INCREASING GOD'S KINGDOM

THROUGH INVESTMENT

IN GOD'S PEOPLE

Pastor Ernest C. Brown Sr.

Important COVID-19 Update: Our physical church services have been CANCELLED, Join us online!

Vision Statement

 The vision of St. John Missionary Baptist Church is to glorify God by providing discipleship, caring, and nurturing, healing and support through the gospel of Jesus Christ, to those in Clark County, Miami Valley, and extended community.  Through a total investment in God's people, we strive to create a dynamic and vibrant family life experience through spirit filled and  celebrative worship  fellowship, discipleship, outreach and  service.
A WORD FROM OUR PASTOR

Fellowship In Spite Of COVID-19

As the St. John Missionary Baptist Church closely monitors the progress of COVID-19 (CORONAVIRUS) throughout our nation and region, we are taking steps to prepare for any potential impact...
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Services are live streamed sundays at 10:30 AM EST

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why we pray

Some people ask "if God knows everything, why do we need to pray"?
We pray because WE NEED GOD FOR EVERYTHING.
We need God for:
  • Protection
  • Peace
  • Healing
  • Opening doors of opportunity
  • Closing doors that are not good for us
  • Providing for us
  • Sending us our spouse 
  • We need Him to save us
  • EVERYTHING
We also want to thank Him for all his many wonderful blessings.  
"Prayer is beyond any question the highest activity of the human soul.  Man is at his greatest and highest when upon his knees he comes face to face with God."
- Martyn Lloyd-Jones
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Wednesday Prayer:
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HOW TO pray

Prayer is the only way to a real and personal relationship with God.  Just as you talk with your spouse, friend, family member, prayer is talking to and communicating with our Heavenly Father Jesus Christ.  We go to Him in faith, knowing that He hears and answers all our prayers (1 John 5:14).  
Did you know that saying "Thank You Jesus" is a prayer?
When you pray, remember A.C.T.S.  
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GIVING YOUR LIFE TO CHRIST

Have you ever been asked the question "are you saved?".  What does it mean?  
Have you wondered what happens when you die?  
If I'm a good person, will I go to heaven?  
How can I know for sure that I will go to heaven when I die?
How can I have joy and peace in my life?
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WHY GIVE your time, talents and treasures BACK TO GOD?

Giving our tithes and offerings reflects a grateful heart that wants to give back to God a portion of what He has given us; in reality, what is already His. This is our opportunity to show God that He is first in our lives. The Bible says, The purpose of tithing is to teach you always to put God first in your lives (Deuteronomy 14:23 TLB). Tithing is a reminder that God is the supplier of everything we have. It is also God’s personal invitation to an outpouring of his blessing in your life.
FOUR REASONS TO GIVE BACK TO GOD

1. Giving is a Reflection of the Heart:

Matthew 6:20-21 “Store up for yourselves treasures in heaven… For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.”
What’s the most important thing to you? We see the way our culture encourages us to store up treasures on earth and exalts materialism to the point where debt has become acceptable. We can probably even recognize that truth by looking at our own checkbooks. As Christ-followers, however, we are called to free ourselves from the bondage of debt so that our resources are available for His purposes.

2. Giving is a Reflection of Priorities:

Long before tithing was a practice of the Israelite people, Cain and Abel, the 2nd generation of the human race, brought an offering to the Lord. Abel brought the “firstborn of his flock,” while Cain brought “some of the fruits of the soil.” The Lord blessed Abel’s offering, but rejected Cain’s. God wants to be first in our lives.
Deuteronomy 26:1-2 “When you have entered the land the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance and have taken possession of it and settled in it, take some of the firstfruits of all that you produce from the soil of the land and present them to the LORD your God.” (NIV)


3. Giving is a Privilege:

The 1st Century church modeled for us what it means to give generously and joyfully so that more and more people could find their way back to God.
2 Corinthians 8:2-4 “Out of the most severe trial, their overflowing joy and their extreme poverty welled up in rich generosity. For I testify that they gave as much as they were able, and even beyond their ability. Entirely on their own, they urgently pleaded with us for the privilege of sharing in this service to the saints.” (NIV)

3. Giving is a Blessing:

God uses the tithe as an investment where everyone involved gets a return. If we are blessed beyond our needs, it is not for the purpose of living more lavishly but to bless others. The church and the kingdom are blessed, and yet God’s nature is to also bless the giver.
Malachi 3:10 “‘Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. Test me in this,’ says the LORD Almighty, ‘and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing that you will not have room enough for it.’” (NIV)

TO GIVE

jesus said, "i am the way, the truth and the life.  no one comes to the father except through me"

John 14:6

"for god so loved the world that he gave his one and only son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have everlasting life."

John 3:16

"i can do all things through christ who gives me strength."

Philippians 4:13

Service Times

Sunday Mornings

10:30am

sermons

Heard a great message and you'd like to hear it again?  Need some uplifting words as you prepare for or are driving to work?  Would like to share a message with a co-worker, friend or family member? You have come to the right place.

why we pray

Some people ask "if God knows everything, why do we need to pray"?
We pray because WE NEED GOD FOR EVERYTHING.

how to pray

Prayer is the only way to a real and personal relationship with God.

give your life to christ

Have you ever been asked the question "are you saved?".  What does it mean?  Have you wondered what happens when you die?  
If I'm a good person, will I go to heaven?  
How can I know for sure that I will go to heaven when I die?
How can I have joy and peace in my life?

give your time, talents, and treasures to christ

Giving our tithes and offerings reflects a grateful heart that wants to give back to God a portion of what He has given us; in reality, what is already His.

bible study

For everything that was written in the past was written to teach us, so that through the endurance taught in the Scriptures and the encouragement they provide we might have hope.

ROMANS 15:4