G.R.I.T.: What You Need To Revitalize Your Church
Church revitalization is hard, dangerous work. If you want to see your church grow in health and life, you’ll need a lot of toughness and sheer grit. Pastor Philip Bramblet talks about the basics and essentials of church revitalization through the acronym of G.R.I.T. - God; Repentance; Instruction; and Time. This series is especially for average, non-exceptional, faithful pastors like Philip who need growth and encouragement in their church revitalization efforts.
Episodes

4 days ago
4 days ago
Pastor Philip Bramblet of Furnace Creek Baptist Church in Rocky Mount, VA talks about instructing your congregation in what the gospel actually is. Many Christians are unable to articulate the content of the gospel accurately because they have not been well taught. GRIT: God, Repentance, Instruction, Time.

Monday Apr 28, 2025
Monday Apr 28, 2025
In this episode, Pastor Philip Bramblet of Furnace Creek Baptist Church talks about the kind of healthy instruction a church needs for revitalization.

Tuesday Feb 11, 2025
Tuesday Feb 11, 2025
Pastor Philip Bramblet of Furnace Creek Baptist Church in Rocky Mount, VA describes fifteen kinds of sermons which, if they are the steady diet of the congregation, will make a church unhealthy. GRIT: God; Repentance: Instruction; Time.

Monday Jan 27, 2025
Monday Jan 27, 2025
Biblical instruction is needed for a church to see revitalization and become healthy again. Pastor Philip Bramblet of Furnace Creek Baptist Church discusses five areas of focus for biblical instruction. GRIT: God, Repentance, Instruction, Time.

Monday Jan 27, 2025
Monday Jan 27, 2025
Pastor Philip Bramblet of Furnace Creek Baptist Church in Rocky Mount, VA talks about the need for patience and wisdom in church revitalization, especially when leading your church toward repentance and change. GRIT: God, Repentance, Instruction, Time.

Monday Jan 27, 2025
Monday Jan 27, 2025
The attitudes and actions that characterize sick, dying churches are common and well-known. In this episode, Pastor Philip Bramblet of Furnace Creek Baptist Church goes through lists of these characteristics from four different church revitalization books, showing how much they overlap. GRIT: What You Need to Revitalize Your Church. God, Repentance, Instruction, Time

Sunday Jan 26, 2025
Sunday Jan 26, 2025
Pastor Philip Bramblet of Furnace Creek Baptist Church talks about a sin that will potentially kill a local church: lack of biblical church discipline. Tolerance of persistent unrepentance from sin or serious false teaching will ultimately destroy your church. G.R.I.T.: What you need to revitalize your church. God. Repentance. Instruction. Time.

Thursday Jan 23, 2025
Thursday Jan 23, 2025
Pastor Philip Bramblet of Furnace Creek Baptist Church talks about church-killing sins that commonly appear in unhealthy churches. This episode deals with lack of reconciliation. GRIT: What you need to revitalize your church - God; Repentance; Instruction; Time.

Thursday Jan 23, 2025
Thursday Jan 23, 2025
Pastor Philip Bramblet of Furnace Creek Baptist Church talks about the need for repentance in church revitalization. In this episode, he discusses the problem of lack of evangelism. G.R.I.T.: What You Need To Revitalize Your Church. God. Repentance. Instruction. Time.

Wednesday Jan 22, 2025
Wednesday Jan 22, 2025
Pastor Philip Bramblet of Furnace Creek Baptist Church continues discussing the need for repentance in church revitalization. In this episode: the church-killing sin of prayerlessness. G.R.I.T.: What You Need to Revitalize Your Church. God; Repentance; Instruction; Time.