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Former Adventist Community Group

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You’ve read that I am a former Seventh-day Adventist minister, but you may be interested in knowing that I host a community group for those with similar backgrounds, like formers, inactives, questioning SDA’s, almost SDA’s, family of SDA’s, and those exploring their faith in evangelical fellowship without losing hold of identifying biblical truth. Our Former Adventist Community Group is not a place to compile proof texts, rehash complaints, hate on our past, or convince ourselves regarding theological positions, … Continue reading →

Officiating Fee?

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I do not take a salary from my small church so when you pay me an officiating fee to officiate your wedding or vow renewal or Covenant Marriage Ceremony you help keep me active in ministry.     Mississippi Gulf Coast to Mobile Bay — $100 weekdays  $150 weekends Including Pass Christian, Long Beach, Gulfport, Biloxi, and Mobile County, Mobile, Dauphin Island. Church Chapel in West Mobile officiating fee is $50 [learn more]. Hattiesburg & … Continue reading →

Covenant Marriage Ceremony?

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The Covenant Marriage Ceremony is a lot like a Vow Renewal ceremony in that it is all “in the eyes of God” rather than in the eyes of the state. With recent changes in state marriage laws I am now happy to offer a Covenant Marriage Ceremony for Christian brides and grooms who meet the requirements as listed below. The Covenant Marriage Ceremony is a “church” ceremony not a “civil” ceremony, it is a ceremony … Continue reading →

Asked to Officiate a Friend’s Ceremony?

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Over the years I have officiated weddings along side a family member of friend whom the couple wanted involved in the ceremony, but who couldn’t officiate because of not being church ordained. Most of these individuals have been a godly family member or a friend who was active in their Christian church or was in the process of going to seminary. In all these weddings they were someone who the bride and groom recognized as … Continue reading →

Our Beginnings

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Our church fellowship began on January 6, 2011, meeting on Sunday morning at a community room of a Ryan’s Restaurant on Rangeline Road near I-10 in Tillman’s Corner, Alabama. The manager allowed us to use the room at no cost if we ordered their buffet breakfast, which we did and enjoyed, but after several weeks we all seemed to have gotten our fill of that buffet. We moved our meetings to my house in West Mobile, … Continue reading →

Ash Wednesday and Lent

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Mornings in our home are usually filled with the sounds from a Christian radio station. This morning a caller asked one of the disc jockey’s “What is the reason for Ash Wednesday?” The disc jockey said something to the jest of, “Christians have Ash Wednesday because by placing the ashes on their forehead they are proclaiming the sacrifice of Jesus.” I thought, that’s not biblically correct and that is not even what it means to … Continue reading →

Dear Church Friend in Mobile, Alabama

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Dear Church Friend in Mobile, Alabama, Have you ever invited the guy you work with or the lady at that office or the couple in your neighborhood to attend your church but they just haven’t? Maybe you have great Bible conversations with someone who doesn’t attend church anywhere. Maybe you’ve heard the same excuses as I have for not attending – burned-out, hypocrites, politics, clicks, personality conflicts, boring, bla bla bla.. However, there really are … Continue reading →

Meanwhile, Back At CrossHope Chapel

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In the morning, thousands of people will wake up and get ready to attend a church of their choice. Some will put on their best clothing, some will happily re-wear something from the day before, and some will be more concerned over their toddlers and children keeping their cloths clean at least until they are checked into their Sunday School programs within a secluded room away from the adults. They will make their way to … Continue reading →

2018 in Scripture

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I wanted to share a thought with you about where we have been in 2018, as a church in the Scriptures. We have been in 3 John, 1 Corinthians, and 2 Corinthians. We have systematically and intentionally journeyed through 3 books of the Bible, a total of 30 chapters, and 2 writers…which is not a whole lot in the big scheme of 66 books in the Bible, a total of 1189 chapters, and 40 writers. … Continue reading →

Dumping the Dove

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CrossHope Chapel is dumping the dove in 2019. The dove logo, that is, because we will have a new unique logo. Our new logo is an encircled cross and opened Bible, and it will be replacing the use of the Calvary Chapel dove. Many of you know the story of my accidental involvement with Calvary Chapel pastors and conferences which I have written about at my blog posts on Calvary Chapel Split. CrossHope Chapel is … Continue reading →