On Tuesday, August 14, the elders held their monthly meeting to review and consider a relatively short list of items, including an opportunity to recognize and thank the members of the security team for their successful completion of some very demanding training. Pastor Pat opened our meeting with prayer, recognizing our absolute dependence upon a living God who, in His i...

Death is something our culture hides from. We hide our dead bodies. Our society moves the body of the deceased from our homes within minutes after death and places them in "funeral homes." We hide the places where bodies are buried. Cemeteries that used to be right next to the church, where people were reminded weekly of the reality of death, are now located far away from ...

We all have different backgrounds and upbringings that have in some way shaped who we are today. There have certainly been both positive and negative experiences in our lives that influence the choices we make. As these experiences shape us through life, often times, we cling to them and form our identity around them. As a Christian, however, our identity should not be...

The Deacons of Omaha Bible Church met on June 26 for our monthly meeting. We started the meeting with John Schmoll opening us in prayer, offering thanks for the life and service of one of the deacons, Emmett Champion, who has entered his eternal rest with our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. We also sought the Lord for wisdom to serve the Body of Christ in humility to the p...

The Elders of Omaha Bible Church met on Tuesday evening July 10. Our meeting was opened in prayer and with thanksgiving for what the Lord is doing at OBC. Frank Barber read and reviewed with us Chapter 18 in the London Baptist Confession of 1689 on Assurance of Salvation. It reminds us in paragraph 2 in regards to our Assurance, "this certainty is not a bare conjectural a...

Trials and suffering can be found everywhere as we go through life. Broken relationships with a family member or friend; a recent diagnosis about your health from the doctor; tension in your marriage and home. The list could go on and on. Due to our fallen nature and the sin-cursed world we live in, there is no escape. We will endure suffering. But as we do, what is it th...

The elders met for their monthly meeting on Tuesday, June 12.Our evening began in the sweetness of prayer exalting Christ for His sufficiency and beseeching His grace for the opportunities in the church for faithful gospel ministry. Our discussion for the evening opened with a review of the financial reports for the month of August. Average attendance for the month was 37...

Evangelism ought to be an active practice of every true Christian. However, it is one of the most neglected disciplines in many believers' lives. There are many excuses behind this neglect, but no matter how convincing our excuses may appear to us, the mandate to evangelize is unmistakably charged in the Bible. The nature of the command to evangelize does not provide belie...

Dear Church Family, Over the last couple of years, we have been preparing ourselves for a move to Malawi. Everything seemed to be lining up with our plans. Our things were loaded in a container ready to be shipped and a house was already arranged for us to rent. The only things left were acquiring visas and getting plane tickets. Right when we thought our plans were movi...

The Elders of Omaha Bible Church met on Tuesday, May 8. Our time began with Senior Pastor Pat Abendroth leading us in prayer for our church, with thankfulness for the many godly relationships we have in the body of Christ, and most of all for the person and work of our Lord Jesus Christ, for his love for us, and for the anticipation we all have for his personal and bodily ...