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Meet the Pastor

Rick Thompson has served as our Senior Pastor since May 2003. Pastor Rick grew up in Bethany and graduated from Putnam City West High School in 1979. He holds degrees from both Baylor University (BBA) and Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary (MDIV). He completed his doctoral work (DMIN) at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, with a concentration in church missiology. He and his wife, Teri, have two adult children, Taylor and Tallie, along with daughter-in-law, Ailee, and their children, Indiana, Fleetwood and Snow. They also have a son-in-law, Mikal, who is married to Tallie, and they have a son named Torin.

Rick has authored the following books: The Long Expected Jesus, The Way of the Cross, Radical Growth, Into the Land He Possessed, The Healthy Church, First Comes Love and Rooted Growth. He is passionate about the global church and serves as president of Global Action, an international missions organization that specializes in equipping pastors and leaders in the developing world.

 

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What We Believe

Council Road Statement of Faith Highlights:

  • We believe the Bible is God’s Word and has ultimate authority in our beliefs and actions. We believe that the Bible, consisting of the 66 books of the Old and New Testaments, is the infallible Word of God, verbally inspired by God, and without error in the original manuscripts; that it reveals the principles by which God will judge us; and therefore is, and shall remain to the end of the world, the true center of Christian union, and the supreme standard by which all human conduct, creeds, and opinions should be tried.
    (Exodus 24:4; Deuteronomy 4:1-2; 17:19; Joshua 8:34; Psalms 19:7-10; 119:11,89,105,140; Isaiah 34:16; 40:8; Jeremiah 15:16; 36:1-32; Matthew 5:17-18, 1 Corinthians 2:13, 1 Thessalonians 2:13, 2 Timothy 3:14-17, 2 Peter 1:21, Isaiah 8:20)

  • We believe that there is one, and only one, living and true God, an infinite, intelligent Spirit, whose name is YAHWEH (the Lord), the Maker and Supreme Ruler of heaven and earth; inexpressibly glorious in holiness, and worthy of all possible honor, confidence, and love; that in the unity of the Godhead there are three persons, God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit, the three in One; equal in every divine perfection, and executing distinct but harmonious offices in the great work of redemption.
    (Isaiah 44:6, 1 Samuel 2:2, John 4:24, Psalm 89:14, Psalm 147:5, James 1:17, Revelation 4:8, Numbers 23:19-20, Matthew 28:19, John 1:1, John 10:30, Deuteronomy 6:4, 1 Corinthians 2:11, 2 Corinthians 13:14, Ephesians 4:4-6, Luke 3:21-22, Galatians 4:4-6, Colossians 2:9, Hebrews 1:3, John 15:26)

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