Tri-City Baptist Church Ministries

As a member of Tri-City Baptist Church, you will exalt Christ by keeping a complete ministry awareness, contributing to the health and advancement of the whole church body.

Pastor Endean focuses on the biblical concept of integrity as a foundational value for both individual believers and the church community, drawing from Proverbs 10:9 and the life of Joseph in Genesis 39 to illustrate how wholehearted obedience to God produces consistent honesty, sincerity, and moral uprightness even in the face of adversity. It emphasizes that integrity is not merely external behavior but an internal disposition rooted in a relationship with God, demonstrated through faithfulness in private and public life, dependability, and a prioritization of divine approval over human opinion. Pastor Endean uses Joseph's story—his character developed amid familial betrayal, slavery, and false accusation—to show that integrity does not prevent suffering but invites God's presence, favor, and ultimate purpose, even in prison. He challenged our church body to self-examination, urging us to evaluate our lives for honesty, consistency, and dependence on God, not for condemnation but for transformation, as integrity secures the believer and advances Christ's mission.

Pastor Ken confronts the pervasive danger of lust in a sexually saturated culture, grounding its urgency in Jesus' radical teaching in Matthew 5 that even lustful desire constitutes spiritual adultery, demanding radical commitment to purity. emphasizes that lust is not a minor moral failing but a spiritual battle that warps the soul and threatens eternal destiny, citing Scripture to show that unrepentant sin excludes one from God's kingdom. The central truth is that saving faith is inseparable from sanctification—justifying faith is a lust-fighting faith that transforms the heart, empowering believers to pursue purity through the Holy Spirit, the Word of God, and a deep satisfaction in Christ. The sermon calls for radical, proactive measures: rejecting excuses, resisting temptation by yielding to the Spirit, cultivating spiritual taste through Scripture, and relying on God's promises rather than worldly pleasures. Ultimately, it affirms that victory is possible through faith in Christ, who alone satisfies, and that the goal is not merely abstinence but the pursuit of holiness, so that, as Matthew 5:8 promises, the pure in heart will see God.

Pastor Nathan centers on the timeless mission of faithfully transmitting God's truth across generations, as exemplified in 2 Timothy 2:2, where Paul instructs Timothy to pass on the gospel to faithful men who will teach others. It emphasizes that this mission is not merely about evangelism but also about intentionally training and equipping future church leaders, grounded in the reality of spiritual warfare and the necessity of divine grace. He underscores that while the path is marked by hardship, persecution, and sacrifice—mirrored in Paul's own imprisonment—the unchained Word of God and the resurrected, reigning Lord ensure the mission's ultimate victory. Encouragement is drawn from the promise of eternal reward for endurance, yet the deeper call is for believers, especially young people, to embrace sacrificial service, recognizing that God's work will advance regardless of human effort, yet He desires to use willing hearts.

Pastor Ken Endean - Practical Faith

As a follower of Jesus Christ, you must grasp the importance of fellowship with other believers and the careful remembrance of His sacrifice for your sins.

Jesus Christ entrusted His followers with the task of faithfully proclaiming the Gospel message.

This sermon presents a biblical framework for overcoming despondency by anchoring the believer's hope in God amidst life's trials, drawing primarily from Psalm 42 and the story of Elijah in 1 Kings 19. It identifies unbelief and a loss of hope as the root causes of spiritual depression, emphasizing that sorrow over loss is natural, but despair arises when it is divorced from faith in God's goodness and sovereignty. The preacher underscores the importance of renewing the mind through Scripture, resisting the cycle of negative emotions by replacing sinful reactions with godly responses, and cultivating a proper perspective on suffering, self, and God's unseen work. Through examples like Cain's unrepentant response and Elijah's breakdown and restoration, the message calls believers to reject despair, confess ungodly thoughts, and daily choose to hope in God's faithfulness, trusting that His joy and peace are not dependent on circumstances but are empowered by the Holy Spirit. Ultimately, the sermon affirms that true strength comes not from self-effort but from abiding in Christ, where hope is not merely a feeling but a divine reality sustained by faith.

Pastor Ken Endean - God's Design for the Church

Since the Church is God's primary means to accomplish His mission in the world, you must have a Biblical understanding of His plan.

Pastor Ken Endean - Practical Faith

Pastor Ken Endean - Practical Faith

To fulfill its assigned mission, the Church of Christ must demonstrate Biblical characteristics.

Pastor Ken Endean

The source of Biblical wisdom is Jesus Christ, and He will direct the life of those who faithfully follow Him.

Mike Harding

Mike Harding

Pastor Nathan Mestler

Pastor Ken Endean - Christmas BC: Eden to Emmanuel

Pastor Endean centers on the biblical truth that pride is the root of all sin and a fundamental form of unbelief, opposing the humility that flows from genuine faith in God's sovereignty and sufficiency. Drawing from Jeremiah 9:23–24, he emphasizes that true glory lies not in wisdom, strength, or wealth, but in knowing and understanding God, whose lovingkindness, justice, and righteousness are the foundation of all worth. Through illustrations like Nebuchadnezzar's downfall and the warnings to Israel, Pastor Endean reveals how pride manifests in self-reliance, self-approval, anxiety, self-pity, and judgmentalism, all of which stem from a heart that trusts in self rather than God. The antidote is not self-effort but a continual orientation toward Christ, who exemplified humility by emptying Himself, and a life marked by mourning over sin, serving others, and meditating on God's character. Ultimately, humility is not self-deprecation but a posture of faith that finds satisfaction in God alone, where true victory over pride is found.