Letter to Pastor

I’ve been meaning to write this letter for a while to say thank you for all that you do for Immanuel. Thank you for being a strong leader and not backing down from teaching the Bible as the word of God. As I write this letter, you are preparing to preach at the convention and I know you will challenge the pastors there just as you challenge us each and every week.

Thank you for seeing the needs of our families and being willing to start a new series on the families. I know that since I have been a member of IBC, you haven’t done this series and I am glad to see it coming.

I know that you are a busy man so I will keep this letter brief. The question I had for you was this; are we, as a church, going to be able to make the sermons available on the Internet soon? I know there are lots of members like myself that listen to sermons online and also download mp3s. I haven’t done any pod-casts myself but I have had people come into my class with Ipod’s on listening to John McArthur, Greg Lorie and J. Vernon McGee. I think this would be a wonderful outreach to our younger generation (and some of the older ones too).

I have used your words often in my Sunday School class that we will never change, “The Man, The Message or The Mission” and I agree with you that we must be willing to change, “The Methods, The Mindset and the Ministries.” I believe using the Internet this way would be a wonderful tool. If there is anything I can do to help promote this, please feel free to let me know.

Thank you.

Love you and God Bless,

Joshua Shupe