Prayer Caravan
During the last several years in Cullman, Alabama, there has been a prayer caravan that has taken a Saturday morning and traveled to the different public schools in the city to pray over them before...
View ArticleThank You for the Prayers
Below is an email the church received from the principal of one of the schools Flint Hill prayed over on Saturday. Please continue to pray for our schools to be surrounded by God’s angels of...
View Article“Why Small Churches are the Next Big Thing” by Karl Vaders
In the past few months in my discussion with the leaders of Flint Hill, we have agreed there is a great vacuum in Alex City for ministry for the college age and young adults of our community. Mr. Karl...
View ArticleBishop Wallace-Padgett’s Brave Response
I (along with all the clergy and many lay members who are on the Bishops e-mailing list) received the email posted below regarding a retired UM Bishop who plans to marry a homosexual couple in...
View ArticleSaying Thanks
Last week, I took my son to Washington DC for a father/son trip. As you know it was in the middle of the government shutdown thus we could not tour museums or most monuments. However, an Honor Flight...
View ArticleThe Sexual Identity Crisis of the United Methodist Church
revjohnhill:Here’s a good read on the “Sexual Identity Crisis within the United Methodist Church.” Originally posted on Pastor Chris Owens - - Musings, Rants, and Reflections: There is one thing about...
View ArticleBooks I’ve Read in 2013
John Maxwell: Everyone Communicates, Few Connect David Baldacci: The Hit Hour Game Sixth Man Simple Genius King and Maxwell Tim LaHaye Left Behind Tribulation Force Nicolae Soul Harvest Apollyon...
View Article$400,000 Camel Doesn’t Pass the Common Sense Test
As I have said very often, “Common sense is now a super power and a gift that very few possess.” It’s an interesting experiment and one that can lead your blood pressure to rise but take a look around...
View ArticleBlood Red Moon tonight!
According to NBC (Click Here to read article) tonight will be a “blood red moon.” There are a couple of interesting things to think about with this event: It’s beginning on Passover (The Jewish...
View ArticleFacing Giants (Grounded Radio Show
Pastor John talks about the giants we all face in life ways we can stand up and defeat those giants.
View ArticleCheck Out Pastor John’s Youtube Channel
Go and check out the new Youtube Channel that features Pastor John’s radio show “Grounded.” Be sure to subscribe to the channel so you never miss an episode....
View ArticleWhy I Chose to Participate
Last weekend, I experienced a first in my life and that was participating in the First Annual Bar-B-Q competition at the Sun Festival. It was an amazing, fun time and I had a blast. I was overjoyed...
View ArticleBehold 2015: Our 30th Year!!
What’s it like for well over 700 youth to sing, dance and worship…LOUD and AMAZING. Over the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday weekend, Behold Ministries held their 30th annual retreat and it was awesome....
View ArticleWithholding Apportionments in Disagreement with the Church
I recently read an article regarding Mt. Bethel UMC (One of the largest UM churches in Georgia and east of the Mississippi River) in Marietta, GA withholding their apportionment giving because of their...
View ArticleFlint Hill: Breaking Down Racial Barriers
On a Wednesday evening In the late spring of 2013, I visited Flint Hill UMC for the first time as the pastor who would be taking the reigns of leadership for this church. The current pastor Dee Dowdy...
View ArticleHow To Kill The American Church by Peter Heck
Tear down that cross and toss it in the wood chipper because the American church is toast. So goes conventional wisdom after recent revelations from the Pew Research Center, which found that in just...
View ArticleQuestion about Homosexuality
I received this question from a friend of mine and I wanted to post my answer: The Bishop he is referring to is the statement from the Bishop of the Kentucky Conference. “Not looking for an argument,...
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