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 Pastor Bruce Readling
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was born and raised in Concord, North Carolina.
Around the age of 15 I first heard the gospel
from my Sunday School teacher when he came to my
parent's home. The first time I heard it, I
personally received Jesus Christ as my Savior.
Receiving little if any discipleship, I
struggled for the next four years in sin.
Finally after much prayer God brought a
young woman across my path. She was used by the
Lord to connect me to a godly church fellowship
and later became my wife. At 19 years of age God
called me to work with youth. This I did at
several churches in Concord and later in
Greensboro, NC. At the age of 25 I surrendered
to the call to the ministry. I attended Piedmont
Bible College in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
At 30 years of age He directed me to a church in
Burlington, North Carolina where I pastored for
seven and a half years. In 1995, the people of
CBF called me to pastor the work God was doing
in them. I count it a privilege to be a part of
what He is doing here in and through CBF.
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Randy Blalock
When I was very young my parents came to know
the Lord. From that moment our family was in
church. I accepted Christ as my Savior as a
pre-teen. The music of the church has had a
special place in my heart from my initial
exposure to the present.
My fondest memories from college days are woven
together by the thread of music. I will never
forget the experience of working hard in choir
rehearsals five days a week to prepare to
minister through song. Praying together and the
seeing God answer prayer as the hearts of people
were touched by the ministry of the choir were
blessings that cannot be measured. (Some of the
zany activities my buddies and I participated in
on choir tours are better left untold.)
Through music the life paths of a girl from New
York and a boy from North Carolina crossed in
the state of Tennessee. My wife Sue and I met as
members of a small ensemble. It fell on her to
give the new tenor a crash course since the
first singing engagement was less than a week
after the new member joined. That "engagement"
led to another. We were married two weeks after
graduation.
In the fall of that year I began teaching at a
Christian school in Kentucky. Sue accompanied
the high school choir while I directed. Those
were the days I held our firstborn Jonathan,
with one arm and directed with the other.
Next we moved to Ohio where our second child,
Elisabeth, was born. I took a position as a
Youth and Music Director in a church just
outside Cincinnati. We served there three years.
David, our third child, was born after we moved
to North Carolina. I directed a couple of church
choirs before CBF was started. Since then it has
been my delight to lead the choir and
congregation in singing. I thank God for Sue who
is my music mentor. It is a joy to work with the
people involved in music ministry. There is a
willingness to be used by God that is
refreshing.
My desire is to grow in my understanding of
worship. I pray this fellowship will learn to
worship God as we offer a sacrifice of praise
together. Christ is worthy of our praise and
worship. Revelation 5:12 |
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Carla Massey
I
was born in Mississippi in 1963. After six
months my family moved us to North Carolina
where I have been ever since. I grew up in a
Christian home and attended a Baptist church
religiously until age 16 when I felt it no
longer necessary. After meeting my future
husband in 1980, we married at the age of 18.
Our first child Jennifer Lee was born three
years later and another child, Sarah, followed
shortly after.
My husband and I separated after seven years of
marriage. The next time I attended church was in
1988 to fulfill an AWANA requirement for my
girls to pass off their sections at a local
church. That is where I heard God speaking to my
heart and realized I was a sinner not fit for
heaven. I gave my life to Jesus in November of
that year. My husband Jimmy and I reconciled our
marriage after that, and he received Christ in
March of 1997 at the Shoney’s in Burlington. Our
lives have never been the same.
In 1999 I joined the staff of Christian Bible
Fellowship as a part-time secretary and was
asked to work full time in 2000. I thank the
Lord for my church family and for a job so
fulfilling! |
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Michael Miyasato, Spanish Ministry |
.jpg) Mark McKinney,
Youth Pastor
I was born and
raised right here in God’s Country. After going
to church some here and there as a young child,
I went to a church youth camp when I was 10
years old. It was there on a Wednesday night on
August 8, 1979 that I accepted Christ as my
Savior. During my Junior High years I drifted
away from God and had a heart of rebellion.
However I could never get too far from God and
his voice. God’s word says “my sheep know my
voice” (John 10:27). Even when I was rebelling
and going my own way, God was pursuing me, and
would often bring me back to him. However it
wasn’t until the summer of 1982 at another
summer youth camp, that I totally dedicated my
life to God. Since that day, God blessed me
with strong churches and Godly examples to help
me in my walk with God. After High School God
lead me to Word of Life Bible Institute, and
School of Youth and Missions in Schroon Lake, NY
where God continued to reveal himself to me, and
prepare me for His service. Psalms 37:23-25
says “The steps of a good man are ordered by the
Lord. Though he falls, he will not be utterly
cast down for the Lord upholds him with His
hand. I was young and now I am old and I have
never seen the righteous forsaken or their
children begging bread.” I praise God for being
so faithful to uphold me even when I was down
and to direct my steps even when I didn’t
realize it. In the summer of 2005 God directed
my steps here to Christian Bible Fellowship
where I get to work with an awesome group of
teenagers! |
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Dianne Rittenmeyer, Treasurer |
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Sunday School
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Sunday Morning
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Sunday Night
6:00 pm |
Wednesday Night
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