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Jesus’ Prayer: Walk in Unity - Message of the Open Bible

By Pastor Dan Powell  Whenever and wherever people gather in one place on a regular basis, disagreements will occur. In many cases these disagreements turn into full-blown conflict. These conflicts...

Five Things to Do While Waiting on God  - Message of the Open Bible

By Sarah Williams  Have you ever been in a dark night season of the soul? Years ago I was held captive to a long period of difficulty that felt like...

The Fragility of Unity  - Message of the Open Bible

By Randall A. Bach  Most people have times when they feel and perhaps even act cranky. Those were the days that started with burnt toast and kept going that way....

Are We Equipping our Churches?  - Message of the Open Bible

By Vince McCarty  As a former PK (preacher’s kid) growing up in Open Bible, I have seen just about everything, especially after being in ministry for forty years. I have...

Executive Leadership Team Retreat  - Message of the Open Bible

President Randall and Barbara Bach hosted their 12th and final annual retreat with Open Bible’s Executive Leadership Team (ELT) February 8-11 in beautiful Jacksonville, Florida.  ELT retreats are designed to...

New Better Roads Podcasts Available For March - Message of the Open Bible

Open Bible is filled with fascinating people: entrepreneurs, pastors, church planters, first responders, authors, professors, parents of children with special needs, missionaries, and many others who have faced an array of challenges and victories. Be...

La oración de Jesús: Andar en unidad  - Message of the Open Bible

por Pastor Dan Powell  Siempre que se reúne gente en un mismo lugar, surgen desacuerdos. En muchos casos, estos desacuerdos se convierten en un verdadero conflicto. Estos conflictos causan confusión,...

Tomorrow’s Melissa Will Thank You  - Message of the Open Bible

By Melissa Stelly  I have this thing that I do that may be considered quirky, something I do in many situations but especially when faced with something I don’t want...

Bill Jimenez Retires as Open Bible Mountains Plains Executive Director  - Message of the Open Bible

After serving faithfully for eight years as Mountain Plains Region Executive Director, J. William (Bill) Jimenez stepped away from the position effective December 31, 2022.  Randall A. Bach said, “Bill...

New Mountain Plains Regional Executive Director  - Message of the Open Bible

Derek Sissel has been appointed as the Regional Executive Director (RED) for Open Bible Churches’ Mountain Plains Region, effective January 1, 2023. As part of this appointment, he will also...

Questions About Racial Unity  - Message of the Open Bible

Open Bible’s Unity Commission consists of people whose hearts are knit together by what God says through Paul: “Here there is no Gentile or Jew, circumcised or uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian,...

New Better Roads Podcasts Available For February - Message of the Open Bible

Open Bible is filled with fascinating people: entrepreneurs, pastors, church planters, first responders, authors, professors, parents of children with special needs, missionaries, and many others who have faced an array of challenges and victories. Be...

The Art of Mutual Accountability  - Message of the Open Bible

By Monte LeLaCheur  Major changes in life have a way of bringing new perspectives into our thinking. That has certainly been the case for me personally, having stepped down as...

No One Ever Told Me: I Need You  - Message of the Open Bible

By Nicole Kerr  I was having a conversation with some friends the other day and a statement came up that has become all too familiar: “I just don’t feel connected...

GET THE RIGHT PEOPLE IN THE ROOM  - Message of the Open Bible

By Randall A. Bach The crowd laughed at him. But he made them all leave, and he took the girl’s father and mother and his three disciples into the room...