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Archive for the Missional Grace Category


Being Trinitarian

Being Trinitarian does not simply mean, “Hey, I believe in the doctrine of the Trinity.”  It is not some sort of mathmatic equation like 1 + 1 + 1 = 1, or anything like that.  There are many people who believe in the “doctrine of the Trinity” and regulate it to some sort of “mystery” […]

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The Implications of the Ascension on the Christian Life and Mission of the Church – Video Sermon

This sermon was preached on May 12, 2013 at The Patterson Avenue Baptist Church What does Jesus Ascension mean” What are the implications of Jesus Ascension for the Christian’s life? What are the implications of the Ascension of Christ for the mission and witness of the church? That’s what this sermons aims to address! Jesus […]

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Recent Sermons at Patterson Avenue Baptist

This page contaings links to watch the three recent sermons preached at the Patterson Avenue Baptist Church. Sermon # 1 was preached on November 11, 2012 by myself (Bill Nieporte).  The titled for the sermons is “How Much More.” Jesus refers the love human parents have for their children. We know not to give a scorpion […]

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Missional Grace

God’s mission is that every human being in the world discover the joyful truth that in Christ they are reconciled – liked, loved, accepted, included, and adopted into the fellowship of God.  Along with that discovery comes an invitation to faith.  We declare the Gospel of grace.  We say, “You are eternally and wonderfully loved […]

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Becoming a Missional Person

As Patterson Avenue Baptist Church moves forward toward becoming a missional church – it’s people will increasingly see themselves as “God’s People on God’s Mission With God.” The congregation will become a “permission giving” church.  There will be no cookie cutter or template into which a person must be force-fitted to be a faithful member and […]

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Becoming A Missional Church

We have begun our journey toward the year 2021. Patterson Avenue Baptist Church has asked the question:  What might our congregation look like in the year 2021 if we live into our sense of God’s calling.  We’ve answered that question with a prophetic and imaginary look into the future – producing a video report to […]

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Project 2021: Our Future Story

What’s the FUTURE look like? Only God’s know, right? Well, certainly only God KNOWS our future!  But still, we can imagine what the future might be like. The Patterson Avenue Baptist Church has be on a journey called “Pursuing Missional Faithfulness.”  It’s been a couple year journey of prayer, study, and reflections – all aimed to […]

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Total Dependence

Sunday’s sermon (September 23, 2012) at Patterson Avenue Baptist Church Based on Mark 9:30-37, this sermon begins with the question of Jesus to his disciples:  “What were you talking about along the way?” The disciple’s of Jesus were ashamed to answer, because they had been very self-centered in their conversations.  They had been debating who […]

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Handling The Truth

How do you handle difficult truth? That was the question of the day in our “Family Praise” (second Sunday) worship gathering at the Patterson Avenue Baptist Church. It reminds me about that discussion of truth in the movie “A Few Good Men.”  Do you remember the scene in the movie where there was an altercation […]

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Legacy

Every day in so many ways, we are trying to create our sense of value and worth. We engage in so many building plans to establish our Legacy. The message of the gospel is that our building programs mean nothing. God has establish His legacy in Christ – and we are included in that in Christ.

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