Monthly Newsletter
August 2025
We will not conceal them from their children, but tell to the generation to come the praises of the Lord, and His strength and His wonderous works that He has done.
Psalm 78:4
We are in exciting times as Wallburg Baptist Church! Not only have we seen the Lord do some amazing things over the course of all of our years, but we are following Him into new and exciting opportunities as well. Our building committee has been working hard to seek God’s will for the future of the church. As we have prayed, fasted, learned, worked, listened and evaluated we have seen the Lord reveal His will for our future expansion of ministry. This year, on August 10th at homecoming service we are excited to unveil to the church what we believe is the next phase of ministry for Wallburg Baptist Church.
And as we have seen His will revealed in the physical structure of the future, we have mainly seen His will unfold in the motivation for all we are doing.
Faith in Action, Legacy in Motion
This is the vision statement for all we are trying to accomplish as a church.
Faith in Action – Simply put, our faith leads us to act. In several ways we are going to be led as a church to act in Faith. What that means is that we are going to be called by God to do things for His glory and the good of others and we are going to trust that He will take those acts of faithfulness and use them to build something beyond anything we as individuals are capable of.
Legacy in Motion – The Legacy of WBC is something to be proud of and to thank God for. Millions of acts of faithfulness by available and willing saints have built what we enjoy today. But we weren’t the end goal of that faithfulness. Future ministry and the Glory of God are the goal. So we are called to keep that in motion.
I want to say thank you to the building committee that has worked so tirelessly and selflessly in all of this. It has been a pleasure as a pastor to watch everyone come together and seek God’s will, not our own. To our church I want to say thank you for your prayers and patience in this process. Some of you may think things should have moved faster, some may think slower. But you as a whole have been gracious, patient and very prayerful for this entire process. So thank you. Your patience is about to be rewarded, and your prayers have been felt.
As we move into this new phase of ministry let me remind us all of some things to avoid and some things to pursue.
Avoid the mentality of “what’s in it for me.” Ministry is intended to be about others. An apple tree doesn’t eat its own fruit, nor do Christians do what they do for themselves. Let’s remind ourselves that we are here to Know Christ and make Him known. So let’s keep our eyes on Him and what He wants to do through us so that we can avoid all of the missteps that come when we constantly look at our own preferences.
Together let’s pursue the Legacy that has led us to this place. For generations before us people prayed, served, gave, worked, tilled, supported and sacrificed. They didn’t do that for themselves, they did it for the next generations and beyond. They did it for us. We are called upon by God in this season to look ahead by faith into future generations and serve them. This is truly keeping our Legacy in Motion.
Psalm 78:4, our theme verse, contains 4 generations in it. The generation before us, us, the generation after us and after that. If you read this verse carefully you will find that we are the recipients of God’s faithfulness to past generations, and we are focusing 2 generations ahead of us, and we are training the next generation to focus ahead as well.
We are standing where we are today because of the faith and legacy of spiritual giants. Now, it is our time become the spiritual giants for the next generations. By God’s grace and with His help, I know this church will rise to the task and we will see Him do far more abundantly beyond all we ask or think so that He gets the glory for generations to come (Ephesians 3:20-21).
Building the Legacy with you,
Pastor Brandon
Psalm 78:4
We are in exciting times as Wallburg Baptist Church! Not only have we seen the Lord do some amazing things over the course of all of our years, but we are following Him into new and exciting opportunities as well. Our building committee has been working hard to seek God’s will for the future of the church. As we have prayed, fasted, learned, worked, listened and evaluated we have seen the Lord reveal His will for our future expansion of ministry. This year, on August 10th at homecoming service we are excited to unveil to the church what we believe is the next phase of ministry for Wallburg Baptist Church.
And as we have seen His will revealed in the physical structure of the future, we have mainly seen His will unfold in the motivation for all we are doing.
Faith in Action, Legacy in Motion
This is the vision statement for all we are trying to accomplish as a church.
Faith in Action – Simply put, our faith leads us to act. In several ways we are going to be led as a church to act in Faith. What that means is that we are going to be called by God to do things for His glory and the good of others and we are going to trust that He will take those acts of faithfulness and use them to build something beyond anything we as individuals are capable of.
Legacy in Motion – The Legacy of WBC is something to be proud of and to thank God for. Millions of acts of faithfulness by available and willing saints have built what we enjoy today. But we weren’t the end goal of that faithfulness. Future ministry and the Glory of God are the goal. So we are called to keep that in motion.
I want to say thank you to the building committee that has worked so tirelessly and selflessly in all of this. It has been a pleasure as a pastor to watch everyone come together and seek God’s will, not our own. To our church I want to say thank you for your prayers and patience in this process. Some of you may think things should have moved faster, some may think slower. But you as a whole have been gracious, patient and very prayerful for this entire process. So thank you. Your patience is about to be rewarded, and your prayers have been felt.
As we move into this new phase of ministry let me remind us all of some things to avoid and some things to pursue.
Avoid the mentality of “what’s in it for me.” Ministry is intended to be about others. An apple tree doesn’t eat its own fruit, nor do Christians do what they do for themselves. Let’s remind ourselves that we are here to Know Christ and make Him known. So let’s keep our eyes on Him and what He wants to do through us so that we can avoid all of the missteps that come when we constantly look at our own preferences.
Together let’s pursue the Legacy that has led us to this place. For generations before us people prayed, served, gave, worked, tilled, supported and sacrificed. They didn’t do that for themselves, they did it for the next generations and beyond. They did it for us. We are called upon by God in this season to look ahead by faith into future generations and serve them. This is truly keeping our Legacy in Motion.
Psalm 78:4, our theme verse, contains 4 generations in it. The generation before us, us, the generation after us and after that. If you read this verse carefully you will find that we are the recipients of God’s faithfulness to past generations, and we are focusing 2 generations ahead of us, and we are training the next generation to focus ahead as well.
We are standing where we are today because of the faith and legacy of spiritual giants. Now, it is our time become the spiritual giants for the next generations. By God’s grace and with His help, I know this church will rise to the task and we will see Him do far more abundantly beyond all we ask or think so that He gets the glory for generations to come (Ephesians 3:20-21).
Building the Legacy with you,
Pastor Brandon
