Presbyterian Church, Badin, NC

12/21/2025

Our candlelight Christmas service is tonight at 6pm. We would love to see you!

12/02/2025

"COME TO ADVENT" at Badin Presbyterian Church yesterday. 😊

12/01/2025

What is Advent?
Advent—from "adventus," the Latin word for “arrival”—is a season of observance that forms part of the annual liturgy (or public worship) of many Christian denominations. Generally spanning the four weeks leading up to Christmas, the tradition emerged in fourth-century Christian communities in Western Europe and is observed by both the religious and as part of the secular holiday calendar.

Early forms of observance—especially in Gaul and parts of Spain—focused on both the Incarnation (or birth of Christ) and the Second Coming of Christ, core tenets of the Christian faith. The season was marked by a penitential attitude, in contrast to contemporary expressions of cheer. Varying regional differences converged into a standard tradition during the Middle Ages, which more closely linked the season to the Christmas story.

Today, Advent is observed with church attendance and the lighting of Advent candles on wreaths—one candle each Sunday, often associated with spiritual virtues like hope and joy, traditions established by Lutherans in 19th-century Germany. Beyond religious observance, the modern season is also defined by Advent calendars—many mass-marketed—that count down the days to Christmas. [From the Sunday addition of the newsletter called 1440]

10/05/2025

Please help us pray for our music director, Mrs. Myrl. Here she is playing the organ. She loves music, almost as much as she loves Jesus and the church.

08/18/2025

UPCOMING: Pastor Wray will begin a new series of messages beginning on September 7th. The subject will be the book of Daniel! All are welcome.

12/08/2024

Come worship with us this season of Advent.

08/25/2024

We are so proud of Christy!

🌟 Spotlight on Professional Development 🌟

We’re excited to highlight Ms. Pickler, who actively participated in a professional development series provided by The North Carolina Collaborative for Mathematics Learning (NC2ML). This initiative has been instrumental in developing lessons, performance tasks, and assessments that align with and support our State’s math standards. 📚✏️

NC2ML visited Badin in the spring and recorded Ms. Pickler's instruction and her students' work. They have spotlighted her within their professional development and strategies for growing math instruction. Ms. Picker says it best: "We are really working in education to get kids engaged. We want kids talking to each other. We want them working in groups collaboratively. We want them on-task and into what they're learning."

Check out this video https://bit.ly/46Y5T7T to see the impact and how it’s enhancing education! 🎥

08/16/2024

I recommend this series of Messages from Dallas Willard, an outstanding Christian philosopher and teacher. This was his last public series before he passed in 2013.

This 7-part series was filmed at a conference held February 21 to 23, 2013 in Santa Barbara, California. It was the last conference in which Dallas would take part. The conference was born through conversations with Dallas and John Ortberg. The primary passion was to provide an overview of Dallas’...

06/21/2024

I don't like the title of this because we don't "make God" do things. But the content on prayer is good.

This is our exclusive E-BOOK, now available for purchase at an incredibly affordable price of $9.90. You can buy it at this link: https://bit.ly/lewisgodisno...

06/04/2024

More evidence of translation bias regarding women in ministry.

Paul is greeting the people he knows in Rome, and in 16:12 he says, “Greet those workers in the Lord, Tryphaena and Tryphosa” (ESV, and most translations). ἀσπάσασθε Τρύφαιναν καὶ Τρυφῶσαν τὰς κοπιώσας ἐν κυρίῳ. What is missing? Τρύφαιν...

05/16/2024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62zxwzazYYE
Good explanation as to why we (and the Evangelical Covenant Order of Presbyterians, ECO) support women in ministry.

In this video I explain how the New Testament supports women in ministry. Essentially, although there are places it seems as though Paul prohibits women from...