Ministries

The  "Light Force" is the group name for the junior and senior high ministry  at Community Bible Church.  The Light Force consists of teenagers from  the seventh through the twelfth grades.  The group's name, The Light  Force, originated from Matthew 5:14, 16:  "You are the light of the  world.  Let your light shine before men in such a way that they may see  your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven."  The purpose  statement of the group is "To Know Jesus Christ and to Make Him Known."

The  group seeks to accomplish the goal of knowing Jesus Christ by meeting  as a group for singing, prayer, Bible study, and fellowship.  The group  studies consist of topical issues that teenagers deal with today,  considering them from a scriptural basis, as well as chapter-by- chapter  studies from various books of the Bible.

Weekend retreats,  camping trips, and one-day outings are taken at different times  throughout the year to help build a closer relationship with God and  with friends and to develop group unity. 

The  group's mission strategy is based on Acts 1:8, which says, ". . . and  you shall be My witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and  Samaria, and even to the remotest part of the earth."

The Light  Force applies their mission strategy on a three-year revolving basis.   The first year they are involved in a local or in-state summer mission  ministry, which is their Jerusalem and Judea.  The second year they go  out of state for their mission ministry, which is their Samaria.  The  third year they go out of the country, which is the uttermost part of  the world. The fourth year The Light Force is back concentrating on a  local or in-state mission ministry.

CBC’s summer mission ministry  involves sharing the gospel by the means of Backyard Bible Clubs in  neighborhoods or at Good News at Noon, a Christian soup kitchen in  Gainesville, Georgia, and other work projects.  Past work projects have  consisted of setting up tepees at a Christian camp, clearing land and  building thatched roof huts in the jungles of Belize, laying cinder  block walls, and pouring concrete for churches in Costa Rica.  The  Backyard Bible Clubs use evangelistic tools such as sketchboard  evangelism, Christian optical illusions, the Wordless Book, Bible memory  verse games, singing, recreational games, and more.

The Light  Force Bible studies, activities, and mission ministries are designed to  equip the teens for the work of the ministry, to the building up of the  body of Christ (Ephesians 4:12).  The Bible is our only source of truth  in our quest to live out our lives in obedience to Jesus Christ and  spread the good news of salvation through Him.