Encouraging Fruit on PRC Missions By Rev.
James
D.
Slopsema
Rev. Slopsema is president of the Domestic Mission Committe.
Some very wonderful things have been taking place in the United Kingdom (UK), better known perhaps to those of us who live in the United States as Great Britain or the British Isles.
In 1992 Rev. Ron Hanko and his family moved to Ballymena, Northern Ireland to take up work as missionary to the UK. His labors have concentrated in the Ballymena area, where there was a dedicated group of believers known as the Covenant Reformed Fellowship (CRF). Rev. Hanko has also had contacts throughout the UK that have taken him on many travels and busied him with a great deal of work.
The faithful labors of Rev. Hanko were blessed by our Lord last summer with the organization of the CRF into the Covenant Protestant Reformed Church in Northern Ireland (CPRC). This newly organized congregation, although not strong in numbers, is strong in the Christian faith. Rev. Hanko remains in the UK, serving as missionary- pastor to the CPRC and developing the contacts he has throughout the UK.
The organization of the CPRC took place in connection with a conference sponsored by the British Reformed Fellowship (BRF). The BRF is an organization comprised of Reformed believers throughout the UK. Its purpose is to promote the Reformed faith in the British Isles. The men of the newly organized CPRC are also members of the BRF.
Mr. Allister Pattison, a member of the newly organized CPRC, submitted a report of the organization of the CPRC. The British Reformed Journal, in its July-September 1996 issue, carried a report of the BRF Conference. The British Reformed Journal is a publication of the BRF. Its editor is Mr. Lindsay Williams, who also authored the report on the BRF conference and has given his permission to reprint it in the SB. The Mission Committee submits these reports for publication in the hope that they will serve the glory of the Son of God, who gathers His church out of all nations from the beginning to the end of the world.
... conference sponsored by the BritishReformedFellowship (BRF) will meet this summer in Wales as scheduled. There was some question about this because of the necessity recently to find another site for the conference. The dates are July 22-29. The location will be the Cefn Lea Conference Centre south ...
The 4th bi-annual Family Conference of the BritishReformedFellowship was held in Castlewellan Castle near Newcastle in Northern Ireland, July 25-August 1, 1998. The BritishReformedFellowship are to be commended for their fine efforts to provide the conferences that they have planned. I am ...
... Conference in Wales on August 31 to September 2. On the Sunday of August 26 Professor Engelsma preached for the Covenant ReformedFellowship in Lame, Northern Ireland. While there he baptized two children of members of the Fellowship. The Conference itself, held at a beautiful Conference Grounds ...
... 2006 BritishReformedFellowship (BRF) Family Conference at Cloverley Hall in England, and already it is providing information about the 2008 BRF Conference. Speakers and Subjects The biennial general meeting at last August's BRF conference settled upon the speakers for the next conference ...
From the BritishReformedFellowship (BRE), a group committed to the promotion of the Reformed faith in the British Isles, we have received a request to publicize in the Standard Bearer a family conference scheduled for this summer. This we gladly do, both because we are pleased to cooperate with ...
... minister of a Reformed Presbyterian Church in Belfast. And the members of the Covenant ReformedFellowship would no doubt affirm that that's only a beginning. In fact, the emissaries who went to Northern Ireland on behalf of Hudsonville Church and the Mission Committee report that "more than a few ...
... BritishReformedFellowship (BRF) is holding its eighth biennial Family Conference at Cloverley Hall, Whitchurch, Shropshire, England, Saturday 5 to Saturday 12 August 2006. The conference theme is "The Five Points of Calvinism." Professors Herman Hanko and David Engelsma of the Protestant Reformed ...
... took place in connection with a conference sponsored by the BritishReformedFellowship (BRF). The BRF is an organization comprised of Reformed believers throughout the UK. Its purpose is to promote the Reformed faith in the British Isles. The men of the newly organized CPRC are also members of the ...
... Rev. Hanko spoke also at several conferences in England, and, while he was there, he would conduct Sunday services as well. At one point last fall, a week of "Gospel Meetings" in Ballymena was followed by a conference sponsored by the BritishReformedFellowship in Morley, England. Looking back, Rev ...
You might think that the biggest news regarding the BritishReformedFellowship's Family Conference is that it occurred at all. But in spite of rumors of its cancellation, it indeed was held this past July 20th-27th. There were 50 souls in attendance: 12 from Northern Ireland, 15 from Cambridge ...
