Summer Outreach Opportunity - Backyard Bible Clubs

Are you interested in being a part of a Backyard Bible Club this summer? We have trainings on April 28 at the north campus and May 15 at the downtown campus.

Compassion by Command: A Response to God's Grace

So, what are some practical ways BBC can be involved in issues of justice? How can Bethlehem and its people be involved in reweaving the fabric of society and bring justice to the city, the state, and the world? Consider the 3 questions below and then view the attached list of 50 ways to be involved.

What is Shalom?

"The webbing together of God, humans, and all creation in justice, fulfillment, and delight is what the Hebrew prophets call shalom. We call it peace, but it means far more than mere peace of mind or a ceasefire between enemies. In the Bible, shalom means universal flourishing, wholeness, and delight -- a rich state of affairs in which natural needs are satisfied and natural gifts fruitfully employed, a state of affairs that inspires joyful wonder as its Creator and Savior opens doors and welcomes creatures in whom he delights. Shalom, in other words, is the way things ought to be." (Cornelius Plantinga, NOT the Way It's Supposed to Be, p. 10)

What is Justice?

Justice and Shalom are closely linked. Doing justice is repairing shalom where it's been broken. Justice is shalom and doing justice is repairing the fabric where it's breaking apart. It's going to places where the fabric is weak and reweaving the fabric where it's broken. (Tim Keller, Redeemer Presbyterian Church)

Urban Ministry

"The effort in the name of Christ, by the strength of Christ, for the glory of Christ, to waken in people of all ethnic groups transforming faith in Christ and the fruit of obedience to Christ, by proclaiming Christ in the gospel and by showing Christ in acts of practical, persevering, sacrificial, courageous, liberating, stabilizing, burden-lifting, productivity-enhancing, family-strengthening, community-building, Christ-celebrating love, in the face of the peculiar concentration of pain and poverty and sin and brokenness and dysfunction that all come together in the urban centers of the world, including the Twin Cities." (John Piper, Bethlehem Baptist Church)