Central Baptist Church, Portsmouth, Virginia

Our lives need vision. We need clearly articulated destinations that guide all our efforts and energies. For, Paul, that compelling vision was his encounter with Jesus Christ. Everything he did, whether he was on trial or shipwrecked, was guided by that vision. What about you? What compelling vision drives your life?

How well do you hold up under pressure? This week we will take a seat inside a courtroom and watch as Paul is on trial. How will his faith stand up under the interrogations of both Jews and Romans? How does your faith stand up in the public square? Come celebrate new members with us this Sunday and be challenged to develop a faith that holds up under pressure.

Happy Mother’s Day to all of our Moms! I don’t know about you, but I need a reminder alerting me to important days like this, otherwise I’d forget. You’d think with all of the digital reminders we have today that we’d never miss anything really important. The truth is we miss the most important things all the time. Don’t let that be the case on Sunday! Come and let’s celebrate together!

Would you like to be a highly effective Christian? After 3 years of establishing the church in Ephesus and equipping leaders, Paul bids a long farewell. It is the only message in Acts from Paul to Christians. It is a fascinating study on Christian living. Join us this week to discover some habits of what makes a transformational church unstoppable.

What is the most powerful force on the planet? I hope you're a part of it. Jesus said that He would build His church in such a way that not even the gates of hell could prevail against it. In this last installment of the book of Acts, we will watch the expansion of the church to the known world of that time. More and more people were impacted by the gospel and invited to be a part of the church. Now the call comes to us - to proclaim God's unstoppable gospel because we are adopted into God's unstoppable church. Join us as we begin our new sermon series, Unstoppable Church.

Easter is the ultimate celebration of life and hope! we believe it is the single most important event in human history. On Easter, a Divine Exchange took place. Through His death and resurrection, Jesus made a way for us to exchange our burdens for His power, our sorrow for His joy, our regret for His hope, and our death for His life.

Evil is present and everything is not okay. It is a truth we all know too well. We are wrapping up our Straight Talk series with an important question: How should we think about evil? It's a question that has plagued the human heart for centuries. To understand it we will explore an ancient dialogue between a prophet and God. It is an ancient dialogue to a post-modern world.

Have you ever heard the phrase "I don't even know where to begin"? Maybe that's the phrase you would use if someone were to ask you to describe God. When you read the Bible what image of God comes to mind? When you pray how do you think about the God to whom you are praying? We will only scratch the surface this week as we consider how we ought to think about God.

How do you think about people? Where does a person’s of definition of value come from? What voices do you listen to in order to arrive at who you are? God tells us each person is uniquely created by God, is valuable to him, and has been given gifts to impact people in a way that honors the Creator. As the church we are called to be people who recognize and affirm the dignity of all people so that every person can embrace what God says about them.

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