THIS IS OUR NEW LOGO!!!

This logo tells the story of Pecan Grove Baptist Church.  It was created as a word picture of Exodus 15:22-25 and 2 Corinthians 5:17.  This is how it all works for Pecan Grove Baptist:

The rough edges represent the boundaries of our lives.  The edges of the waters of Marah would not have been clean and nice.  Neither are the borders of our lives.  We come to the Lord rough and raw.  We walk with Him authentically – not prettied up or made up.  The blue water further draws on the waters of Marah. 

The cross identifies Jesus as the One who affects our lives.  Moses threw wood in the water and Jesus hung on a cross.  The wood foreshadowed the cross.  As God used the wood to change the waters of Marah from bitter to sweet, so too, God uses the cross of Jesus to change our lives from darkness to light. 

The ruggedness of the cross symbolizes the reality of Jesus’ life.  Contrary to many pictures, Jesus did now live with a glow around His body.  He was real flesh and blood.  He lived in the same world you and I live in.  And when He was crucified, He was crucified on a rugged beat up cross. 

The placement of the cross shows the centrality of Jesus in our lives.  He covers from border to border.  Jesus, and Jesus alone, is our salvation, hope, healing, power, and everything else – He is our lives.  We are those who love Him, seek Him, and serve Him above all. 

 The permanence of the cross demonstrates the necessity of being in Christ.  At Marah, the wood remained on the water and affected change.  According to 2 Corinthians 5:7, we are new creatures when we are “in Christ.”  Salvation is not about praying a prayer but entering into a lifelong relationship with Jesus Christ as the Lord of our lives. 

 The logo is also a call to share the excellencies of Christ to all people.  If He is everything to us then we must go and share His glory with all people.  We seek to lead people to Jesus. 

In short, this is who God is making us to be. 

We have placed this new logo on shirts and mugs and have it coming on new stationery, business cards, campus signs, and a new website.  Our hope is that it will effectively identify and communicate who we are.

The world needs Jesus.