NOTE: The content below expresses the views of the individual named as the author and does not necessarily reflect the position of the WRF as a whole.
This open letter was written by WRF Board member Andres Garza Ayala:
After a couple of years of conversations with Muslims and equipping others for conversations with them, our new neighbors, ‘Het Kruispunt’ (‘The Crossing’) was founded a year ago, in order to work more professionally.
The Thirty-eighth General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in America met in Nashville, Tennessee June 29-July 2, 2010, at the Nashville Convention Center, hosted by Nashville Presbytery. A total of 1,311 commissioners attended (978 Teaching Elders and 333 Ruling Elders).
I have led a Bible study for women in our neighborhood for the last three years. The group is made up of women from various backgrounds as well as believers and nonbelievers. We have studied the life of Christ, the Psalms, Proverbs and several other books of the Bible using the Redemptive Historical approach to scripture though none of the women involved come from the Reformed background.
There are currently 2 million pastors in Africa and about 90% of them have no formal training. Most African pastors do not have access to quality theological education. This results in theological ignorance, biblical error and spiritual confusion. Even those who desire to study are unable to leave the churches they serve.
Focus on U.S. Bound International Students, Submitted by WRF member Pamela J. Smith
Christ has blessed The North American Reformed Seminary (TNARS) in 2010.
The week leading up to Easter was a significant time for Grove Chapel in that it marked the main thrust of the Passion for Life initiative in the UK. All over Britain local churches were reaching out with the gospel to their local communities. Here in Camberwell, South London, we sought to do that with around twenty different events and meetings all of which were designed to bring the message of salvation to different groups of people.
I have been involved in the following ministries over the past several months:
God has been faithful in blessing many ministries that I have been a part of even while He has seen fit in His providence to end some others. My ministry with CityTeam, which is a program devoted to rehabilitating those with addiction problems from a Christian perspective, has grown in terms of others helping minister.
Dear friends,
Ever since a young Turkish pastor, who was planning to take a seminary course with me, was murdered because of his faith (2007), I have been much more concerned about freedom of religion on the international level. Because many of the perpetrators either want to remain in darkness or else respond to international pressure, the least we can do for persecuted Christians is to publicize their plight around the world.
Cape Town 2010: The Third Lausanne Congress on World Evangelization is fast approaching and many evangelical Christians around the world are already preparing for what will happen there between October 16 and October 25.
Report from WRF member Dr. Augustus Nicodemus Lopes -- I just received news that our Digital HD Television Channel is on the air! Mackenzie University is the only private and confessional one to receive a permission from the Brazilian Government to have and use digital HD TV to broadcast cultural, educational (and confessional!) programs all over Sao Paulo city.
Current Major Initiatives: After purchasing an outstanding facility in April to house the RTS campus in Atlanta, we are renovating the Atlanta building to begin offering classes there in June.
Serving the Lord at Redeemer Seminary in Dallas - WRF Member D. Clair Davis June 7, 2010
On May 27, 2010, I graduated from Westminster Theological Seminary with my Master of Divinity Degree. I continue to work at Cresheim Valley Church, Presbyterian Church in America, which is in the Chestnut Hill neighborhood of Philadelphia, while seeking a full-time call in a Reformed denomination.
Report from WRF member Martin Scharenberg of Buenos Aires, Argentina -
For the official position of the Church of Uganda (Anglican) on the Anti-Homosexuality Bill before the Ugandan Parliament, go to this website: http://churchofuganda.org/news/church-of-ugandas-position-on-the-anti-homosexuality-bill-2009
The Reformed Presbyterian Fellowship (RPF), an association of churches and organizations in the Reformed/Presbyterian tradition, held its fifth study conference in Kolkata, India during 26-29 January.
Report on Evangelistic Campaign in Mazzi, Uganda -- by WRF Board Member, the Rev. Peterson Sozi
The latest issue of the International Journal for Religious Freedom is available for download on the web, so that scholars all over the world do not depend on the printed version to evaluate the labour of the institute behind it. The journal is edited by the Cape Town Bureau of the International Institute for Religious Freedom under the direction of Dr Christof Sauer and Dr Mirjam Scarborough. The institute is affiliated with the World Evangelical Alliance.
A Few of the Developments in the Ministry of the World Reformed Fellowship in 2009
December 10, 2009 - 45 denominations, 55 congregations, 81 organizations, 434 individuals
Grove Chapel, Camberwell is a thriving, multicultural congregation located in a very diverse community in South London. It has had a continuous witness on the same site for almost 200 years and through that time has seen a faithful Reformed ministry sustained through successive generations. With a congregation of around 150 worshipers, it seeks to reach out to the local area and more widely in South London and welcomes people from a wide range of social and ethnic backgrounds.
November 4, 2009: AN APPEAL FOR THEOLOGICAL BOOKS by Common-Ground Theological Institute P.O. Box 1294-00618 Ruaraka, NAIROBI, Kenya.
October 11, 2009: Église réformée du Québec (ERQ) -- 2009 Report for World Reformed Fellowship