Pastor's Page

Hello. I am Paul Martin the Pastor of Fairview Heights!

Thanks for taking a moment to get to know me and our church. I hope you enjoy our website and find it helpful. Come visit us literally as well as virtually!

God promises that He will be faithful in leading us, and simply asks that we are faithful in following Him. It is a beautiful thing to let go of our own agenda.

Fairview Heights is no exception.

I am excited to be a part of God’s plan for Fairview Heights. I know He has a plan and that He chooses to use His people to accomplish His goal. As He plans to reach our community, I pray that His greatness is seen through us and that my desires match up perfectly with His. We as a church are seeking to recapture His vision for us as a community of faith and for how He wants us to reach beyond the walls of our building to build His kingdom through the church. I would love to see you become a part of what God is already doing here!

FAMILY:

Melody and I have been married since 1995 and enjoy our four children knowing that they are a gift from God

Psalm 127:3-5

EDUCATION:

Master of Divinity from Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary in Wake Forest, North Carolina

Titus 1:9

MOTIVATING VERSE:

2 Timothy 1:7-11

“For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.

Therefore do not be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me His prisoner, but share with me in the sufferings for the gospel according to the power of God, who has saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to His own purpose and grace which was given to us in Christ Jesus before time began, but has now been revealed by the appearing of our Savior Jesus Christ, who has abolished death and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel, to which I was appointed a preacher, an apostle, and a teacher..”

INTERESTS:

my kids, football (mostly the Philadelphia Eagles), basketball (mostly Duke U.), reading, jazz music

FAVORITE MOVIES:

The Princess Bride, Gladiator, Napoleon Dynamite, Traitor, Kicking and Screaming

FAVORITE BOOKS (THAT ARE NOT THE BIBLE - THAT’S A GIVEN)

“How Now Shall We then Live” and “The Church Before the Watching World” - Francis Schaeffer; “Above All Earthly Powers” - David Wells; “Who’s Afraid of Postmodernity” - J.K.A. Smith

PERSONAL MOTTO:

“Never settle for second best.” - Mr. B

email to:  paul@fhbc4him.org