Great preacher! Caring Christian members and home for me over 50 years. I love First Baptist Church…read moreLongview!

I just started going to First Baptist Longview, I Absolutely love this church. The church family…read moremakes you feel like you are included and include you in all the activities.

I absolutely LOVE this church. They are a gospel centered community and stand by their mission…read morestatement. It is a welcoming place, and it is easy to get plugged in. The church makes you feel desired! The church body is diligent in encouraging one another with what the Word says rather than opinion or cultural opinion. Worship? It is mixed with contemporary Christian music and older hymns, so in other words, it's awesome! You can still hear the church over the wonderful instruments and speakers. The praise is focused on God, never feeling like a performance. The teaching? So good! It is centered on the gospel. It teaches the beauty of grace- how grace saves and sustains. The sermons are from Scripture completely. You can count on Pastor Todd saying "flip to ___ in your bibles" within the first 5 minutes of the sermon. The sermons are brilliant AND easy to follow. All the praise is given to God. Prayer? It is emphasized at New Beginnings. There are prayers throughout the services and throughout the small groups. Specifically in small groups, prayer is held as very important. Prayer requests are said aloud, and boom, someone offers to lead the group in prayer for specific prayer requests. The church also hosts nights of prayer and worship monthly. I walked in to the church as a "cultural Christian," thinking I knew who God was. God used Pastor Todd and the college ministry to teach me the gospel and show me what a real relationship with God looks like. God is truly at work at NBBC. It's the real deal!!

I visited for three months this church, I was overwhelmed by the love of brothers and sisters in…read morethe Life Group. We serve others together, and we pray for each other. We had to become members, we love NB. Praise God for this loving authentic biblical community!

Had the pleasure of speaking with TOM on the phone who is at the Lindale location (there's a couple…read morelocations so be careful you're calling the correct one). Tom was super kind and respectful. I look forward to visiting both locations in the near future.

Pastor Allen Townsend and his beautiful wife Julie are sincere,…read morepassionate and committed in their faith and relationship with God. They have a heart for God and for the people they serve. I truly believe that there is so much more to come out of this church, the amazing leadership team. Some of the best teaching you will find.

I have been going to fellowship or the last 6 years after moving her from the Chicago suburbs. FBC…read moreis very similar to other bible churches I have attended in the north and east coast. The demographics are diverse, but the largest group is families with young kids followed by older adults. There is a decent number of college adults that attend (mainly from LETU), but there are few people between college age and married with kids. The main pastor Jim Johnson is a great pastor thy brings in depth study of the word and is genuinely invested in the individuals if the church. The 65 and older group is a very cool group of people, you will find them in the lobby Sunday mornings, go introduce yourself to them, get a hug and a smile.

We chose Heartlight Ministries after being referred by a highly regarded therapist and doing some…read moreresearch on our own. Our daughter was there for 14 months. You will not find a better place to send a troubled teen. This is not a corporate run boarding school for profit, and no one is getting rich running this ministry. They are a 501C that will never make a profit as they have kept tuition far below true cost, due to gifts & blessing of donors that have come before you and your troubled teens. The founder Mark Gregston is forever fundraising for the school to meet the needs of the faciites and to keep tuition affordable for families. This school is run by the founder & his family along with an amazing team of Christians, who have made it their passion. There may be some staff who come and go that have made some of the negative reviews, however the 14 months I along with our daughter have spent interacting with Staff & her therapist have been a true blessing for our family. We have seen a turn around that only God & his people can manifest with our daughter and our family because of Heartlight. No one knows the future however we will be forever grateful to Mark Gregston & staff that there was a ministry & facility like Hearlight with people who really cared for our daughter.

Heartlight is a place of hope. I have worked here for 6+ years & cannot image a better place to…read morework. The counseling staff is above & beyond. The resources are unmatched between individual counseling, group counseling, & retreats for those who are at Heartlight. For those who are not - Family Crisis Coaching & Families in Crisis Conferences are wonderful to find hope & healing. I'm grateful to work at a company that is a family & treats each other like family.

Very friendly parish of about 250 families. Faith-filled, caring community.read more