The Local Church & the Covid-19 Virus

We invite you to join us for a special conference on Bible prophecy. As we see our world quickly changing around us, it raises many questions in our minds. What is happening? Does the Bible predict any of the things we are seeing take place? What happens next? Most importantly, am I prepared for eternity? In this conference, Dr. Charles Hiltibidal will be addressing these questions and many others from the Word of God. About Dr. Charles Hiltibidal Dr. Hiltibidal was born in a lay preacher’s home in 1948. He grew up in rural southern Illinois and after 60 years of ministry, he has returned to live on the family farm with his wife, Mary, of 52 years. He started the New Testament Baptist Church of Centralia, Illinois, after many years of assistant pastor and music director positions in five churches. He pastored the Grace Baptist Temple of Duncanville, Texas, and served there over 18 years. He has resigned as the pastor of Grace Baptist Church of Raleigh, Illinois, a rural church, twenty-three miles from the farm after serving as pastor over twelve years. His son, Mark Hiltibidal, is now pastor. The ministry under his leadership grew from less than a dozen people to an average of 90-100 with a printing ministry, an aggressive weekly outreach, a strong missions’ program, a radio ministry, and a sound Bible-centered church family. He is also the executive vice president of the Creation Evidence Museum of Glen Rose, Texas, which started as a ministry of the Grace Baptist Temple where he pastored. He has been a certified registered field supervisor of archeological digs for the museum. He has participated in archeological digs in several states and Israel. He is now in full time evangelism working under the authority of Grace Baptist Church. He travels and speaks on Creation and the Bible as well as prophecy, both nationally and internationally. The ministry has renovated a building for offices and a worldwide endeavor through video recording and YouTube outreach. He has written several books on prophecy that are available through their website bookstore. In 2020 he and Dan Goodwin started the Prophecy in the Spotlight TV program that airs on CTN which covers 85% of the world. The studios in his ministry building are used for the weekly TV program. This has opened many doors to help people with biblical truth and to share the gospel worldwide. He holds prophecy and Walk Through Time conferences where he takes a walk through the Bible presenting Archeological evidences, scientific discoveries, Historical documentations of fulfilled prophecy, and the coming prophetic events in six sessions from Sunday through Wednesday. He and his wife have five children and 26 grandchildren his three sons are full time in the ministry of the Lord. He is available for meetings and can be contacted though his church or directly through their ministry. About the Conference The Prophecy Conference will be hosted by New Testament Baptist Church from September 16 - September 19. The services will begin at 7 p.m. Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. There will be a Q & A time on Saturday evening. On Sunday, the services will be held at 10 a.m., 11 a.m., and 6:00 p.m. Everyone is welcome!

This Sunday we will celebrate Pastor Lott's first anniversary as the pastor of our church. We are so thankful to the Lord for sending him to us. We are grateful for all that the Lord has done in our church this past year, and we look forward to continuing to serve Him together in the days and years to come. Following the morning service, we will have a chili cookoff and time of fellowship. After the fellowship, we will have an afternoon service. This will take the place of our usual 6:00 p.m. evening service. "Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honour, especially they who labour in the word and doctrine." (I Tim. 5:17)

I encourage you to watch this video. It discusses many of the topics surrounding Covid-19 from a scriptural and scientific viewpoint.

"It is a common temptation of Satan to make us give up the reading of the Word and prayer when our enjoyment is gone; as if it were of no use to read the Scriptures when we do not enjoy them, and as if it were of no use to pray when we have no spirit of prayer; whilst the truth is, in order to enjoy the Word, we ought to continue to read it, and the way to obtain a spirit of prayer is to continue praying; for the less we read the word of God, the less we desire to read it, and the less we pray, the less we desire to pray." -George Muller Join us as we study God's Word and pray together.

God has not changed, cannot change, will not change! He is the great and mighty God who does wonders. Do you know Him? Do you love Him? Will you worship Him today and every day? He is worthy!

Tonight, we will be studying what the Bible says about the Lord's Supper. We will also be spending time together in prayer. The Word of God and prayer are two essentials of the Christian life. How important are they to you?

What a privilege it is to be able to worship the Lord together in His house!

This week, Pastor Lott will conclude our study about what the Bible says about the church. You don't want to miss it! We will also join together for a time of prayer for one another, for our loved ones, and for our nation.

Pastor Lott is preaching a series of messages on Sunday mornings on the miracles of Jesus. You will be helped and encouraged as you hear the teaching and preaching of the Word of God. Join us for Sunday School at 10 a.m., and church services at 11 a.m. and 7 p.m.