Join us Saturday at 10am and 11am for great lessons from Connie and Bobbie Adams.  This study is open to all ages, but will be especially beneficial for those who have been walking with the Lord for many years.

More properly, the question should be ‘Who’ is an Elder. An elder is a man who has experience, character, and vision to guide, and comfort. An elder is one who you will turn to for help ‘before’ you marriage is in deep trouble. An elder is one who can help when parenting challenges arise. Elders [...]

Fasting is a subject that is rarely brought up in the Lord’s church today. With the number of times mentioned in the Bible, it deserves a closer look. Fasting takes two different forms in the Bible. Fasting is mentioned more often in the Old Testament. There it was primarily a role of repentance and humility. [...]

It’s the Holy Spirit’s teaching that qualifies men to become elders. Various character traits are set forth to which each man must measure up, to be an elder. His fellow worshippers see his maturity in these traits and choose him to become one of a plural number of men who they will follow as their [...]

In Psalm 23, the shepherd is a highly ‘able to be seen’ leader who performs the servant’s work and then some. Shepherd leadership places the leader squarely at the front of the followers to serve as a role model. Leaders become shepherds when they wake to the truth that their actions and decisions can improve [...]

The actions of Moses and Aaron in supplying water to the people at Kadesh were very displeasing to God. Because of their actions God says that they will not “bring this congregation unto the land which I have given them.” (Num. 20:1-13) The actions of Moses and Aaron made a bad impression upon God as [...]

Enjoy Shawn Jeffries’ lesson on Authentic Faith: [podcast format="video"]http://www.eastendcoc.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/AuthenticFaith-Youth.mp4[/podcast]

  “O ye simple, understand good sense; And, ye fools, be of an understanding heart.” (Proverbs 8:5) I am not calling anyone simple or foolish. I’m saying that I greatly value the ease of straight forwardness in which the Spirit of God moved writers to explain the will of God. It starts with obedient love. [...]

A brother told me his friend asked if the church of which he was a member was the true church. The brother is an honest, conscientious man, and he said he couldn’t tell his friend the church of which he was a member was perfect. He knew, and the friend knew, they had problems and [...]