Ministry News

Mens

A multi-church Men's study group meets each Monday morning at 7:00AM in Big Pine.

Womens

Women's groups meet regularly for Bible Study and for Devotion and prayer. Call the church office for information.

Childrens

The Sunday morning portion of Children's Ministries includes children participating in the music portion of Sunday Morning Worship. Following the song designed especially for the elementary age young people, they are dismissed to Children's Church for age appropriate lessons during the sermon time. AWANA meets each Wednesday at 6:30PM, during the school year,in the Family Center/Gym.Young people 3 years old thru sixth grade are encouraged to attend this nondenominational ministry intended to win and grow kids for Christ.

Youth

All Student Ministries (including students 6th grade thru high school) meet in the Chapel at 6:00PM on Sunday evenings. After Worship the groups take part in activities and discussion according to their varying interest levels.

Missions

Missionaries for September - Ben and Maggie Chan, Missions Door. Ben and Maggie serve the Lord among the Chinese in Southern California and China. After successfully planting two Chinese churches, Ben was appointed to be Missions Door's Chinese Ministry Specialist. Through their ministry, over 2000 people have heard the Gospel, and over 100 people have believed in God and gotten baptized in Southern California. During this time they have taken mission trips to China to minister through preaching, visitation, discipleship, social concerns and training. The training is provided to church leaders, pastors and lay leaders. To be more effective in the ministry, Ben and Maggie are working hard to build a Chinese ministry team, by both planting churches in the United States and wide-range ministry in China.

Pastor of Student Ministries

Steve Stutler joined the CBC family on November 1, 2007.

Youth Pastor Steve comes to Bishop with a variety of ministry experiences beginning at Youth With A Mission training center at Cardinal Village. YWAM experiences included missionary activities in Croatia/Bosnia, team leadership, and discipleship. Steve graduated from Vanguard University with a Batchelor of Arts in Business and from Dallas Theological Seminary with a Masters in Christian Education. During college and graduate school Steve served as High School Counselor/Worship Music Leader, and Young Adult Leader in San Clemente, CA and Pastoral Intern to Young Adults in Plano, TX. In the midst of these activities Steve spent time working with the JESUS Film Project where he met Shannon who would later become his wife. He has also had a number of secular work experiences, most recently as a Plumbing Apprentice for the past year.

The preeminent Lordship of Christ tops Steve’s list of personal core values and his intent is to cultivate a thriving and increasingly intimate relationship with God. He desires to love the ecumenical body of Christ with his whole heart and to encourage other Christians to do the same. His belief is that true ministry is the abundant overflow of a passionate relationship with the Lord Jesus Christ, and his goal is to encourage others to become humble, devoted followers of Christ. His gifts fall under an administrative/teaching cluster, which will be an advantage in the role of pastor to young people and their families at CBC.