Your faith journey was never intended to be a solo mission. Helping people grow in their faith is one the reasons God set up this Community Church in 1937. CONNECT GROUPS are where you learn more about God, His Word, and each other.
The CONNECT GROUP comes together at CFBC at 6:00 PM on Wednesday nights*. Join others on the same faith journey as you, while making lasting and meaningful relationships with other people. Get directions to the discussion HERE! (Click Here)
I have questions about Connect Groups. Who can I ask for help?
Pastor Mike & Pam Fogerson, CFBC Pastoral Team
Email: mikefogerson@hotmail.com
Cell: 618.615.2933 or 618.615.6722
New Connect Group: Find the Class Schedule Below
The Forgotten Jesus
Through the years, our understanding of Jesus has been shaped by different cultural influences, and many Western Christians have formed an inaccurate perspective of Jesus and his teachings, beliefs, and ways of acting.
In Robby Gallaty’s deeply reformative book, he reveals the essential Hebraic culture, customs, and nuances many Christians have forgotten or never learned. And he argues that as long as Jesus’s Jewish context is misplaced and misunderstood, our understanding of the Bible, our faith, and the church falls far short.
The Forgotten Jesus will open your eyes to:
- The first-century world in which Jesus lived and its connection to the time of the Old Testament.
- The vast differences between the Western and Middle Eastern mind, and how our modern approach to understanding the Bible is influenced far more by the Greeks and Romans than by a Hebrew way of thinking.
- Essential textual connections between the parts of the Bible that we often overlook.
- Important Hebraic perspectives on the Messiah to point out some errors many Christians have believed through the years.
- Why Jesus’s words on the cross about God forsaking him may have deeper meaning than we realize.
By uncovering the teaching of the first- and second-century rabbis and Christian theologians, and highlighting little-known Jewish idioms and traditions, Gallaty takes Christians on a biblical journey to rediscover a forgotten Jesus from a biblical perspective, deepening your relationship with God.
There will be a free meal provided from 5 pm-6 pm. The class will start at 6pm and last until roughly 7pm. We hope to see you there! We meet at Chester First Baptist Church at 719 State St. Chester, IL. 62233. During this group, we have a children’s ministry called Connect 4 Kids that meets at the same time as the Connect Group. Connect 4 Kids is for kids grades 3rd grade to 5th grade.
We’ll also offer this same Connect Group on Sunday mornings at 9:15 am before our 10:30 am service.
Connect Group Schedule
October 16th – Session 1
October 23th – Session 2
October 30th – Session 3
November 6th – Session 4
November 13th – Session 5
November 20th – Session 6
Get your copy of “The Forgotten Jesus” here!