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We are a gathering of believers united in our love for Christ, where all are welcome to come and join us for worship, where we hear the Word of God preached faithfully. We confess the Reformed Faith as outlined in the 1689 Baptist Confession, holding to holy scripture as the only certain rule of faith and practice and seeking to glorify God in the town of Ramsbottom.
IRBS UK Study Week : 13-17th October - Biblical Theology - Dr Richard Barcellos
In this study the student is introduced to the discipline of biblical theology, covering its place and function in the encyclopedia of theology, a brief history, a working definition, various models and practitioners, and the relationship between hermeneutics and biblical theology. It also provides a brief overview of redemptive history from creation to consummation, focusing on the progressive, organic, Christ-centered unfolding of Special Revelation in light of the entire canon of Scripture. The course concludes with examples of biblical-theological exegesis with the goal of preaching. This course is required for MA, MDiV and BDiV students. Listeners are welcome to attend.
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Featured Updates
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Future Justification? Future Judgment According to Works
The overwhelming biblical data on the place of works at the final judgment is not something we can afford to ignore (see Rom. 2:13; 2 Cor. 5:10; Matt. 16:27; Jn. 5:28-29; Gal. 6:7-9; Rev. 20:13; 22:12). The final judgment and future justification are matters of extreme importance and it will be theological suicide to deny either of those realities. I mean, if our works, are going to be judged, should we not try to understand in what sense they will be judged?
As far as “future justification” is concerned, the Westminster documents speak of believers being “openly acknowledged and acquitted” (WLC 90; WSC 38). The verdict will be publicly passed on believers, which will be “not guilty.”
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SGA In Ukraine: Keep On Praying!
SGA-sponsored missionary, Yuri Maslov, from Ukraine, tells of the difficulties faced by men in street evangelism due to the risk of being taken from the streets and sent to military training and then the war frontline.
On one occasion, when Yuri and his team of evangelists tried to distribute New Testaments in a village people even ran away, thinking they were from the military recruitment office. Yuri and his team are praying and seeking new ways to reach people outside the church. Join them in prayer about ways to overcome this barrier to evangelism.
The attacks on Ukraine seem relentless. Pray for God’s intervention in this conflict, and for His protection of His people.
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315 girls and teachers kidnapped from school in Nigeria
Your prayers are needed after 303 girls and 12 teachers were kidnapped from a Christian school in Niger State, north west Nigeria, in one of the largest ever mass abductions in the country.
It happened in the early hours of Friday (21 November) at St Mary’s in Agwara Local Government Area (LGA). Over the weekend, 50 escaped. It’s believed that 253 students and 12 teachers remain held. St Mary’s is a Catholic school, though it’s unknown what percentage of those taken are Christians.
It’s the latest in a sudden escalation of kidnappings in Nigeria and there are concerns that more will follow. Insecurity in the north has left more than 10,000 schools closed, exposing millions of children to illiteracy, early marriage and poverty. This vulnerability makes it easier for Islamist militant groups to recruit them, worsening the spiral of violence and oppression.
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Christian Ethics In A Secular World (2)
Ever since Augustine’s The City of God Western political thought has kept some kind of separation – in lesser or greater degrees – between heavenly politics and earthly politics. Oliver O’Donovan clarifies this truth when he writes that “the opposition in Western theology between the City of God and the earthly city has enabled political thought to avoid theocratic conceptions of government, which, by claiming to express the rule of heaven and earth, must unify the earthly and the heavenly into a single totalitarian political claim. Western theology starts from the assertion that the kingdoms of the world are not the kingdom of our God and of his Christ, not, at any rate, until God intervenes to make them so at the end.”
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Pray For Pakistan
Release International write: One of our partners in Pakistan supports Christians in communities who are often enslaved in brick kiln work and who are constantly vulnerable to abuse, because they are Christians.
Support groups provide biblical discipling, as well as collaboration to deal with specific social problems faced by Christian families. The groups run savings programmes to enable members to start self-supporting businesses. Pray for those in the groups with health issues. Please pray also for those seeking healing from past drug addition. Pray for real spiritual growth.
Pray for those in the support groups who are now out of work: for God’s provision for them and that they might know God’s peace when burdened with loans. Pray for younger family members, to be guided and blessed by the Lord in their futures.
Pray for the nation of Pakistan: that its government and law enforcement agencies will have the courage and wisdom to implement justice and protect its citizens. Pray particularly for the rights of Christians and that they would stand strong in their faith in the midst of persecution and hardship.
