Our Pastoral Council consists of three pastoral staff and four lay-leaders from our church congregation. The council is responsible for the spiritual oversight and direction of CI Baptist Church. Together the council members serve the church family through prayer, administering baptism and the Lord’s Supper, and vision-casting. They also serve in various other ministries in church life.

We want to highlight these servant-hearted leaders so you can get to know them better. This week, let’s meet Pastoral Council member Tony Williams:

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Our Pastoral Council consists of three pastoral staff and four lay-leaders from our church congregation. The council is responsible for the spiritual oversight and direction of CI Baptist Church. Together the council members serve the church family through prayer, administering baptism and the Lord’s Supper, and vision-casting. They also serve in various other ministries in church life.

We want to highlight these servant-hearted leaders so you can get to know them better. This week, let’s meet Pastoral Council member Paul Tibbetts:

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Our Pastoral Council consists of three pastoral staff and four lay-leaders from our church congregation. The council is responsible for the spiritual oversight and direction of CI Baptist Church. Together the council members serve the church family through prayer, administering baptism and the Lord’s Supper, and vision-casting. They also serve in various other ministries in church life.

We want to highlight these servant-hearted leaders so you can get to know them better. This week, let’s meet Pastoral Council member Helbert Rodriguez, Associate Pastor in Spanish:

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Our Pastoral Council consists of three pastoral staff and four lay-leaders from our church congregation. The council is responsible for the spiritual oversight and direction of CI Baptist Church. Together the council members serve the church family through prayer, administering baptism and the Lord’s Supper, and vision-casting. They also serve in various other ministries in church life.

We want to highlight these servant-hearted leaders so you can get to know them better. This week, let’s meet Pastoral Council member Andrew Johnson:

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his week I’ve asked Mike Irby, our Associate Pastor in Youth to share with us. Mike is a godly leader, with a great passion to love people for the Lord. His infectious joy is evident to all and he has a key member of our pastoral staff and we are thankful to have him as a part of the team at CIBC.

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This week I’ve asked Dalmond Bodden, our Associate Pastor in worship and media to encourage us from the Words ministry. Dalmond is a gifted, bright and godly leader and we are thankful to have him as a part of the team at CIBC.

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This week I’ve asked Carla Bregani, our Children’s Minister to give us an update and a word of encouragement concerning our CIBC children’s ministry. Carla has a heart for our kids and a passion to see each of them come to faith in Christ and grow in their Christian life. She thoughtful, a true team player, hard worker and it is a great joy to serve King Jesus alongside her in ministry.

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A wise older man once told a young Chuck Swindoll that “the hardest thing about life is that it’s so daily.” I can’t help but think of that when I read Matthew 5:7. Christ has called us to live a life of mercy in our daily life around our family, our co-workers, and our community. We may not be called on to die for Christ this week, but we surely have been called to live for him. Here are a few thoughts from this verse that didn’t make into last Sunday's sermon.

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Are you willing to help me preach this Sunday? You might be thinking, "Not me; I don’t like public speaking." Don’t worry; I’m not going to ask you to stand and deliver a sermon. Some people think their contribution to the sermon is to sit and listen. Certainly, active listening to the sermon is very important, yet there are other things you can do to assist me in preaching. If you want to help, engage in these activities this week and in the service on Sunday.

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Meditate on this marvelous statement from the great Princeton theologian Charles Hodge in his book The Way of Life:

"We cannot make progress in holiness unless we devote much time to the reading, hearing, and meditating upon the Word of God, which is the truth whereby we are sanctified. The more this truth is brought before the mind; the more we commune with it, entering into its import, applying it to our own case, appropriating its principles, appreciating its motives, rejoicing in its promises, trembling at its threatening, rising by its influences from what is seen and temporal to what is unseen and eternal; the more we may expect to be transformed by the renewing of our mind so as to approve and love whatever is holy, just, and good."

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We have all been hurt, and we have all hurt others. Forgiving people and asking for forgiveness is tough work. Yet, forgiveness is to the Christian what oxygen is to the lungs. These 7 principles can help you along the way when it comes to forgiveness.

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Do you need courage?

Chances are you do. Maybe you put on a good front to others but really you are struggling. You might be wrestling with anxieties at work, a relationship gone wrong, or some internal battle that people don’t know you’re facing. In Acts 23:11 the Lord tells the Apostle Paul to take courage, and we need to do the same. Let me share three insights into the word and three tips for living with biblical courage.

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Now that we have begun offering two services on Sunday morning, I think it would be helpful to remind everyone again of the purpose for doing so. Over the last few years Pastor Randy, the Pastoral Staff, and the Pastoral Council recognized the need for our church to move to two services if we want to continue to grow and reach the island with the gospel. Although 2020 has presented many challenges, it has also provided the right time for us to make this move. Initially, two services were our only options for health and safety purposes, but as we continue to re-gather it has become clear that this is the best way forward for our church. Here are a few reasons for making the unified move around the mission of God through two services.

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As you are aware, I have been serving at CIBC for over a year, but now in the role as your Senior Pastor. It has been a joy and privilege to get to know the wonderful people of these beautiful islands over that time. Throughout the month of September, I will take my weekly email to answer a few questions that come my way. My hope is that this will help me communicate with you and will help you to have biblical and reasonable expectations of your Pastoral Staff.

How do you care for and visit the church members?

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