Adult Ministry

Bible Fellowships

The best way to get connected at ARBC is through our weekly Bible Fellowship classes.  We offer two Bible Fellowship times, 9:30 a.m. and 10:45 a.m.   Our Bible Fellowships are age-graded (couples go by the wife's age).  The fellowship of other believers and excellent Bible teaching are characteristic of all of our classes.  Come to one of the welcome centers in the Worship Center or Family Life Center, and we will help you locate a class for each member of your family.  We will ask you to select from the list below and escort you to the class. 

We look forward to studying God's Word with you!

STARTING POINTS MEMBERSHIP CLASS

We are pleased to announce our second session of the ARBC “Starting Points” Membership Class. This session will begin on Sunday, March 14, for three weeks and will be offered during both the 9:30 and the 10:45 ABF hours. Participation in this class will only require that you be away from your regular ABF for three weeks. This class will outline “all you ever wanted to know” about our history, purpose, structure, beliefs, membership, baptism, communion and missions affiliations. You will receive a very comprehensive membership handbook that will be helpful for you to use as an involved member of this fellowship. If you are a new member or if you are a long-time member, you are welcome to attend. Please contact George Butler, Bill Sword, or Nellva Underwood if you have any questions. To enroll please call the church office by Wednesday, March 10.

2010 Adult Bible Fellowship Curriculum:
Ekklesia: The Unstoppable Movement of God

When someone asks, "Where do you go to church?" or "What church do you belong to?" what image of "church" comes to your mind? Do you go to church? Is it on the corner of Main and First streets? Or are you the church and its address is wherever you and those who follow Jesus gather?  Is the church an institution or a movement? Or is it a non-profit organization or way of life? All of these questions cause us to consider what it means to be a follower of Christ as His Church in the twenty-first century.

What we will see is that the Church or Ekklesia, the "called out ones" in the original language, is the movement of God both locally and globally that embodies the person and purposes of Jesus.  We will observe its explosive beginnings, growing pains, and challenges by internal and external forces. We will see religious, social, economic, and racial barriers buried by the love of Jesus as communities of Christ-followers influenced the culture around them. We will watch the message of Jesus spread from Jerusalem to Rome and read at the end of Luke's account of its growth that enabled this message to spread "unhindered." We will meet servant-leaders like Peter, James, and Paul and see they are like us in many ways. Yet, by the power of the Holy Spirit, they and many others did astonishing things for God that we are told we can do in the name of Jesus today.  We will see the underbelly of God-chosen leaders fighting over beliefs and control, but we will also see a glimpse of heaven on earth as people humbly value others above themselves and put the interest of others before their own.

We invite you to come study the Story of Christ's Church through the pages of scripture and pray that you will feel the Holy Spirit's presence as you examine History through the beginnings and ultimate victory of the unstoppable movement of God. We offer Bible Fellowships at 9:30 a.m. or 10:45 a.m. on Sundays.  See a listing of the classes below.

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FLC=Family Life Center

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