Clay Christian Fellowship

It is a sad announcement but I have decided to step down from the Senior Pastorate at Clay Christian Fellowship. My last Sunday to preach is March 7th.
I know the Lord is calling me to focus upon the biblical counseling ministry He has begun called Truth in Love Ministries (www.histruthinlove.org). This ministry was launched out of this [...]

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A second earthquake shook Haiti on Jan. 20th. As you watch the devastation and feel helpless and sad, I urge you to go to the Christian and Missionary Alliance website at http://www.cmalliance.org/ to find out how you can help!
There is something YOU can do so act now!
-Pastor Mark

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If you need answers to questions, biblical counseling can provide it. Call us at 205-910-0085 for an appointment soon.
In 2009, we counseled 267 people in 206 sessions and saw many marriages reconcile as well as 4 people come to know Christ. Praise the Lord!
We uphold the sufficiency of Scripture to answer all of life’s problems!
-Pastor [...]

Tags: biblical counseling, CCF, sufficiency of Scripture, Word of God
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What gift must we give this year for Christmas?
How about the love of Christ? So how do we accomplish that?
One way is to speak the truth to lost souls who need to hear about the grace, goodness, mercy, and forgiveness of Jesus Christ for our sins!
In fact, let’s spread this message worldwide through missions opportunities! [...]

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For those of you interested, I was on a 10 minute national radio program yesterday about addiction. You can hear it at:
http://www.moodyradio.org/brd_ProgramDetail.aspx?id=45477
-Mark (it’s the message of TRANSFORMATION)

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You hear a lot about hypocrisy. People act like Jesus talked about hypocrisy all of the time, but He didn’t except when He dealt with religious Pharisees. Today, Christians are afraid to be bold and to biblically counsel or tell others about Jesus because of the “hypocrisy” or “sin” in their own lives, but we don’t [...]

Tags: gospel, hypocrisy, message
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For over two decades, my wife and I have joked about my initials: M.E.S. I’ve embraced it now, but when you are a little kid, M.E.S. is not what you want your friends calling you!
In the distant past, I have said things like, are you sure you want to marry a “M.E.S. like me” and other [...]

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When do we best know that God is good? In our suffering!
Let’s share in His suffering (Phil. 3:10) by sacrificing our things and surrendering our wills to His will and plan for our lives. Let’s reach the world for Christ!
Choose to suffer today for the glory of God!
-Pastor Mark (learning to embrace in the sharing of the [...]

Tags: missions, sacrifcie, suffering, surreder, world
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We just returned from a good time of teaching, fellowship, and serving Christ in Spartanburg, South Carolina. Several of us attended from TIL and I hope more will attend with us next year.
For me, this conference was full of new experiences. First, this was my first time to teach a workshop at NANC’s annual, national conference. I [...]

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Generally understood, the atonement is a reparation for an offense, wrong, or injury that brings reconciliation between two parties. It establishes a right relationship between the offended one and the offender.
In Christianity, we believe that we have sinned against God thus offending Him. The only satisfaction for His just wrath as He required was a perfect, [...]

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