Watts Bar Community Church

Student Pastor Ben Harris teaches on the unstoppable power of the church — and the one thing that can undo it from within: division. Walking through Matthew 16, Acts 2, and 1 Corinthians 13, Pastor Ben shows why unity, not talent or gifting, is what unlocks God's presence among His people. A challenging, encouraging word for the church of today. Recorded live at Watts Bar Community Church in Decat...

Nobody volunteers for the mud. But what if the mess you're in right now is exactly where God does His best work? In this week's message, Spit Happens, Pastor Kelly Goins walks through John 9 — the story of Jesus healing a blind man using, of all things, spit and dirt — and unpacks what it means for us when life gets messy, confusing, or just plain hard. If you've been waiting on God to move, this...

What if the biggest thing keeping you from God… is your own conscience? In this message, Pastor Kelly Goins wraps up a two-part look at the weak conscience — an oversensitive, overactive inner voice that calls things sin that aren't sin, and convinces you to run from God every time you fail. Pastor Kelly tackles a question that cuts to the core of how we relate to the Father: "How does God feel ab...

Most people don't lose their convictions overnight. It happens slowly — conviction gets quieter, compromise gets easier, and the things that once bothered you just... don't anymore. In Part 1 of Losing My Conviction, Pastor Kelly Goins walks through what the Bible teaches about the conscience and why understanding it matters more than ever in today's culture war. This episode covers three of the f...

Compromise sacrifices truth. Harshness sacrifices people. Neither one looks like Jesus. In this message, Pastor Kelly Goins picks back up in the story of Daniel to answer one of the hardest questions for believers in today's culture: how do you stand firm on what you believe and love people well at the same time? Because here's the tension — our culture has convinced us those two things are mutual...

You are in Babylon. The question is: how much of Babylon are you letting into you? In this message, Pastor Kelly Goins opens Daniel Chapter 1 to expose the enemy's three-part strategy against believers in every generation — confuse, control, and conform — and shows how it's playing out in culture right now with striking clarity. Drawing from the story of Daniel, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego — y...

We all get stains — but some of the most dangerous ones are the ones we don't even see. In Week 1 of our brand new series Culture Wars, Pastor Kelly Goins of Watts Bar Community Church in Decatur, TN kicks things off with a message called Got Stains? — and it's going to challenge the way you think about the world around you. Drawing from 1 Timothy 6, James 1, and 1 John 2, Pastor Kelly breaks down...

What labels have been stuck to you? Addict. Failure. Divorced. Broken. Unloved. Over the course of life, words get spoken over us, things happen to us, and those experiences attach themselves like labels — covering up who we were truly created to be. This Easter Sunday, Pastor Kelly Goins brings a powerful message about the labels we carry and the God who wants to peel them back. Drawing from the...

In this Palm Sunday episode, Pastor Kelly Goins brings a message called Broken Promises & Broken People from Genesis 38 — a chapter most people skip right over. Through the story of Judah and Tamar, two deeply flawed people whose names appear in the very genealogy of Jesus, Pastor Kelly explores what it looks like when we take matters into our own hands, when we make promises we never intend to ke...

What if you already knew exactly what God was calling you to do—and Scripture spelled it out in four verses? In this message, Pastor Kelly Goins walks Watts Bar Community Church through four questions every follower of Jesus needs to wrestle with: When did you meet Jesus? What consumes you? How do you reach people around you? And where would you be if Jesus hadn't found you first? Drawing from 2 C...

In this episode of the Made: The Making of a Disciple series, Pastor Kelly Goins of Watts Bar Community Church brings a straight-from-the-heart message called It's Time to Grow Up. Using Galatians 4:1-7, Pastor Kelly explores why so many believers stay spiritually stuck — praying for promises they're not yet positioned to receive. He challenges us to close the gap between where we are and where Go...

What if the secret to true discipleship was learning how to throw a better party? In this week's message from Luke 14, Pastor Kelly Goins walks through three principles Jesus gave his followers about showing up with humility, expanding your circle to include people who can't repay you, and refusing to say no for people before they even get the chance to say yes. This is Week 7 of Made: The Making...

