• Date: May 16, 2013
• Time: 9:00am – 12:00pm

At the 2012 ARBCA General Assembly a resolution was passed designating a Thursday in May as a day of special prayer for home and foreign missions. Pastors of ARBCA churches are encouraged to meet in a central location to entreat the Lord that the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ will conquer the hearts of many and that churches will be planted both here at home and around the world.

Here are some of the requests suggested for foreign missions this year:

Our missionaries, national pastors, and chaplains:
Oscar Bloise, Grace Reformed Baptist Church, Jamaica
Matthew Brennan, Clonmel Baptist Church, Ireland
Daniel Durand, Reformed Baptist Church, Montreal, Quebec
Stan Line, Grace and Love Christian Church, Bogota, Colombia
Jorge Molina, Mountain and Light Grace Church, Carlos Paz, Argentina
Raymond Perron, Association of Reformed Baptist Churches of Quebec
Chris Powell, Covenant Baptist Church, Toronto, Canada
Obed Rupertos, Grace Community Bible Church, Santiago, Chile
David Vaughn, Aix-en-Provence, France
Chaplain Patrick Joyner, Camp Lejeune, NC Chaplain
James Galyon, Fort Hood, TX
The need for more missionaries
God’s persecuted people
Those places in our world where the gospel is still to be heard
The work of Bible translators
The multitudes in the darkness of false religions
Sam Masters, Cordoba, Argentina
Olivier Favre & Regis Bourdulat, Switzerland
The work of the gospel in Israel
The work of the gospel in Cuba
Here are suggested requests for Home Missions:

Grace Fellowship Church, Bremen, Indiana: Prayer for Aaron Hoak and the work in Warsaw, Indiana
Grace Baptist Church, Hartsville, TN: Prayer for John Miller and the work in Clarksville, TN Grace Covenant Church, Gilbert, AZ: Prayer for Rob Cosby and the work in Tucson, AZ Heritage Baptist Church, Mansfield, TX: Prayer for Bob Curley & Steve Garrick and the work in Georgetown, TX
Prayer for David Hendrickx, Santa Theresa Reformed Baptist Church New Mexico, and the work in Juarez, Mexico
Hope Reformed Baptist Church, Tinley Park, IL
Crosspoint Church, Asheville, NC

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What?  The Keach Conference is an annual theology and ministry conference presented by the Reformed Baptist Fellowship of Virginia (RBF-VA).  It is open to anyone to attend. There is no cost, but participants are encouraged to pre-register.

When?  Friday evening-Saturday morning, September 27-28, 2013.

Where?  The 2013 Keach Conference will meet at the Covenant Lower School, 1000 Birdwood Court, Charlottesville, Virginia 22903 and be hosted by the Christ Reformed Baptist Church of Charlottesville, Virginia.

What is the 2013 theme?  We are continuing our ongoing series through the Second London Baptist Confession.  This year we are on Chapter  Seven  “Of God’s Covenant.”

Our speaker?  The speaker will be Dr. Richard Barcellos, pastor of Grace Reformed Baptist Church of Palmdale, CA. He received a B.S. from California State University, Fresno, an M.Div. from The Master’s Seminary, and a TH.M and Ph.D. from Whitefield Theological Seminary. He is the managing editor of Reformed Baptist Theological Review, author of In Defense of the Decalogue,Better Than the Beginning, and co-author of A Reformed Baptist Manifesto. He has contributed articles to RBTR, Founders Journal, and Table Talk.

How do I register? Cost: FREE, Web: Register Now!

An interview with Richard Barcellos on his new book Better Than The Beginning: Creation In Biblical Perspective. Listen here

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