At Belden Baptist Church we have a wonderful ministerial staff – called of God, dedicated to God’s kingdom purpose and open to the leading of the Holy Spirit. I mention this because Bro. Jim was out of town Sunday and Bro. Owen filled the pulpit. His teaching and exhortation are a testimony to his desire to learn & share and to the anointing of the Holy Spirit.

Bro. Jim Holcomb is our Senior Pastor; Bro. Owen Riddick is our Associate Pastor; Bro. Kelly McGinnis is our Minister of Worship and Praise; and Bro. Mike Robertson is our Minister to Students – four ordinary men used extraordinarily by God.

I do so love going to church. The ladies in our class start getting there about 45 minutes before SS begins for coffee and fellowship. Then when it’s time for the lesson, we’re all eager to get into the Word. “Worship” service is just an extension of what we’ve already been doing in our classes and by the time I leave rejuvenation, regeneration and recreation have soothed my spirit, my soul, my mind & even my body. Then we get to turn around and do it all again on Sunday night. How can Christians not go to church?!?

Wasn’t it a powerful moment after the Super Bowl when Tony Dungy turned to the TV camera and said that even more important than the social implications of two African American coaches making it to the SB was the fact that two Christian coaches had made it and had done it the Lord’s way. AMEN! AMEN! How often does such an influential person get to witness to millions of viewers? The sports world (and many other areas of life) needs the likes of Tony Dungy and Lovie Smith. Thank you, gentlemen, for your Christian witness.