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 and probable persuasion grounded upon a fallible hope, but an infallible assurance of faith, founded on the blood and righteousness of Christ revealed in the Gospel; and also upon the inward evidence of those graces of the Spirit unto which promises are made, and on the testimony of the Spirit of adoption, witnessing with our spirits that we are the children of God; and, as a fruit thereof, keeping the heart both humble and holy.” The duty of the believer, “in love and thankfulness to God, and in strength and cheerfulness in the duties of obedience, the proper fruits of this assurance.”

Attendance in June averaged 354 people, and June giving totaled $44,699.44. The summer months for giving tend to be lower than the rest of the year. We appreciate your prayers and participation in the giving to OBC.

The elders have been reading about and discussing the issue of marriage and divorce. We had a good and lengthy conversation at our elder's meeting and will continue to discuss this topic in our future meetings. We ask for your prayers for wisdom as we search the Scriptures and shepherd the body of Christ.

We began to work on the church budget for the upcoming fiscal year, which begins in September. The various ministry leaders presented their individual budgets to staff in June, and now the elders are working on the overall church budget. We expect to complete our review and finalize the budget in the upcoming weeks.