My name is Lee Dodd. I am 30 years old, married for 12 years, and have 2 beautiful daughters (ages 7 and 8). I have just left a church (non denominational) where I was the Associate Pastor. I felt we could no longer follow the leadership and that our time of ministry was done at the church. I am now looking for a reformed church of some sort and really have been studying along these lines for the past year or so. God has been most gracious to illuminate our minds with a theological foundation which has been missing much of our Christian lives. I am excited about life, exalting Christ, and seeing what the next leg of our race will be like.

P.S. Since we are just now beginning our search for a new church home, anyone have any recommendations on the north side of Houston, TX? We are about 30 miles northeast of Houston in Dayton, TX.

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Lee Dodd | Twitter: @LeeDodd
Layperson - FBC Daisetta
Dayton, TX

"We must work the works of Him who sent Me as long as it is day; night is coming when no one can work." - John 9:4

Welcome aboard- and please don't feed the bears.

Theognome

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Bill Cunningham
Covenant Reformed Church, URC
Kansas City
There are three kinds of people- those who can count, and those who can't.

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Lance G. Marshall
Pastor
Georgetown, Indiana

Welcome to the PB!

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Yvonne
Reformed Presbyterian
Currently seeking a Church

"A man's most glorious actions will at last be found to be but glorious sins, if he hath made himself, and not the glory of God, the end of those actions." -T. Brooks

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Wayne Whitmer
Member, Rio Rancho OPC
Albuquerque, NM

Hello LEE, welcome to PB.

Heres some good (generally speaking good) reformed churches links to help you get started in your search. You might have to settle for a Reformed Church if you can't find a Reformed Baptist in your area. Hope it helps.

Reformed:

OPC Church Directory

PCA Church Directory

URCNA Church Directory



Reformed Baptist:

ARBCA Church Directory

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Julio Perez
Visting Branch of Hope OPC hoping this will be my home church.....


“No…we are all priests. Your vocation and your contentment in your vocation should not be dependent upon your being in vocational ministry or in being a figure of public acclaim. If God wills that fine…if He does not do that, you ought to still do what he has granted you to do to the glory of God.”

-Martin Luther

Lee!

I found an OPC church in Kingwood, Texas, which is about 40 minutes away according to Mapquest.

I checked the PCA directory, and the churches I found in Houston, TX, ranged from 45 minutes (Oaklawn Presbyterian Church) away to a little over an hour (Covenant Presbyterian Church).

Hope that helps!

EDIT - Julio, you beat me to it.

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Ben Maas. . . . .Facebook
In college, attending First Presbyterian Church (PCUSA), Ada, OH, and
Belle Center Reformed Presbyterian Church (RPCNA), Belle Center, OH
When at home, attending Covenant Presbyterian Church (OPC), Mansfield, OH

“Prayer is as natural an expression of faith as breathing is of life.”
-Jonathan Edwards-

Welcome!

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Shalom,
jessi
PCA
Steelers fan exiled to Virginia


“Whatever your heart clings to and confides in, that is really your God.”
Martin Luther

Welcome to the Puritan Board Lee

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Josiah Lovett
Member of
Trinity OPC
Bothell WA
Orthodox Presbyterian Church
Westminster Standards

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Benjamin P. Glaser, M. Div, Licentiate, Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church
Member Fairmount ARP Church
Pittsburgh, PA

Deo Vindice

Greetings and Salutations.

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Donald Jacobs
Roanoke VA.
Covenant Reformed Episcopal Church.

Cum vero infirmor tunc potens sum.

Welcome to the PB, Lee

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Norm
IA PCA

In love he predestined us for adoption as sons through Jesus Christ, according to the purpose of his will. Ephesians 1:4-5

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Ashley
Crossbridge Community Church
Texas
vincit qui patitur

Oh, the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments and unfathomable His ways! Romans 11:33 NASB

Welcome Lee

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Michael P Doyle
Waukesha WI
Member of http://www.cornerstone-pca.com/
Attending http://www.lampseminary.org/

Welcome

cheers

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Daniel
PCA
Memphis, TN

to the PB, Lee.

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Line - Lutheran
Wife to Martin, the love of my life
Mother to Josva, the most wonderfull baby in the world
Member of the Danish Evangelical-Lutheran Church

Welcome to the board.

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soli Deo gloria!
~Nicholas~ Ordained Pastor
Member, Fulton PCA; GPTS Student
Christians are like snow covered dung; it is the purity of the covering which the Father sees. -Luther-
There is nothing more ugly than a Christian orthodoxy without understanding or without compassion.
-Francis Schaeffer-

to the PB

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Martin - Reformed
Husband to the most godly, honorable and loyal wife Line
Searching for a Church
Webpage www.5solas.dk
Free Online Reformed Seminary - http://www.tnars.net
Soli Deo Gloria

Thank you all for the kind welcomes and links. I am off to check them out now.

