“PASTOR”…..A MOST HOLY AND SACRED
CALL FROM GOD
“And He Himself gave some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers, for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry, for the edifying unity of the body of Christ, till we all come to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to be a perfect man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ; that we should no longer be children, tossed to and fro by the trickery of men, in the cunning craftiness of deceitful plotting, but speaking the truth in love, may grow up in all things into Him who is the head—Christ—from whom the whole body, joined and knit together by what every joint supplies, according to the effective working by which every part does it’s share, causes growth of the body for the edifying of itself in love” Ephesians 4:11—16 (NKJV)
*PASTOR—(The
original meaning of the word was shepherd, and in this sense it is sometimes
used in the Bible. The Eastern shepherd
must both protect and feed his sheep—so
there is a derived meaning of spiritual leader, minister, one given charge of a
church of Christ, to care for spiritual interests of the people and feed their
souls with spiritual food. This meaning
also is found in the Bible) *this
notation is taken from Cruden’s Complete Concordance.
“The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.” Psalm 23:1 (NKJV)
This is a
tribute to my Pastor Dr. Thomas Batts, his wife Lynda who is our Choir Director,
Musical’s Coordinator and our Women’s Ministries leader and Todd their son who
is our Worship Leader and also works tirelessly with our growing Youth Group. Also Included in our Pastoral Staff is our
Youth Ministries Pastor, Rev. C.J. Fussell. Brother Fussell has such a burning
and compelling desire that each youth accept Jesus Christ as their personal
Savior at an early age.
I could
never begin to list all of the wonderful and individual things that Dr. Batts
and his precious wife Lynda, their son Todd and C.J. Fussell have brought to our
congregation. Each one has God given ministries,
that work together to make our church a complete WHOLE in Jesus Christ.
I am
speaking for each member of Welcome Assembly of God, as I invite you to be in
attendance tomorrow, September 21, 2014.
Our Sunday School begins at 9:30 (csdt) and our Morning Worship will
begin at 10:30 (csdt). Immediately after
the Morning Worship service, we will share a meal together, so bring your
favorite veggies, casseroles, pies, cakes and all things good to eat The entrée’ will be provided by the Church.
WE LOVE YOU Dr.
Batts, Precious (Lynda), Todd and C.J. We
all pray that God will let you continue to be our Pastor’s until Jesus Christ
calls us home in the rapture of His Church.
With love
and blessings, Gloria
