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Each week on the Broad River Church podcast you'll hear preaching from Pastor Kevin and other speakers that will encourage you and strengthen you in your walk with Jesus. Broad River Church is a non-denominational, life-giving, Christian church in Norwalk, CT, right in the middle of lower-Fairfield County. A part of the faith-landscape of Norwalk for over 60 years BRC continues to be open to what God is doing here and now.Sunday morning gatherings feature great music, messages that matter and people who care. Our vision is that people would come to Know God, Find Freedom, Discover Purpose and Make A Difference. Come to visit and find your place.

  1. 2d ago

    Baptism Sunday — Identified with Christ | Pastor Kevin Mullins

    Baptism Sunday — Identified with Christ | Matthew 3:13–17 Texts: Matthew 3:13–17; Romans 6:3–4; Acts 2:41 Some convictions are too important to remain invisible. On Baptism Sunday, Pastor Kevin teaches from the baptism of Jesus in Matthew 3 and explores what it means to be identified with Christ. Jesus had no sin to confess and nothing to repent of. Yet the sinless Son of God stepped into the same water where sinners were standing. He did not save humanity from a safe distance. He came among us, entered our condition, carried our sin, went to the cross, entered the grave, and rose again. Jesus stepped into our story so we could step into His. That is the picture baptism makes visible. In Matthew 3, Jesus identifies Himself with us. In baptism, we publicly identify ourselves with Him. Going beneath the water pictures death and burial. Coming back out pictures resurrection and new life. The water does not save us. Jesus saves us. Baptism does not earn grace; it is our response to grace. It is a declaration of allegiance: Jesus is Lord. I belong to Jesus. And baptism is deeply personal, but it is never merely private. When we step into the story of Jesus, we also step into His people. We belong to Jesus, His story, and His church. For those who have followed Jesus for years, Baptism Sunday raises another question: Are we still identifiable with Jesus? Can people see the life we said we were stepping into—in the way we speak, forgive, love, serve, give, sacrifice, and remain connected to His people? Baptism is not graduation from Christianity. It is a beginning. Broad River Church | Norwalk, CT  Join us Sundays: 9:00 AM & 11:00 AM (English) | 1:00 PM (Español)  Learn more or take your next step: https://broadriver.church/nextsteps Follow us on Instagram: @iambroadriverchurch

  2. Sep 29

    I Love My Church — Week 4: Here We Make a Difference | Pastor Kevin Mullins

    I Love My Church — Week 4: Here We Make a Difference | Exodus 6:6–7 Texts: Exodus 6:6–7; 1 Peter 2:9–10; 1 Corinthians 12:4–7; Mark 10:42–45; John 13:12–17 God’s redemptive work in you was always intended to become redemptive work through you. In the final week of I Love My Church: Why the Church Still Matters in the Plan of God, Pastor Kevin closes the series by returning to the fourth promise in Exodus 6: “I will take you to be My people, and I will be your God.” God does not only bring us out. He does not only teach us to live free. He does not only restore identity, calling, gifts, and purpose. He forms us into a people through whom His redemptive work continues. This message shows that the church is not simply a place where we receive ministry. The church is a redeemed people who become ministry to someone else. Our gifts are not only something God gives to us; they are something God wants to give through us. Serving is not about filling a schedule. It is about making room for people to meet Jesus. Holding a door, caring for a child, running a camera, preparing a room, praying with someone, noticing the person standing alone—every role becomes spiritual when it helps make room for someone to encounter Jesus. If you have been standing on the edge, wondering whether God could use you, this message is an invitation to take your place among the people of God. You do not have to know your forever assignment. You just need a place to start. Don’t just come back to church this fall. Plant yourself among the people of God and see what God can do with one year. Broad River Church | Norwalk, CT  Join us Sundays: 9:00 AM & 11:00 AM (English) | 1:00 PM (Español)  Learn more or take your next step: https://broadriver.church/nextsteps Follow us on Instagram: @iambroadriverchurch

