MERCYhouse is a church in Amherst, Massachusetts that is home to community members and students from the Five Colleges. 

 

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The Basics

MERCYhouse was started in Amherst, MA in 1999 by Joe Greene and Robert Krumrey in cooperation with The Baptist Convention of New England. You may be thinking, "How exactly do you start a church?" Well, we wondered that too until September 12, 1999.

 
 
 
 
 
 
We want to welcome Tommy Moore to the MH staff team! Tommy will be joining MH’s full time staff in August 2018 as the Staff Associate of Spiritual Formation. He will focus on (1) Small Group development (2) Men’s Ministry and (3) covering for Pastor Robert during his six month sabbatical beginning in December 2018. This is a 15-month position and we invite you all to care and pray for the Moore family as they make this transition into full-time ministry.
Join us this evening at 5:30pm for PERSIST, our monthly prayer and worship gathering! Afterwards we will have a time of fellowship with a late dinner in town. Let us know you’re coming at the link in our bio! • http://ow.ly/fYki30kAHiD
Today on #WorldRefugeeDay, we must take a hard look, not only at our international policies and actions to protect and welcome “the stranger among us,” but also at our domestic policies and very own border. Check out this article to get caught up with what is happening with family separations among asylum-seekers at the US border. Link in bio. • http://ow.ly/6M8k30kAzQD • • • #endfamilyseparation #justice #faithinaction #asylumseekers
"Juneteenth is the oldest known celebration commemorating the ending of slavery in the United States. Dating back to 1865, it was on June 19th that the Union soldiers, led by Major General Gordon Granger, landed at Galveston, Texas with news that the war had ended and that the enslaved were now free. Note that this was two and a half years after President Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation - which had become official January 1, 1863. The Emancipation Proclamation had little impact on the Texans due to the minimal number of Union troops to enforce the new Executive Order. However, with the surrender of General Lee in April of 1865, and the arrival of General Granger’s regiment, the forces were finally strong enough to influence and overcome the resistance." (www.juneteenth.com/history) • While we celebrate freedom for African Americans, we also must look critically at the ongoing repercussions of American slavery today. Check out this article which helps us reflect on the documentary '13th' and offers practical steps on how to continually fight for freedom with our black brothers and sisters. Link in bio. • http://ow.ly/MFmc30kzrCT
Is the kingdom really being birthed in you or are you just acting pregnant? Listen to Chris Gow share a unique analogy in yesterday’s sermon as he led us to consider the role of church leaders, Jesus’ leadership, and our responsibility to show and tell the gospel in our own areas of influence. Listen at the link in our bio! • • • #faithandpractice #faithinaction #podcast #sermon #jesus #jesuschrist #intervarsity #newengland #gospelcenteredchurch #gospelcentered #sbc #bcne #tgc #thegospelcoalition #bible #bibleteaching #biblebased #hebrews
And because you are sons, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, “Abba! Father!” Galatians 4:6 • Happy Father’s Day! We are grateful for earthly fathers and father figures who point us to our one Father in heaven. He so loved us that he gave his only son and has since sent his Spirit to seal us and empower us as his children.
Hey MH ladies! Looking for encouragement or challenge in your faith? Tune in to #TGCW18 today and tomorrow to hear teachings on Deuteronomy from various teachers at The Gospel Coalition’s 2018 women’s conference. Catch up on yesterday’s plenaries and livestream the rest of the sessions this weekend! Link in bio. • TGC.org/live
The biblical story is a generosity story. No words capture the essence of this story better than these: “For God so loved the world, that he gave . . .” (John 3:16). Having money in the proper place in your heart and life is not just about good budgeting and freedom from debt; the biblical standard is much higher. • You know you have money in the right place in your heart when the culture of acquisition has been replaced in your heart with a culture of generosity, where joy in giving overwhelms joy in getting. • Could it be that the primary purpose for money in your life is not that you would live but that, as God has lavishly done in your life, you would give? Could it be that we need something fundamentally deeper than a commitment to a good budget and reasonable spending? Could it be that what we really need is a brand-new understanding of the purpose for money, one driven by the gospel story? • Read the rest of Paul David Tripp’s article on “The Best Generosity Story Ever” at the link in our bio.
How does this promise from God help keep us free from the love of money and cultivate contentment with what we have? Why should we even care about money and contentment? Take a listen to this week’s sermon and consider your own heart toward money. Link in bio. • • • #faithandpractice #faithinaction #money #contentment #mercyhousesermons #mercyhouse #tgc #thegospelcoalition #bcne #sbc #bible #bibleteaching #gospelcenteredchurch #gospel #gospelcenteredlife
NEW blog post up today from Pastor Robert! He writes about the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC), recent controversies faced within the denomination, and what’s happening this week at the SBC annual meeting. Wondering why you should care about all of this? Read the blog post to find out! Link in bio. • http://ow.ly/JQ1f30krK06 • • • #sbc #bcne #tgc #blog #christian #gospel #gospelcentered #gospelcenteredchurch #bible #biblebased #jesus #jesuschrist #churchplanting #dallas #newengland #amherst #missional #mission
“We may like to believe this issue exists only outside our churches, but if we’re learning anything from the #MeToo and #ChurchToo movements, it’s clear that Christian culture is susceptible, too. • It’s time we stop being reactionary and instead become proactive. Just as we prepare children to wash their hands and tie their shoes, we must prepare even our young children to live in a tech-saturated world where porn is only a click away.” • Parents, check out this article from The Gospel Coalition on using books as tools to help foster healthy, age-appropriate conversations about bodies, sex, secrets, and pornography. Read about the four books they recommend at the link in our bio. • http://ow.ly/qrYI30kneol

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