What are you really building your life on? In week six of the MADE: The Making of a Disciple series, Pastor Kelly Goins takes us to the closing of Jesus' most famous sermon — the Sermon on the Mount — and asks the question Jesus asked His own crowd: are you a wise builder or a foolish one? Drawing from Matthew 7:24–27, Pastor Kelly unpacks four foundational truths: that everyone is building on som...

In this week's episode, Watts Bar Community Church welcomes guest speaker Pastor David Copeland of Revival Now International Ministries. Drawing from Colossians 3, Pastor David delivers a raw, honest, and Spirit-filled message about the battle for our minds and our identity in Christ . He walks us through three actions Paul calls every believer to take: put to death, put off, and put on — and expl...

What if the biggest threat to Christianity isn't persecution—it's domestication? In this hard-hitting message from the "Made: The Making of a Disciple" series, Pastor Kelly Goins challenges the comfortable, safe version of faith that's taken over the American church. Using insights from AI (yes, really), biblical examples, and raw honesty, Kelly reveals how we've tamed Jesus, stripped the gospel o...

The Necessity of Emptiness | 2 Kings 4 Sermon What's in your house? Pastor Kelly Goins from Watts Bar Community Church in Decatur, TN, preaches a convicting message from 2 Kings 4 about the widow who came to Elisha with nothing but debt and a small jar of oil. This isn't just another story about God's provision—it's a revelation about what blocks miracles in our lives. Pastor Kelly tackles the har...

What do you do when the life you hoped for isn't the reality you're living? In this powerful message, Pastor Kelly Goins tackles one of the most painful phrases in Scripture: "But we had hoped." Drawing from Luke 24, Pastor Kelly walks us through the story of two heartbroken disciples on the road to Emmaus. They had hoped Jesus would redeem Israel. They had hoped their rabbi would change everythin...

The Worship Effect | MADE: Making of a Disciple - Week 4 What does it mean to truly worship God? In week four of our Making of a Disciple series, Pastor Kelly Goins tackles one of the most misunderstood topics in the church today: worship. Disciples of Jesus are worshipers—but what does that actually look like? Drawing from Luke 7's powerful story of the woman with the alabaster jar and Isaiah's t...

What does baptism actually mean? Is it required for salvation? What if you were sprinkled as a baby? And why do we need the Holy Spirit? In this powerful message, Pastor Kelly Goins tackles the most common questions about baptism and explores what it means to be truly filled with the Holy Spirit. Using the vivid metaphor of pickling—where a cucumber is completely transformed through immersion—Kell...

What if everything you thought you knew about following Jesus was missing the most important element? In week 2 of our "Made: The Making of a Disciple" series, Pastor Kelly Goins unpacks one of the most challenging passages in Scripture - when Jesus climbed a hillside and only His committed disciples followed. This wasn't about exclusion; it was about invitation into something greater. Drawing fro...

What if everything you thought you knew about being a Christian was just the beginning? In this eye-opening message, Pastor Kelly Goins kicks off our new series "Made: The Making of a Disciple" by answering a critical question: What does it actually mean to be a disciple of Jesus? Drawing from the rich cultural context of first-century Israel, Pastor Kelly explains the profound significance of wha...

Worst Family Ever | Worst Christmas Ever Week 4 We all have family members we're not exactly proud of. But Jesus' family tree? It's absolutely wild. In this episode, Pastor Kelly Goins walks through Matthew 1 and unpacks the genealogy of Jesus—a lineup that includes prostitutes, adultery, incest, murder, and people from outside the Jewish faith. These aren't the people you'd expect in the Messiah'...

Worst Planning Ever | Worst Christmas Ever Series - Week 3 Ever had your carefully laid plans completely fall apart? In this transparent and powerful message, Pastor Kelly Goins shares personal stories of vacation disasters and diving deep into the parts of Mary and Joseph's story we rarely discuss—the confusion, fear, embarrassment, and unplanned circumstances that turned their lives upside down....

Waiting. It's the worst part of Christmas for kids—and often the hardest part of life for adults. Pastor Kelly Goins from Watts Bar Community Church delivers a message that cuts to the heart of everyone who's been waiting: waiting for healing, waiting for change, waiting for breakthrough, waiting for God to move. Through the powerful story of a man who waited 38 years at the Pool of Bethesda, Past...