Somehow I stumbled across an article a local paper published after interviewing me about an African mission trip. Thought I'd share it and also give myself a link to the article to preserve the link. The interview was done after my first Africa visit, in 2005. The link is below. Enterprise Journal: Africa Mission Trip Posted via email from RobWestbrook.com

Here's the Scriptures used during the sermon Rooted: Part 9 - The Resurrection. Read them share them, or print them out. The document is in pdf format. Download now or preview on posterous Rooted_9_Scriptures.pdf (22 KB) Posted via email from RobWestbrook.com

Last Sunday, for our Rooted sermon series, the topics were Baptism and Communion. Although I only used a few Bible verses, I want to make them available to you. Click on the link below and the page will open up. You can save the page and print it out, if you like. The file is in .pdf format.Rooted 6 Scriptures: Baptism and Communion (click to view)

Once again, God graced LifePointe and we had another wonderful time together. The place filled up and there were lots of new faces with us. After the service we had a young man become a new follower of Jesus Christ. There's nothing better than that!We had some special guests today. The praise band from First United Methodist Church, here in Amory, took on the role as our band this morning. Two of our guys, Jeff...

I've just added a .pdf file of all the Bible verses I used in the message last Sunday on Prayer. You can click on the links below to get all the verses from each week of the series so far. We're covering a lot of Scripture, many times very fast. I think you'll benefit from going back and spending a little more time with the passages. I hope these are useful to you.Rooted: Week 4 - Prayer Rooted: Week 3 - The...

I've had a hectic but very, very good week so far. The Pointe is our student ministry at LifePointe Church. This week our youth leadership put together a Summer Camp for The Pointe. We've been at Camp Armstrong, a very nice camp in the Union Co., Mississippi hills. God has awesomely moved at the camp. For myself, I've worshipped the King like I haven't in some time. We had great speakers: Troy Comer ( @TroyComer56...

As a church planter and pastor in a rural area, I'm always looking for resources that relate to our unique setting. Frankly, these are few and far between. Most of the resources are geared more toward an urban setting. While some principles are universal, the urban church and the rural church are, in many ways, totally different animals. When I saw the book Transforming Church in Rural America, I got my hands on it...

Take a look at the video below. Think this should be a new church approach to the community around us?