Pastor Eugene C. Staples Sr.

Inauguration for New Ministry! As most of you know Sunday, April 12, 2009 @ 10am is the first official public worship service of Capernaum Community Church. A Host and A Sponsor... Our home church is hosting an Inaugural Celebration in partnership with our Sponsoring church Macedonia Missionary Baptist Church-1862 N. Olive Street, South Bend, IN 46628 - Reverend Ray Owens, Pastor/Teacher and "Come As You Are Community Church" from Fort Wayne, IN - Reverend Anthony Payton, Pastor/Teacher . This celebration will beheld Good Friday - April 10th, 2009, 7pm @ Macedonia Missionary Baptist Church - here in South Bend, Indiana. I am personally requesting you and your families to join us! If you can't attend this celebration please partner with us in prayer? Pastors Are Especially Encouraged To Attend! As an experienced Pastor I know how draining it is to always be serving and pouring out to others; please make it a priority to attend this Service ...

Pastor Eugene C. Staples, Sr. currently serves as Senior Pastor of Capernaum Community Church in South Bend, Indiana. Staples establi shed Capernaum Community Church (C.C.C.) after seeing the need to provide a place where persons of all ages, backgrounds, nationalities and abilities could be encouraged to develop their full spiritual, emotional and physical potential through innovative forms of worship. Pastor Staples is committed to providing not only life changing and challenging ministry of Excellence, but teaching and training that puts Christ into service within the community. Don't Go It Alone... While serving as Associate Pastor at Macedonia Missionary Baptist Church in South Bend, Indiana (the same church where he began his preaching & teaching ministry) under the direction of Senior Pastor the Reverend Ray E. Owens – Staples and Owens worked together to assist in the birth of C.C.C. Applied Experience... Pastor Staples past ministry experience also includes serving for...

We Need You! Pastor Staples and First Lady Kelly Staples are personally reaching out to you to become a prayer partner with us as we plant a new ministry here in South Bend, Indiana. We are asking for your pledge of support because you will be making a special contribution to our lives, the development of our children's lives and the Spiritual growth of the Michiana Community. Commitment To God's People As you may already know Pastor Staples (and the entire Staples family) is committed to the community of South Bend, Indiana & the surrounding areas and has a vision to see people saved, serving and seeking to help others. “I just want to use the Word of God to empower individuals and families for healthy development of mind, body and spirit: helping those who have faltered to get back on course while helping all become positive, productive contributors to the communities in which they live and serve – by teaching everyone that the affirmative application of the Word of God c...

Kingdom Building Ought To Be Our Priority Have you ever asked why is it that so many men of God work against each other as opposed to with one another? Why is there so much insecurity amongst the brethren? How come preachers and pastors allow the congregation and community to divide them? Too many who serve as leaders of God’s people find themselves asking, “Why isn’t the influence of the church taking over the community?” Why isn’t my congregation growing? Well maybe, just maybe, we as leaders have become more focused on growing the congregations where we serve instead of building the Kingdom of God. I have come to the conclusion that to many of us preach brethren have decided we’ve arrived. When someone comes to Christ we are the first to say “Doc I killed them today…such and such number came to the Lord”. Is that really the case? Does church growth and Kingdom building come from good preaching alone? If your answer is yes than let’s engage in an argument based off the principles I f...

I pray that everyone who stood today to proclaim what thus saith the Lord was as blessed as we were at Macedonia Missionary Baptist Church where we are "A Connected Church For A Community In Chaos"! Today our congregation shared in a worship service that will go down in the history book of our church as the launch of what I will call "College Sunday". Under the direction or our Senior Pastor, Reverend Ray E. Owens, every fourth Sunday our church family will share worship with the University of Notre Dame "Voices of Faith". VOP is a gospel choir comprised of N.D. students from across the country. This day appeared to be a blessing for all involved... God led me to share from Luke 22:31-32 (the context runs through verse 34...but there was much meat to pick in the first two verses). God showed me that one of the issues with the Body being successful is that many of us don't get to our WHEN... Yea, I said the adverb when. This little word shows us that th...

Didn ’t Want to Preach This Text I pray that every Pastor, Preacher and Teacher who stood to proclaim what thus saidth the Lord was obedient and yielding to the Spirit as I was forced to be. Everyone Has A Comfort Zone Personally I am not a last minute, Saturday sermon or “Saturday Sermon Special” kind of preacher. God usually allows me to know days or weeks in advance what Text I am suppose to minister on any given Sunday. I had known for weeks I would be sharing with the New Covenant Baptist Church family in South Bend, Indiana, yet God still hadn ’t spoken to me about what to share. Totally bothered by this unusual week of meditation I called my Pastor to complain about how God was treating me. Tuesday passed and still no Scripture. Wednesday and Thursday came and I had nothing. Friday, I called Pastor Owens again and asked if I was supposed to “warm-up some soup?” (Hey, I’ ve been preaching, teaching and pastoring for well over a decade – I have a file of messages – but I’d been...

It was almost a week ago today that I was apart of a Memorial Service for one of my younger cousins Jason Love Stewart. Jason was only 31 years old. Yea, another black male shot down in his early years. When I really think about it I couldn't find peace in this situation. Here is my problem – just a couple of months ago I had the privilege of preaching the morning service at New Salem Missionary Baptist Church – celebrating the “1 st Year Anniversary of Pastor Matthew Adams.” Now, I considered that an honor because in 2008 Pastor Adams taught and preached from his assigned pulpit every Sunday morning, except maybe two or three times. Jason Was Saved! On this particular Sunday the Spirit was high and Adams prayer in the Pastor’s Study loosed me to freely share with New Salem. As a result two young men came and gave their lives to Christ. One of those who came was Jason. Before Christmas Pastor Adams baptized Jason. Jason was committed to serving in minist...