I would say go to Rev. Fred Greco's church in Katy, but Katy may be too far for you.

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Kenneth Kneip
Member @ New St. Peter's PC (PCA), Dallas TX
Pastoral Intern @ New Covenant PC (PCA), Dallas TX
M. Div. student @ Redeemer Seminary, Dallas TX

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sarah
WI
OPC
My Pastor's Sermons: Mark Jenkins...he's awesome!!!

howdy.

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Kevin Rogers
Sovereign Community Church, PCA
Moncton NB

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Keith
Pastoral Worker and MDiv Student, PCI
Ballymoney, Northern Ireland

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Rangerus
Southern Baptist
Austin, TX
Teacher and Volunteer
1689 LBCF & BF&M 2000

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Rev. Andy Eppard
Associate Minister
First Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Springfield, MO

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Michael Tremmel
attending Christ Reformed Baptist Church
Hales Corners, WI.

Isaiah 46:5-11

I have set the Lord always before me; because he is at my right hand, I shall not be shaken. Ps.16:8 ESV

But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace toward me was not in vain. 1 Cor.15:10a ESV

Praecepta docent, exempla movent (precepts teach, but examples move)

Spring might be a little closer, but it's still going to take about an hour. The Rev. Mr. Greco might have a suggestion when he gets back from General Assembly.

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Edward
Deacon
PCA
Texas

Welcome!

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Taylor W. Otwell, Husband to Abigail
Member, Fellowship Bible Church
Fort Smith, Arkansas
Family Blog

Welcome!

AMR

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Patrick
Member, PCA
Chandler, AZ
ReformedTheologyInstitute.com

I fear explanations explanatory of things explained.

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Albert, The Republic of the Philippines
Pasig United Covenant Reformed Church (a Reformed church plant)
United Covenant Reformed Churches in the Philippines (UCRCP)
Three Forms of Unity and Westminster Confession of Faith

Psalm 27:1a (AV) The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear?
“Perseverance is the badge of true saints. The Christian life is not a beginning only in the ways of God, but also a continuance in the same as long as life lasts.” -

Lots more welcomes - thanks so much!

Greetings!

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Mike Myers
Teaching Elder
West Suffolk Baptist Church
Suffolk, Virginia

Many a plain, honest, unlearned disciple of Christ, by meditation, experience, prayers, and especially obedience, attains to a more clear, sound, and useful knowledge of the word of God, than some great scholars with all their wit and learning. Matthew Henry

Welcome to the PB family.

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Jim
1689 LBCF
Independent Bible Church
North Texas, USA

Greetings!

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Ivan R. Schoen, B.A., M.A., M.L.I.S.
Pastor of Maranatha Baptist Church (SBC)
Poplar Grove, IL, USA
http://maranatha-sbc.org

Welcome!!!

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Alex - Orange County, CA - PCA

"I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but
Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by
faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me."
Galatians 2:20

Manton - "The sovereign dominion of God is a great prop to our faith."

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Wayne Sparkman, Th.M.
Director, PCA Historical Center, St. Louis, MO
Blogs: The Continuing Story and PCA History Blog

Welcome!

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Adam B., Wine Country, California, PCA

"I fear not to hold with Junius, de Politia Mosis cap. 6, that he who was punishable by death under that Judicial law, is punishable by death still; and he who was not punished by death then, is not to be punished by death now."

Forget the bears. Don't feed the gnomes.

Welcome, Lee!

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Jonathan
Audio Engineer
Reformed Anabaptist
Ohio

Moroni's magical glasses of proper interpretation:

Welcome, brother!

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Kevin, husband of a truly angelic woman, and father to ten.
Zion United Reformed Church of Sheffield
Ontario, Canada

Hi, Shawna. My name is Caroline. Are you new to the forum? Typically, I think people start with an intro post, sort of like the ones you are posting on, but starting like, "Hi, my name is Shawna, and I think Paul Washer is really awesome." And then I say, "Hi, Shawna, welcome to PB! Personally I like listening to Bahnsen. Well, I mean, he's dead, but I still like listening to his recorded lectures." And then other people say stuff. Sort of like that rather than tagging a bunch of intros with a note.

But this forum thing can take a bit of getting used to, and I'm pretty new myself. (I could even be wrong about this, if there's something I'm missing here). Just some gettin' started advice. Welcome!

Edited to add: well, that post disappeared. Now mine just looks silly. LOL

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Caroline
OPC
Schenectady, NY
Blog: The Unlikely Calvinist