By: Waylon Bailey Today we are thrilled to have Josh Jordan as our preacher. Josh serves as our collegiate pastor and has been with us for the past five years. Josh works with juniors and seniors in high school, college students, and young adults at FBC. We are seeing gratifying responses to Josh’s ministry. One of the unique ways that …

By: Waylon Bailey Worry is a constant problem, and an enemy that must be fought and defeated. Worry and anxiety seems to be a universal problem. How can we give the deathblow to worry? This week I intend to give you four steps to defeat worry. If you’re not a subscriber to Waylonbailey.com, please come back each day to see …

By: Waylon Bailey Do you love the church of the Lord Jesus? This is probably a question that shouldn’t have to be asked. The church is the body of Christ, the family of God, and the beautiful bride of Christ. These are metaphors God chose, not me or you. He loves the church and because He loves the church, so …

Not long ago, Martha stood next to the desk where she does most of her studying and held up a book. She said: “I’m thankful for these books. We are so blessed to have resources like these to help us.” She was holding a book from a large set given to us by a wonderful couple in Donaldsonville, where we …

By: Waylon Bailey Early in January, I sat on a plane flight next to a young father from Georgia. After we exchanged polite conversation, we settled in to the flight. He slept, and I worked on this new sermon series. When he awoke, he said: “You’re a preacher!” I laughed and said: “Yes, I am.” At that point, we went …

By: Waylon Bailey Easter’s coming and we’re ready for you. It’s hard to miss the significance of the resurrection of Christ. Paul talked about resurrection in general and the resurrection of Christ specifically: “And if Christ wasn’t raised to life, our message is worthless, and so is our faith. If the dead won’t be raised to life, we have told …

By: Waylon Bailey We–the church–have a wonderful opportunity this Easter to make our worship a blessed time for us and for our guests. Remember that many people come to church at Easter who do not worship at other times of the year. What can you and I do make this a better time? First, participate in worship. Don’t spectate–participate. This …

You showed up at our congregational meeting, and I appreciate your attendance. We met Wednesday night to discuss the recommendation from our architects and to hear a proposal from our Strategy Planning Team (SPT). The Strategy Planning Team, chaired by Jay Sigl, has been tasked with overseeing the planning and construction of our new building. The recommendation of our architects …

By: Waylon Bailey A view of church life at First Baptist Covington. First Baptist Church Covington has several important events over the next few weeks. These are important to the church and important for you. Wednesday, March 19, at 6:15 PM. This Wednesday we meet as a church body to hear a presentation from our architects and from the Strategy …

By: Waylon Bailey Last week First Baptist Church called a congregational meeting for Wednesday, March 19, at 6:15 PM to hear a report from our Strategy Planning Team (SPT) concerning our building project. Last October, First Baptist Church entered into a capital campaign called Rise Up! to raise funds for our new building project. At the same time, we hired …