It doesn’t require a very close look to see people around the world are hurting, angry, confused, distracted, and lost (Romans 1). There is an answer. The Bible teaches God’s love is so great that He gave His Son for us all (John 3:16), and through simple faith in Christ we become His children and have everlasting life (Ephesians 2:8-9; Acts 16:31). Jesus Christ brings peace, joy, clarity, and focus to the adopted sons and daughters of God (Ephesians 1).

Conroe Bible Church (CBC) is a church full of broken people, and God is at work transforming us to be more like Jesus (2 Corinthians 3:11-18). We live in complete awareness that we haven’t earned or deserved God’s love or grace. God loves us simply because He loves us.

Some of us have friends and influence in our local community here in the Lake Conroe area, and others have contacts and influence in other places in the state, country, and beyond. We know there are other people who are thirsty for something more, for answers, for hope. No matter where our CBC family is, or for however long, we want to share the love of God with a world that is in desperate need of the hope and love we have found in Jesus Christ. He is the answer (John 14:6)!

By faith we are going to follow after Jesus, bringing his love to the world through our life-stories and the truth of the Scriptures. We are changed people because of our experience with the Lord, Jesus Christ. We each have a real story about God’s grace and love to tell.

God loves the world (John 3:16), and we do too. We desire to see the Lake Conroe area experience that same love, come to know Jesus by faith, and join us in following after Him (Matthew 28:18-20; Acts 1:8).

ENGAGE — (Acts 2:42-47)

The greatest commandments are to love God and love others (Mark 12:30-31). So, we will engage imperfect people with the love of Jesus Christ. There will be days CBC does this well and others in which we fall short. It is no secret each of us is imperfect; we won’t pretend to be otherwise (Genesis 3). By God’s grace, however, we will help one another when we fail (Romans 12; 1 Corinthians 12), be quick to offer forgiveness and encouragement (Matthew 18; Ephesians 4; Galatians 6:1), and seek the best for one another —patiently, kindly, and sacrificially (1 Corinthians 13).

EQUIP — (Matthew 28; Acts 1:8)

We will equip one another through relational disciple-making. Our plan is to implement this commission of Jesus throughout our family members. We believe disciple-making isn’t simply a curriculum or a test you have to pass, and it’s not an evaluation on perfection or lack of sin. Rather, it is broken people being connected relationally (1 Thessalonians 2:6-13) —as friends, as brothers and sisters— and remaining faithfully committed to help one another follow the commands of Christ (Matthew 28:19-20). We work to bring our whole selves under the submission and headship of Jesus, so our lives become increasingly Christ-centered, victorious, joyful, and impactful (Luke 9:23; Colossians 1:13-18). Our journey leads us to becoming more like Jesus.

EMPOWER — (Ephesians 4:11-16)

Our plan is to join together as family and bring the good news of Jesus Christ to the world around us. We will empower the saints for the work of ministry in our community and beyond; through prayer, education, training, service opportunities, and local and global ministry. Perhaps across the street to a neighbor or even across the globe, we want to share the beautiful reality of a loving God with those He loves (Ephesians 1-2). We want to share the grace that is found in the plan and person of the Son of God (Romans 5). We want to share the power of Jesus to change lives (Romans 1:16; 2 Peter 1:3). He loves all people (John 3:16); we do too, and we’re going to show it.

People matter. All of them (John 3:16; Luke 15). God wouldn’t have given up His only Son for the whole world if He didn’t love all people. As far as we can tell, and scripture confirms it, all people are broken and sinful (Genesis 3: Romans 3:23) — the folks at Conroe Bible Church are no exception. Since God loves broken, sinful people, we will too. There is something beautiful and powerful in the combination of the perfect love of God and imperfect people.

All of us are caught in a struggle between the brokenness of the flesh and the purity of a born-again spirit. We are daily “crawling toward the Light” in the direction of faith in God, obedience to His instruction, and love for Him and others. We are not content to remain as we are, but desire to pursue Christlikeness. Throughout the scriptures, we continually see a loving God carry out His work by using imperfect people. At CBC, there is no expectation that you are a perfect person, that your life is nice and tidy and successful, or that you have overcome all your struggles and failures.  There is, however, an expectation that you are imperfect, and that you are in need of a loving and gracious God. That makes us all alike: worth loving and accepting (Romans 15:7).

We believe imperfect people should speak life and love to the people God has died for. We should join hands in the name of a loving God rather than shake fists or point fingers in the name of judgement. We are imperfect people, and together we are trusting in and following a perfect God.

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