Sunday, February 08 (11:00 am)
A Close Encounter with Christ
Revelation 1:9-19
John is exiled on Patmos, stripped of freedom, separated from his community, when suddenly—Christ appears. Not the gentle shepherd. Not the baby in the manger. But Christ with eyes like blazing fire, a voice like rushing waters, a presence so overwhelming that John falls down as though dead.
This is no comfortable encounter. This is the kind of meeting that undoes you. What happens when you come face to face with the risen Christ—not the Jesus you’ve domesticated, not the Jesus you can control, but the Jesus who is fully alive, fully powerful, fully present? Can you stand in that presence and stay the same? Can you witness that glory and remain unchanged?
During Black History Month, we remember that throughout history, those who truly encountered Christ couldn’t help but be transformed. They couldn’t stay silent. They couldn’t stay still. They couldn’t return to business as usual. A real encounter with the living Christ produces prophets, not spectators. It creates witnesses, not tourists.
Join Rev. Darrell R. Hamilton, II as he explores Revelation 1:9-19 and asks: What would it mean for us—here, now—to have a close encounter with Christ? What would change in us? What would we no longer be able to ignore? Who would we become?
Shiloh Baptist Church | 1 Holton St, Medford, MA
All are welcome. Come ready to be changed.
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Rev. Darrell R. Hamilton, II, MDiv, is an ordained Baptist pastor. He received his seminary degree from Wake Forest School of Divinity in 2017. Darrell also has an undergraduate degree in Political Science from the University of Central Oklahoma.
Rev. Hamilton is the Executive Pastor of the First Baptist Church in Jamaica Plain. His ministry is centered on leading our world toward greater justice and love for all people. His vocational and professional journey has been inspired by the scholarship of people such as James Cone and Kelly Brown Douglas, and the ministries of Jeremiah Wright, Jr., Martin Luther King, Jr., William Barber, II, and others.
He is the former Executive Minister of Operations and Resource Development at Middle Collegiate Church in New York. Prior he was the Program Director for City Mission Boston’s Urban Pastoral Ministry Program, Adjunct Professor for Contextual Education at Boston University School of Theology, and held leadership positions with the Massachusetts Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival.
Darrell is the father of Kaylani Rae Wilson-Hamilton. He is a member of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc. He enjoys going to the movies, reading books, and is a self-professed comic book movie nerd.
Instagram Handle : @blackandeducatedpreacher
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