Fellowship General Baptist Church

Senior Pastor Byron Beck speaks on HOPE, the first in a series during the Advent season before Christmas. Hope is powerful and can change the state of any situation. Do you have hope?

Senior Pastor Byron Beck delivers a powerful message about making life-changing choices in response to temptations. In response to either great trials or prosperity, we can decide to allow an event to grip our souls in a negative or positive way.

Associate Pastor Keith Woodruff asks a poignant question - why do you come?. What is the purpose in coming to church for you? A basic question that demands an answer that cuts to the quick on our reason for being a Christian and doing the things that we do. We all need to stop and ponder our purpose in doing what we do.

Senior Pastor Byron Beck speaks on a simple subject - Baptism. What does it mean? Why do we enact this sacrament? What did Jesus do regarding this? A message about burying the old self and raising up the new fully committed follower of Christ.

Senior Pastor Byron Beck explores the issue of how we can create expectations of others that are doomed to fail. This selfish path of how we expect to be treated and how we want life to turn out is a world of mythology. We need a new way of viewing others, our relationships and Christ. We should be more consumed by the expectations our Savior has on us right now.

Senior Pastor Byron Beck speaks on the issue of finances - a gripping subject for most of us. We've accumulated debt, squandered our resources and lost our grip on the blessings that God pours out. We must take a look at what is important and organize our resources accordingly. A practical message on finances and planning.

Senior Pastor Byron Beck delivers a sermon about living a life of giving. Are you a giver or a taker? Jesus is explicit about living a life of sacrifice. What are we doing to fulfill this calling to be just like Jesus? Based largely on Acts 20, this message sites a story about Fellowship giving to Living Water International to build a fresh water well for a village in Peru. For, it is more blessed to give than to receive.

Senior Pastor Byron Beck takes a look at John's writings describing Jesus taking his disciples to the other side - a place known for evil, wild lifestyles and even a scary demoniac to the East of where they felt safe and guarded. His lesson for those visiting the other side is true for us today. We must love the unloved and part of our purpose in following after Christ is to shine His light into these dark places. A sermon about being the hands and feet of Jesus and going to those inconvenient places and people to minister in His name.

Sean Warren, International Missions Director for the General Baptists, speaks about being a world-class Christian. What does it mean to be this? Do we really have a heart like Jesus did? We are called to take light into the darkness not hide it. A missions-based message from a modern speaker.

Senior Pastor Byron Beck speaks about a snare that many of us fall prey to in our lives. What event in your past has crippled you so? God can free us from our sin. Real freedom means being able to leave behind the baggage that can do so much to damage our lives. The Word of God tells us to leave behind the past and move forward in His light.

Senior Pastor Byron Beck speaks a second week on the challenge to accept and love others. We often look down on those that don't fit our requirements. Yet, God has commanded us to love others for when we do, we are loving Him. This second installment builds off the struggle we have within our minds to judge others and label them and takes us to the required outflow of love we must show them. After all, Christ died for everyone because He loves everyone.

Senior Pastor Byron Beck unveils a hidden sin that many of us tend to allow into our lives - gossip. But, not just gossip - mental gossip. A new concept of internal judgmental thoughts where we think ugly thoughts about someone, dubbing them in a negative light. This can eventually make it's way out of our thoughts and into our treatment of others. As Paul said, "I (we) must take captive certain thoughts", referring to self-control and devotion to the Lord. Showing the love of Christ for others begins within us and is carried out with how we treat others. The mind is a powerful thing!

Senior Pastor Byron Beck speaks on the powerful effect of belonging. We all need God because we are built to belong. How wonderful it is that we are a chosen people and can be part of a royal priesthood! There is a Savior that offers us peace, strength, love and redemption - not because we deserve it or can earn it, but because there is grace. We can also help show the world around us the power of this belonging to God.

Senior Pastor Byron Beck continues the theme of "Restoration". This second installment deals with some fresh angles on why we may not obtain restoration - even when we ask God for it. We live our lives in a chaos mode so much that we squelch any possible rest for our souls. Also interesting to this subject, overly compliant people seem to never construct boundaries in their lives. Many of us don't know when to say No or when to say YES. We live out our lives pegged in the red and unable to do the right thing for ourselves. We must build margins into our lives and allow God to restore us completely.

Senior Pastor Byron Beck speaks about true restoration in our crazy, fast-paced world. Since the creation of the sabbath, God has been interested in our weekly restoration both physically and spiritually. It is essential for following the Lord in this life. We need desperately a day of rest and remembrance of what Christ has done.

Senior Pastor Byron Beck preaches from Luke 14 on preparing appropriately to be successful. We will not always have 100% assurance that this preparation will always pay off, but we know that preparation is necessary to accomplish great things for Christ. You fail to plan and you might as well plan to fail. This simple saying is so true especially in our commitments to Christ. When walking our journey with Him, we must prepare to be free, to be faithful and to have a meaningful relationship with Him. Put simply, your grasp will not exceed your reach. Listen to this value-packed message today!

Senior Pastor Byron Beck speaks about an often de-emphasized and lost sin component - greed. We seldom sight this as the root of our problem. However, greed is many times the reason for our stumbling away from God. Our lives become consumed with the pursuit of wealth and our decisions often get decided based on these pursuits. Where is God in all of this? A message calling us to be careful how we conduct our lives and what importance we place on God's plan.

The principle of reaping what you sow is so true in life. We don't sow to reap, but we commit ourselves to the Lord because we want to. We should live out our faith because it glorifies God and makes a real difference in our world. REAL faith is out of our "yearning" to do this. REAL faith is lived out in this way.

Senior Pastor Byron Beck speaks on the well-known parable of the prodigal son. In this message it is pointed out that there is more to look at than just one son's wayward living. There is another son that display's immense self-centeredness when asked to celebrate that his brother is alive and home. Many of us outwardly display the right kind of living, but are very wrong on the inside.

Senior Pastor Byron Beck preaches from the text of Luke regarding the parable of the lost son. Like the son in this parable, we want what God can give us more than we want to know Him. This sermon gets to the heart of self-centered pursuits that we all fall prey to in our lives.