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A message from Mark:

On behalf of all the people who call Rocky Fork Fellowship home, welcome!

We're glad that you’ve taken the time to check us out. While we hope this website is helpful to you, we realize the best it can do is just give you a glimpse of our fellowship. You’ll need to come and visit us to really see who we are and what’s important to us.

While you’re here, please take the time to look around and talk with people. Chances are, you’ll see the familiar faces of friends, neighbors, and coworkers—all as different and unique as the reasons that brought them to Rocky Fork. Look even closer and you’ll see a family of people who are committed, not to religious traditions, but to discovering Jesus and making Him real in their lives. You’ll meet people who have experienced God’s grace and have connected with Christ. You’ll see lives that are growing and transforming as they build a relationship with a loving God and serve Him. You won’t see perfect people by any means; instead, you’ll see reflected in every face a gloriously imperfect church—imperfect people who have embraced a perfect vision for what a church can and should be.

Thanks for taking the time to check us out. You’ll find out more about us at the links below, and we hope to see you at our church home in Hallsville very soon.

Sincerely,


Mark Butrum
Sr. Minister
Rocky Fork Fellowship

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Jesus said, "Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I commanded you…" (Matthew 28:19-20) We do this by "Helping people Take the Next Step toward Jesus."

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Our goal is to provide the opportunity
for people to connect with God
through inspired, genuine worship,
and dynamic messages from
God’s Word.

We grow community through Small Groups. Our small groups
provide an opportunity for individual spiritual growth, while
encouraging fellowship and growing relationships with others.
During Growth we encourage people to discover their
spiritual gifts and how they can use them for service…

By serving others we are giving people the opportunity to serve in
ministry; therefore, using their gifts and talents to build God’s kingdom.
By encouraging people to get involved and serve others, we are also
cultivating a servant heart much like that of Jesus Himself who said,
“…the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve…” Matthew 20:28

Fully Functioning Followers of Christ (F3) are Disciple Makers. Our
leaders will be trained, equipped, and prepared to make other
disciples. Our goal is to provide every follower of Christ the opportunity
to become a disciple maker. The discipleship process is a continuous
cycle. Leaders return to the beginning to come along side those who
are just starting their journey and help them take the next step toward
                         Jesus.

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• God is real, bigger, and closer than we can imagine.
• The Bible is God’s perfect guidebook for living our lives.
• Jesus is God showing Himself to us.
• Through His Holy Spirit, God lives in and through us now.
• Nothing in creation "just happened." God made it all.
• Grace is the only way to have a relationship with God.
• Faith is the only way to grow in our relationship with God.
• Jesus is God’s only Son and is the only way of salvation.
• Baptism by immersion is God’s plan for applying His forgiveness for our sins.
• God has allowed evil to provide us with a choice. God can bring good even out of evil event, and God promises victory over evil to those who choose to follow His Son.
• Heaven and hell are real places.
• Death is a beginning, not the end.
• The church is to serve people like Jesus served people.
• Jesus is coming again.


THE BIBLE is the inspired Word of God written by human authors under the supernatural guidance of the Holy Spirit. The Bible is the authoritative guide for our lives.

GOD is Creator and Ruler of everyone and everything. There is one God, eternal, existing in three persons: The Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.

JESUS is the Son of God. Being sinless, He offered Himself as a perfect sacrifice for the sins of all people through His death on a cross. He arose from the grave, demonstrating His power over sin and death, and ascended to Heaven. He reigns in Heaven now and will return as King of kings and Lord of lords.

SALVATION is a gift from God. Only by believing in Jesus as our Savior can we receive forgiveness. We are saved as we place our faith in Him through repentance of our sins, confession of our faith in Jesus and baptism for the forgiveness of sins.

HOLY SPIRIT is co-equal with the Father and the Son as God. He is at work in the believer’s life. He lives within every baptized believer, and is given as a gift at baptism, providing power for godly living.

ETERNITY is what lies ahead after we die. We will either exist eternally separated from God or in union with Him. To be eternally separated from God is to dwell in Hell. To be eternally in union with God is to dwell in Heaven.

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