The First Baptist Church of Pitman is a community of nurturing followers of Jesus Christ. You find us in many places. We are in the schools, the banks, the local businesses. You can find us on a soccer field, in the kitchen or in the hospital. And on Sunday mornings, you can find us at 30 North Broadway in Pitman, worshipping the Lord who has given us life to share. Everywhere we are, we are seeking to live out our mission. You can find our mission statement in the column to the right. Notice that it is active and when we live it, people's lives are transformed. God's grace (read unconditional love) pours into us. So if you are looking for a church that is more than a building, but a body of people who are loving God and loving God's world, then First Baptist Church of Pitman might be just the church you are looking for.

 

Romans 7: 14-25       

Theme: We are often torn between our desire to serve God and our natural inclination to serve ourselves. Just as Jacob wrestled with the Angel of the Lord (Genesis 32) we are involved in a struggle between our new life in Christ and our old self-centered way of living.

 

FREE TO LOVE
 
Love others as you love yourself. That’s an act of true freedom.
Galatians 5:14, The Message
 
Each person is God’s person, standing before God as his child and before me as a brother or sister. “All men,” wrote William Law, “are great instances of divine love, therefore let all men be instances of your love.”
 
This person does not stand before me as an obstruction or a threat or an affront. If I cannot see the person in relation to God, then I am not free to love. I will either want to get rid of her because she is in my way, or I will want to use her in order to get my own way. Either way I lose freedom.
 
Eugene Peterson