. I shall be back in church next Sunday."

We live in a world today, which tries to say too much with too little. Consequently, few listen. Sometimes the best sermons are the ones left unspoken.

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