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Please Pray for Our 6th Annual Bible Conference

We are just weeks away from our 6th Annual Bible Conference at Pilgrim Baptist Church, and the most important thing we can ask right now is for your prayers. This year's conference, "Behold Your God: Comfort and Strength for the Weary Soul," runs April 22–24, 2026, and we will

Grace for Graze

Not every wound was aimed at you. Some of the worst pain you've ever carried came from somebody who went home and slept fine that night. They said what they said, did what they did, and moved on. Most of them still don't know. No apology is coming. And you're

The Real Risk

Obeying God feels risky. Disobeying Him is. Proverbs 14:12 There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.

The Foggy Windshield Problem

Before anything happens—while things are good and trust is strong—is the best time to think through how we handle conflict when it comes. And it will come. When church problems arise, fog descends. You hear something happened at church. There was a disagreement. Someone left upset. A decision

What Becomes Normal

Children learn what matters by what they are consistently exposed to. When the Word of God is central in church life—heard, explained, and applied week after week—children absorb its words. They learn its truth. They recognize its authority. All of this happens long before they can articulate it.

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