They Prayed For Me
by Robert Earl Houston I have never understood why some churches are adversarial with their pastors. To me, it’s akin to boarding an aircraft looking at the pilot and saying “I hope you crash” while...
View ArticleVacant Church: Tabernacle Baptist Church, Oklahoma City, OK (Deadline July...
Pastor Vacancy Announcement Tabernacle Baptist Church of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma is currently seeking a full-time pastor. We are a loving, historical church and we are affiliated with the East Zion...
View ArticleVacant Pastoral Staff Position: Associate Pastor of Family Ministries, St....
St. John’s Congregational Church Springfield, MA Overview St. John’s Congregational Church in Springfield, MA is seeking a full-time Associate Pastor of Family Ministries. St. John’s, a...
View ArticleVacant Church: Mount Vernon Missionary Baptist Church, Louisville, KY...
Mount Vernon Missionary Baptist Church is now accepting resumes to fill the position of Pastor. Please send resumes to: Mt. Vernon Missionary Baptist Church Attn: Pastoral Search Committee PO Box...
View ArticleNow I Lay Me Down to Sleep
by Robert Earl Houston I have a few things on my heart before I go to bed tonight. I’ll share them quickly: First, I want to give a huge shout-out to Bishop Neil C. Ellis and the Global United...
View ArticleIs Gospel Music headed to the same fate as Gospel Preaching ?
by Robert Earl Houston DISCLAIMER: I need to begin this post by saying that I am speaking from a position as a not only a Pastor, but a musician/choir director/minister of music since I was 17 years...
View ArticleBOOK REVIEW: “On Preaching” by H.B. Charles, Jr.
by Robert Earl Houston As an opening disclaimer and to be quite honest, I have been friends with H.B. Charles, Jr. for the past 15 years or so. H.B. (please forgive my informality) was the speaker for...
View ArticleA Nugget . . .
by Robert Earl Houston One thing that has to be remembered by all of us who serve the Lord as pastors is that there are some things that we will never be in control of. Do your best every Sunday....
View ArticleThe Season of Familiarity
by Robert Earl Houston I’ve been privileged down through the years to officiate at many, many weddings. Matter of fact, I have had the joy of uniting couples in Oregon, California, Tennessee and...
View ArticleGive Somebody Else a Chance
by Robert Earl Houston In this wonderful nation of ours there are over 300,000,000 people who live here. There are 50 states, over 3,100 counties, over 30,000 cities. There are four major traditional...
View ArticleThank You Mildred Lee Bell
Pastor Robert Earl Houston, First Baptist Church, Frankfort, KY and Pastor Milton E. Chambers, Sr., New Hope Friendship Baptist Church, San Diego, CA SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA – For the past 48 hours, I...
View ArticleVacant Church: First Baptist Church, Columbia, Kentucky (deadline: October 3,...
From the American Baptist Newspaper The First Baptist Church in Columbia, Kentucky is seeking a minister to pastor our congregation. He must preach and teach sound doctrine, without compromise. He must...
View ArticleAre We All Supposed to Be Blessed in 7 Days?
PASTOR ROBERT EARL HOUSTON by Robert Earl Houston I am a fan(atic) about preaching. I love preaching and love the art and craft of gospel preaching. My portfolio of favorite preachers crosses...
View ArticleIt’s Not a Vacant Church, It’s a Vacant Pulpit
by Robert Earl Houston I’ve been producing (at no cost) a list of “vacant churches” for the past 20 years plus. I was inspired to do so by the work of Dr. A.V. “King” Fisher of Fort Worth, Texas, who...
View ArticleVacant Pulpit: Greater Second Baptist Church, Richmond, Indiana (DEADLINE:...
Source: American Baptist Newspaper, Louisville, Kentucky Greater Second Baptist Church1371 North G StreetRichmond, Indiana 47374 Greater Second Baptist Church is seeking an ordained preacher/teacher to...
View ArticleCongratulations to the new National Baptist Conventions Presidents
by Robert Earl Houston After months of campaigning across the nation in various conventions, the Presidential offices of the four major conventions has been filled after spirited campaigning....
View ArticleA Brief Word on the Results of the National Convention Elections
Filed under: National Baptist Convention of America, National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc., National Missionary Baptist Convention of America, Progressive National Baptist Convention
View ArticleHomegoing of a Saint: Rev. Henry E. (H.E.) Baker, Winchester, KY
Pastor, civil rights leader, commissioner Henry E. Baker dies at 92 The Rev. Henry E. Baker WINCHESTER, KENTUCKY – The Rev. Henry E. Baker, a civil rights activist, pastor and former city commissioner...
View ArticleThe Catholicism of the Black Baptist Church
by Robert Earl Houston Is it just me? I’m a history buff. As a child I spent hours watching Masterpiece Theatre at home (my mom was a school teacher) and learned English history. Particularly the...
View Article181 Plus
Winter at First Baptist Church, 2014. by Robert Earl Houston This past Sunday, September 21, 2014, the congregation that I am blessed to serve as their senior pastor, First Baptist Church in Frankfort,...
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