Our One Church campaign was nothing short of a miracle. In these tough economic times, we collectively pledged more than $2.7 million dollars for projects on all three campuses over the next three years. Already more than $638,000 (23%) of the pledges have been received. We have paid back our reserves which were used (along with gifts to Generations) to purchase the former Barton’s Hardware store in Carthage. Now we are saving for the remodeling of that building which will…

Check out the video below to learn more about the One Church campaign.

We are writing you at a time after such a horrific tragedy has taken place, and we want to stop and thank our Lord for all of our blessings He has bestowed upon us. Some would think it would be hard to write a letter about our Generations campaign, but we must say that it gives us great pleasure to reassure you now more than ever before how focused we are on our vision. Our vision is for the next…

In a message I shared after the May 22 tornado, I said that I’ve never faced a greater challenge. I also said that if we work and pray together this tragedy could become Forest Park’s finest hour. God is moving us in that direction. As staff and volunteers from all three of our campuses have stepped up to help, we have become more unified. We are functioning as ONE church. God is working in powerful ways through our ministries.

We…

Earlier this year, we got to baptize the 1,500th person that has been baptized since God brought me to Forest Park. One of them was a young married man who started coming when his wife kept coming home with stories of how God was working in her life. She wrote me a few months before his baptism and said:

“Thank you for presenting your messages in a way that I think we can all relate to.  I have so many…

In a marathon, the last couple of miles are where races are won and lost. Athletes that have paced themselves finish strong and others fade. We are now six months away from the finish line of our Generations Campaign. Will we finish strong? Will you help us cross the finish line with a win?

Paul wrote a letter to the church at Corinth encouraging them to finish strong. Like Forest Park, the church at Corinth had made a pledge to…

How blessed we are to have all of our needs met by the Lord! We sometimes allow ourselves to get lost in distractions and worries, oftentimes forgetting the amazing things that have been provided for us. When we stop and thank God, it will help us realize how much we have been given, and how great it can be to pass these blessings on to others! The Generations Campaign has provided such opportunities. 

We see lives being changed on…

Check out the “Thankful for Generations” video featuring people from all three Forest Park campuses.