SERMON:I Will Build My Church

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Sermon Info

  • Title : I Will Build My Church
  • Verse :
  • Date : January 31, 2010
-Why Plant Churches?
-Planting Churches to Multiply Strengths
-A Legacy of Church Planting
-The TCT Vision
-The Biblical Setting

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JOHN PIPER

Bethlehem Baptist Church

John Piper\'s life and ministry are driven by a desire to spread a passion for the supremacy of God in all things for the joy of all peoples. This calling began as the son of an evangelist, born in Tennessee and raised in Greenville, South Carolina. He first recognized a call to teach while being taught by Harold John Ockenga at Wheaton College as an English major. He also met his wife Noël at Wheaton. The call grew in their marriage (1968) and through further study at Fuller Seminary (grad. 1971) and the University of Munich (Dr. of Theology, 1974) in Germany where their first son Karsten was born. The addition to their family of Benjamin, Abraham, Barnabas and now Talitha Ruth has further fueled this passion for God. It simmered for six years as John taught Biblical Studies at Bethel College and then fairly exploded after he became pastor of Bethlehem Baptist Church in 1980. Dr. Piper chose to move his family into the inner city of Minneapolis, near the church, where Noël has helped to make their home a \"manse\" for urban ministry, missions and internships. Praying, teaching, thinking, clarifying, sharpening, laboring, writing, traveling to share these fruits prayerfully are all evidences of God\'s continued call on his life to spread a passion for the supremacy of God in all things for the joy of all peoples.

Bethlehem Baptist Church

www.bbcmpls.org
Bethlehem Baptist Church was organized in 1871 as the First Swedish Baptist Church of Minneapolis. There were 22 charter members. Within two years the church had a pastor and broke ground for its first building. By 1881 the church had 127 members. During the 1880's First Swedish Baptist bought a church building at 13th Avenue and 8th Street.

In 1893 bi-monthly services in English were added. It wasn't until the mid-1930's that the Swedish services were discontinued. By the 1940's our membership had filled the building.

Through the years Bethlehem has been involved in starting several new churches in the Twin Cities area. Among them are Elim Baptist, Spring Lake Park Baptist, Edgewater Baptist, Wooddale Baptist, Immanuel Baptist and others. With its continuing interest in being a seedbed for missions and outreach, Bethlehem will, we pray, play a major role in the development of new churches in both domestic and foreign fields years to come.

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