{"id":921,"date":"2020-03-22T23:48:03","date_gmt":"2020-03-22T23:48:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/southberkeleybaptist.org\/hp_wordpress\/?page_id=921"},"modified":"2023-01-28T19:50:04","modified_gmt":"2023-01-28T19:50:04","slug":"from-the-pastor","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/southberkeleybaptist.org\/hp_wordpress\/?page_id=921","title":{"rendered":"From the Pastor"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"921\" class=\"elementor elementor-921\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3ffd9441 elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle\" data-id=\"3ffd9441\" data-element_type=\"section\" 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Finding a new church family can be quite a serious undertaking. However, as soon as you come to our church you will realize that you have found your new church family!<\/em><\/h5><h5><em>My mission is to accurately preach\/teach The Word of God and my prayer is that each person in the congregation will learn and grow from it. This drive comes from my heart for loving people. I want to be clear, loving someone means speaking Truth into their life and helping them to grow.<\/em><\/h5><h5><em>With this goal of speaking Truth comes a decidedly negative drawback &#8211; it can be taken the wrong way. 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