  3. Sep 21

    I Love My Church — Week 3: Here We Discover Purpose | Pastor John Higgins

    I Love My Church — Week 3: Here We Discover Purpose | Exodus 6:6–7 Texts: Exodus 6:6–7; Ephesians 2:10; 1 Corinthians 12:12–27; Romans 12:4–8; Psalm 139:13–16; 1 Peter 2:9 God didn’t only redeem you from something. He redeemed you for something. In Week 3 of I Love My Church, John Higgins continues through the promises of Exodus 6 and explores what it means to Discover Purpose. Redemption is more than having our past forgiven. God’s grace begins restoring what sin, shame, pain, failure, and comparison have buried—our identity, gifts, calling, and purpose. Ephesians 2:10 says that we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works. You are not an accident. God intentionally made you, redeemed you, gifted you, and placed you among His people. And biblical purpose is bigger than individual fulfillment. Our gifts make the most sense when they become gifts to someone else. As members of the Body of Christ, God moves us from anonymity toward belonging and from potential toward purpose. The question isn’t only, “What was I redeemed from?” It is also: “What has God redeemed me for?” Broad River Church | Norwalk, CT  Join us Sundays: 9:00 AM & 11:00 AM (English) | 1:00 PM (Español)  Learn more or take your next step: https://broadriver.church/nextsteps Follow us on Instagram: @iambroadriverchurch

  4. Sep 7

    I Love My Church — Week 2: Here We Find Freedom | Pastor Kevin Mullins

    I Love My Church — Week 2: Here We Find Freedom | Exodus 6:6–7 Texts: Exodus 6:6–7; James 5:16; 1 John 1:7; Galatians 6:2; Acts 2:46; Hebrews 10:25 God doesn’t only bring us out. He teaches us how to live free. In Week 2 of I Love My Church, Pastor Kevin continues through Exodus 6 and shows that God’s redemptive work is bigger than rescue. God told Israel, “I will bring you out,” but He also said, “I will free you.” Sometimes God gets us out of something before He begins getting that thing out of us. This message reminds us that you can genuinely know God and still carry wounds, patterns, shame, fear, secrets, and ways of thinking that were formed in a different season of your life. Salvation is real, but it is not the end of God’s redemptive work in us. It is the beginning. And God’s design for freedom was never meant to be a solo project. Christianity is personal, but it was never meant to be private. God places us among people and uses those people in our freedom. Through confession, prayer, walking in the light, and bearing one another’s burdens, we become a people where nobody has to pretend to have everything together. If you have been hiding in a crowd, carrying something alone, or trying to follow Jesus disconnected from the family of God, this message is an invitation to step out of rows and into circles—because here, we don’t only want people to know God. Here, we want people to find freedom. Broad River Church | Norwalk, CT  Join us Sundays: 9:00 AM & 11:00 AM (English) | 1:00 PM (Español)  Learn more or take your next step: https://broadriver.church/nextsteps Follow us on Instagram: @iambroadriverchurch

  5. Sep 2

    I Love My Church — Week 1: Here We Know God | Pastor Kevin Mullins

    I Love My Church — Week 1: Here We Know God | Exodus 6:6–7 Texts: Exodus 6:6–7; Matthew 16:18; Acts 2:42–47; Hebrews 10:24–25 Why does the church still matter in the plan of God? In Week 1 of I Love My Church, Pastor Kevin begins a new series by showing that the church is not a religious event we attend, but a redeemed people Jesus has gathered so that we can know God and help others know Him. Starting in Exodus 6, this message shows that God’s redemptive plan has always been bigger than rescue. God does not only bring His people out of something—He brings them into something: freedom, purpose, belonging, and mission. This message also reminds us that Jesus loves the church, gave Himself for the church, and is still building the church. Even though the church is imperfect, it remains precious to Jesus because it is made up of people He is redeeming, healing, forming, and sending. If you have ever wondered whether you really need the church, or if you have been standing around the edges of church life, this message is an invitation to come to Jesus, gather with His people, and ask: what could God do in your life if you went all in for one year?  Broad River Church | Norwalk, CT  Join us Sundays: 9:00 AM & 11:00 AM (English) | 1:00 PM (Español)  Learn more or take your next step: https://broadriver.church/nextsteps Follow us on Instagram: @iambroadriverchurch

  6. Aug 24

    Summer on the Mount — Week 8 (finale): Build Your Life on the Rock | Miguel Plaza

