Perhaps you have had the experience of being in a new place and not knowing exactly where you were going. Now days with a variety of GPS devices, it is a little harder, but not impossible, to get lost. On those rare occasions when I am “momentarily not sure of where I am (lost), I will stop and ask for clarification. The worst answer we can ever receive is such circumstance is “You can’t get there from here!” Really, there is no way? Of course there is a way. It might just be a little complicated.
Where do you go from here when it comes to life at James Island Baptist? We don’t want anyone to feel lost on the way to becoming a fully devoted follower of Christ. So we start you out with a welcome to JIBC. We love guest and are thankful that someone would come by to check us out. We love it even more when they like us enough to stay. But eventually, we want to offer you the opportunity to find a church home. We offer Class 101: Discovering Membership at JIBC. It is the way to join the church. Basically, it is a seminar I teach about who we are, our mission and purpose. It is the best way I know to find out about the church family and to hear your Pastor’s heart beat. We offer Class 101 four or five times a year.
The next directions we give relate to Maturity and Discipleship. We invite you to take the next Class, Class 201: Discovering Maturity at JIBC. Here we will teach you the four spiritual disciplines every believer needs to know in order to grow and become more like Jesus. Many of our new members are already well on their way to maturity and so this will seem like a review for them.
The next turn in the driving directions is called Class 301: Discovering Ministry at JIBC. Our goal here is to help you look at things you are passionate about, help you discover how God gifted you and how your personality style fits into ministry opportunities.
Now that is a pretty good start in giving spiritual directional help. The Good News is I believe you can get there from here…or wherever you are. I believe with all my heart it is God’s will for all of us to belong to a church family, to grow daily in becoming more like Jesus and to find our place to serve in the Body of Christ known as James Island Baptist. Let’s go on this trip together.
Pastor Tom
