Napoleon Church Of The Nazarene

Pastor Ken Behrens teaches on the letter to the church of Philadelphia. Jesus had nothing to say against them. In fact, He encourages them to hold fast to the promises of God and to keep doing what they are doing. They were a church who didn't compromise, wasn't about the number of attenders, but truly loved Jesus and sharing the gospel message. God would open doors for them to continue to share the gospel and be their strength even during times of trials.

WAKE UP! In this week's message of the series, SYNCED UP, Pastor Chip teaches on the church of Sardis. They did many good deeds and even had a good reputation or were, "known" so to speak. But yet, they were dead inside. Jesus warns us about our churches becoming like this and ourselves even becoming dead inside. We can look alive on the outside all we want, but are we allowing the Holy Spirit to work in us and use us to bring life from the inside out? Or are we in a period of our lives where were are coasting by?

This week's message in our series, "Synced Up", we look at two of the seven churches; Pergamum and Thyatira. Jesus commended them on their faith, love, and perseverance. But yet, they still clung on to some of the beliefs of the world and fell into acts of sin. This makes us think about our own ives and if we are falling into the trap of being conformed to this world instead of being like Christ.

We are so blessed to have Pastor Mark Bane, Evangelism Ministry & New Church Development Director with the Nazarene Church, come and share his heart on evangelism and spreading the truth of the gospel to the lost.

In our second week of, "Synced Up", Pastor Chip Bullock teaches on the church of Smyrna. This church was a persecuted church, faced with poverty, trails, and afflictions; but they remained faithful. Jesus encouraged them to hold on to their hope and faith; having an eternal perspective that they would receive the victor's crown.!

Welcome to our new series called, "Synced Up" a look at the seven churches found in the book of Revelation. Pastor Chip starts off the series taking a closer look at the first church mentioned in Revelation, the church of Ephesus. Here we see that Jesus praises the church for working hard, having perseverance, and standing up against the wicked, however; they had lost one important thing in the midsts of all of their good deeds. They had lost the love they once had, the very catalyst for why they do what they do. They became a "going through the motions" type of church. Pastor Chip takes a hard look and reflection of own lives in this and talks about what Jesus says we need to do if this is where are hearts are at.

We conclude our Portraits and Profiles series with the life of Paul. Paul, once a persecutor of Christians himself, had a dramatic encounter with the risen Jesus and his life has never been then same since then. Pastor Chip teaches through Paul's messages to the church out of 2 Corinthians. Through Paul's life and testimony we see that your past doesn't determine your future. God uses people of all different kinds of backgrounds. Through Him, we have the strength and endurance to do whatever His will is for us. Chip continues to highlight Paul's life and bring out some serious life applications through this message. We hope you have enjoyed this series. Stay connected for our next series to come!

Pastor Chip Bullock teaches on the life of David in this week's sermon series of Portraits and Profiles. David's life has God's handprint all over it and there are so many events in his life that we can relate to. Pastor Chip really highlights the part of David's younger adult life in where he is fleeing from King Saul. He reads from 1 Samuel 27 where he points out that even David, a man after God's own heart, still had regular humanistic views like everyone else, but later in his life, we see that even in tough circumstances he still had faith in God.

This weeks portraits and profiles highlights the story of Rahab from the book of Joshua. Pastor Ken Behrens gives us some insight of the culture and landscape during that time. He teaches us about Rahab's life and how she trusted and believed in the God of the Israelites. Someone with a "not so clean" reputation, ends up being in the lineage of Jesus Christ! Rahab showed so much faith in what she did, she is an amazing picture of grace, and her story can inspire us to go and spread the gospel of Jesus to others.

This week in our Portraits and Profiles series, we take a closer look into the life Joshua; around the time where he takes over as the leader of the Israelites after Moses. Pastor Chip highlights how God repeated to Joshua, "be strong and courageous!" three times when instructed to lead the people into the promised land. He teaches three applicable life points on how being courageous leads to success.

This Portraits and Profiles lesson looks further into the life of Queen Esther. Pastor Chip walks us through most of the highlights of the book of Esther. We learn through Esther's life that doing anything takes courage and there is power in one. Esther was one person, but with God's help and courage, she saved a nation!

This week in our series, Portraits and Profiles, we look at the story of Moses. We are very familiar with the events surrounding Moses' life, but this week, Pastor Ken hits more on the beginning parts of Moses' life as a baby and the culture of Egypt around that time. He points out the careful details and planning of Moses' mom to do what she did in keeping Moses alive during that time. With this, we learn all about God's will and perfect timing.

Pastor Ben Hartford leads us into week four of our Portraits and Profiles series, with the story from the life of King Jehoshaphat. He takes us into 2 Chronicles 20:1-30 where we learn how God fought the battle for the Israelites through their obedience and humility towards Him. They simply declared God as the victor and went out into the front lines singing praises to Him; when God took over and turned the enemies against one another to defeat themselves. Ben teaches on how King Jehoshaphat's story shows multiple aspects of worship and how it becomes a battle ground in spiritual warfare.

In week three of the series, Portraits and Profiles, we dive in a little deeper into the life of Joseph. Pastor Chip reads through the accounts found in Genesis chapters 37-45 of Joseph's undeserving setbacks. However, through the life and example of Joseph, we learn that we can be reminded that God has a plan and can use these setbacks for His purposes and glory!

Our second week into the series, "Portraits and Profiles" takes us deeper into the life of Jacob; reading from Genesis chapters 25-32. Pastor Chip talks about how Jacob was a deceiver of sorts and not perfect by any means. But we can relate to the fact that even when we are faithless, God is still always faithful. He ends with an amazing application of Psalm 46:11, "The Lord Almighty is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress."

We are beginning a new series called, "Portraits and Profiles" where we take a closer look into the lives of people in the Bible. This week we look closer at the life of Abraham and know why he was called a friend of God. He wasn't perfect by any means but he showed tremendous faith in God and what He said. Pastor Chip walks us through his story to encourage us and teach us more about faith.

We conclude our SENT series with Pastor Ken teaching on how we are living for something bigger! As we go through verses in 1 Corinthians, Pastor Ken shares 5 point on how to live for something bigger than ourselves. We all have different gifts to be used for the kingdom of God for His glory!

In week 3 of our series, "Sent", we hear a testimony from one of our staff members who has an amazing gift of serving in all different aspects. He uses his many skills in maintanance for the church and shares how his heart has changed and grown in the way he serves. Pastor Chip then teaches on how Jesus modeled His life here on earth for us to follow. Chip references back to scripture to point out 9 different ways Jesus lived out a servant lifestyle. What does the Jesus Lifestyle look like?

We continue on with week two of the series, "Sent: A Hands and Feet Lifestyle". Pastor Chip teaches from Romans chapter 12, talking about the different gifts distributed to each and every one of us by the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ. We start off with another testimony from one of our lead members of the worship team, and how he uses his gifts and talents for God's kingdom and how his gifts developed over the years for God's glory! We each have a gift, when we find what that is, we are called to use them and live out God's purpose for our lives.

We start off our new series, "Sent", with a personal testimony of an art teacher who found her purpose and calling in life using the gifts and talents God has given her. In this new series, Pastor Chip will walk us though scripture, teaching on the great commission and what it means to be sent; living a hands and feet lifestyle. This week, Chip highlighted some key verses in the New Testament that talk about the Holy Spirit energizing us to live out our purpose as God has called us.