    Summer on the Mount — Week 8: Build Your Life on the Rock | Matthew 7:13–27 Texts: Matthew 7:13–27; Jeremiah 17:7–8 What are you building your life on? In the series finale of Summer on the Mount: A Better Way to Be Human, Miguel Plaza closes Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount by teaching from Matthew 7:13–27. Jesus ends His sermon with a series of choices: two gates, two roads, two trees, two kinds of fruit, two claims, two groups of people, two builders, two houses, and two foundations. This message reminds us that hearing the words of Jesus is not the same as building on them. The wise builder is not wise because he heard more, but because he practiced what he heard. Obedience is how hearing becomes foundation. On Back to School Sunday, this message also speaks to students, parents, school staff, and the whole church. We are all being sent back into something: classrooms, workplaces, homes, new seasons, and new decisions. The question is not simply whether we have heard Jesus, admired Jesus, or learned about Jesus. The question is whether our lives are being built on Him. If you have built your identity on approval, success, relationships, control, comfort, or anything other than Jesus, this message is an invitation to build again—on the only foundation strong enough to hold. Broad River Church | Norwalk, CT  Join us Sundays: 9:00 AM & 11:00 AM (English) | 1:00 PM (Español)  Learn more or take your next step: https://broadriver.church/nextsteps Follow us on Instagram: @iambroadriverchurch

  7. Aug 18

    Summer on the Mount — Week 7: A Community Without Condemnation | Pastor Jose Ramos

    Summer on the Mount — Week 7: A Community Without Condemnation | Matthew 7:1–12 Texts: Matthew 7:1–12 Jesus does not build His church by tearing people down. In Week 7 of Summer on the Mount: A Better Way to Be Human, Jose Ramos teaches from Matthew 7:1–12, where Jesus confronts our tendency to see what is wrong with everyone else while missing what is happening in our own hearts. This message shows that Jesus is not calling His followers to moral blindness or a life without discernment. He is confronting a harsh and condemning spirit. Kingdom community begins not with a microscope aimed at someone else, but with a mirror held before ourselves. As Jesus moves from “judge not,” to the speck and the log, to asking, seeking, and knocking, and finally to the Golden Rule, He forms a community marked by humility, prayer, mercy, and grace. A community where truth and grace can both flourish. A community where people are corrected without being humiliated and where failure is not turned into a permanent identity. If you have been quick to criticize, slow to examine yourself, or tempted to reduce people to their worst moments, this message is an invitation to receive the Father’s mercy and learn to give that same mercy to others.  Broad River Church | Norwalk, CT  Join us Sundays: 9:00 AM & 11:00 AM (English) | 1:00 PM (Español)  Learn more or take your next step: https://broadriver.church/nextsteps Follow us on Instagram: @iambroadriverchurch

  8. Aug 10

    Summer on the Mount — Week 6: Free from False Masters | Pastor Deborah Taylor

    Summer on the Mount — Week 6: Free from False Masters | Matthew 6:19–34 Texts: Matthew 6:19–34 What actually has authority over your life? In Week 6 of Summer on the Mount: A Better Way to Be Human, Pastor Deborah Taylor teaches from Matthew 6:19–34, where Jesus talks about treasure, the eye, two masters, anxiety, and seeking first the Kingdom of God. This message shows that money and worry often make promises they cannot keep. Money says, “I can keep you safe.” Worry says, “I can keep you in control.” But Jesus exposes both as false masters and invites us to return our trust to the Father who knows what we need and loves to provide. This is not ultimately a message about budgets. It is a message about the heart. What we treasure shapes what we see. What we see shapes what we serve. And what we serve shapes whether we live in peace or in anxiety. If money, worry, comparison, control, or fear about tomorrow has been sitting on the throne of your heart, this message is an invitation to seek first the Kingdom, surrender every false master, and trust the Father who already knows what you need. Broad River Church | Norwalk, CT  Join us Sundays: 9:00 AM & 11:00 AM (English) | 1:00 PM (Español)  Learn more or take your next step: https://broadriver.church/nextsteps Follow us on Instagram: @iambroadriverchurch

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Each week on the Broad River Church podcast you'll hear preaching from Pastor Kevin and other speakers that will encourage you and strengthen you in your walk with Jesus. Broad River Church is a non-denominational, life-giving, Christian church in Norwalk, CT, right in the middle of lower-Fairfield County. A part of the faith-landscape of Norwalk for over 60 years BRC continues to be open to what God is doing here and now.Sunday morning gatherings feature great music, messages that matter and people who care. Our vision is that people would come to Know God, Find Freedom, Discover Purpose and Make A Difference. Come to visit and find your place.

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    Broad River Church
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    2019 - 2026
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