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Love & Purity In The Church
The Christian life was never meant to be lived alone. Though God regenerates us individually, the path of growth and maturity He has designed requires following Christ together with other believers in a church. Christian growth and maturity happen in the context of committed relationships that arise in local congregations. That is, it takes a church to raise a Christian.
No believer, no matter how experienced or well taught, can navigate the challenges of the Christian life on his own. The road is too long, the opposition too great, and our weaknesses too pernicious for any single believer to stay on the path of faithfulness without the Spirit-empowered assistance of brothers and sisters who are traveling to the Celestial City with us.
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Bozeman Reformed Baptist Church Update November 2025
Brett Shaw writes: I finished teaching on 1 Timothy a few months ago and taught a short series on how
Christ promised to build his temple-people from Haggai. Many of our members come from
dispensational backgrounds and are growing in their understanding of covenant theology. To
help our people better understand the outworking of redemptive history and to learn to read
the Scriptures from the apostles, I began teaching from Hebrews. I am also continuing our
teaching through our confession of faith during Sunday school, currently teaching from
chapter 18. I plan to take a break from the confession after chapter 20 to begin teaching an
overview of the Old Testament, covering each book briefly.
We currently have 16 children, all under 9 years of age, amongst us. Therefore, I've
started a 10-minute catechism class between Sunday school and the worship service to
instruct some of our children and encourage our parents in their duties. I know the children
have enjoyed it and profited from the catechism. Please pray for the salvation of our children
and for our families as they learn to train our children to sit well in worship and to be active
participants in hearing
and responding to the
Word of God.
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Threatening messages left at two churches in Syria
Please pray for Christians in Syria, after threatening messages were left at two churches, heightening fear amongst believers.
“Christian infidel, there is no deity but God, after St Elias Dweila, it’s St Elias Maared’s turn,” said the message on the wall surrounding the compound of St Elias Church in Maared Saidnaya, located 30km north east of the capital Damascus.
The words – which are believed to have been written towards the end of last week – refer to the devastating suicide bomb attack on Saint Elias Church in Dweilla, Damascus, on 22 June that killed 22 believers. It comes a week after a similarly threatening words were left on the walls of St Cyrillos Church in Damascus by a man who was caught on camera.
“There will be no polytheists left in Syria by God’s will. Our meeting is near, you pigs of the cross,” wrote the message. There was also a non-recognisable phrase that started with the Shahada (the Islamic declaration of faith): “There is no God but Allah, and Muhammad is his messenger.”
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TRAIN(Kenya) Newsletter: When Resources Are Lacking
When basic necessities are lacking, it can be very difficult to focus on the work of the gospel and to remain faithful in the ministry. Often, lack of resources can strike at the heart of a man’s family life and cause such anxiety and distress that he finds it almost impossible to continue. For example, a minister in Pokot might face some or all of these challenges at once:
• His wife is suddenly taken ill, and the nearest hospital is several hours away by motorbike, which is hardly suitable for transporting her in sickness; on arrival and diagnosis, the pastor cannot afford the drugs that are prescribed.
• The school fees for his children (everyone has to pay towards their children’s fees) are too high and they are therefore not able to attend school.
• Drought or disease has caused his crops to fail, or his animals to die, so that he cannot feed his family.
• He lacks the resources necessary to repair his motorbike, meaning that he is unable to travel except on foot, which makes his ministry in the churches almost impossible.
• When this is added to the fact that he is opposed in the church by one of the older men (such men have authority in the community) on the matter of polygamy, and he finds himself isolated and undermined in his leadership, the result is that he “feels like giving up.”
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APC Northern Nigeria Report
Over the past 15 to 20 years, many Nigerian churches have witnessed a
marked increase in dissatisfaction among believers, largely due to the
prevalence of false teachings and unbiblical practices. This spiritual hunger has
prompted a growing number to seek congregations committed to sound biblical
preaching and authentic ecclesiology. However, the search often leads to
frustration, as many churches offer little more than repackaged versions of the
same problematic doctrines. Even seminaries, typically regarded as bastions of
theological rigor, have not escaped fundamental issues.
A poignant example of this hunger comes from an Abuja pastor, who shared,
“Pastor, do you know why I came to Bible College?” When asked to elaborate,
he explained, “The church where I pastor is in an area that has been attacked
by Boko Haram; so, I came to study the Bible so I can comfort my people with
the Word of God.” This anecdote underscores the urgent desire for spiritual
nourishment and the real-world implications of doctrinal clarity in regions beset
by violence and uncertainty.
The Second London Baptist Confession of Faith (1689)
In 2011 we made the decision to officially adopt the Second London Baptist Confession (1689) as our confession of faith. We exhort you to read it.
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