Building Tomorrow’s Church 2010 Conference
(By David Giarrizzo)
The following is a letter addressed to ARBCA churches and friends regarding this year’s Building Tomorrow’s Church conference. For more information, please visit the official conference website.
Dear Brethren,
It is with much thanks to our merciful Lord that we are excited to announce the details of this year’s Building Tomorrow’s Church conference. BTC’10 will be held again in beautiful Prescott, Arizona, the weekend of August 6th-9th (Friday-Monday). We are privileged to have for this year’s keynote speakers Pastor Don Donell from Crosspoint Church in Fletcher, NC, and Pastor Raymond Perron from Église Baptiste Réformée de la Capitale in Quebec, Canada. The theme of BTC’10 is “The Church and Missions.”
The Building Tomorrow’s Church ministry, aimed at young adults (18 yrs+) from Reformed Baptist churches, seeks to communicate that same evangelistic sentiment that C.H. Spurgeon expressed in his 1856 sermon on Gospel Missions:
We feel persuaded that all of you are of one mind in this matter, that it is the absolute duty as well as the eminent privilege of the Church to proclaim the gospel to the world. We do not conceive that God will do his own work without instruments, but that, as he has always employed means in the work of the regeneration of this world, he will still continue to do the same, and that it becomes the Church to do its utmost to spread the truth wherever it can reach the ear of man.
Thus, the activity of missions is an important part of the ministry of the local church, and therefore deserves our attention as individual Christians and faithful church members. May we all benefit from the reminder to be faithful in proclaiming the Word of Truth to all men.
It is our great desire to see the lives of young people sanctified by the power of the Gospel through the Holy Spirit’s conviction and encouragement in hearts that love the Lord and His people. We “expect great things from God” as we “attempt great things for God” through this annual conference. We have yet to find out how many future missionaries, church planters, elders, deacons, or Sunday school teachers may be raised up through one of these conferences, but we look forward to what the Lord might do. “Let the favor of the Lord our God be upon us, and establish the work of our hands upon us; yes, establish the work of our hands!” (Psalm 90:17). May God alone receive all the glory.
We ask that you keep the BTC conference and its planning in your regular prayers. Also, take a moment to visit www.buildingtomorrowschurch.com to stay informed of upcoming BTC’10 announcements. May the Lord bless you and your Gospel ministries.
On behalf of the BTC conference planning committee and Grace Covenant Church,
David Giarrizzo
Conference Coordinator
Greetings Brethren
As a former missionary to Mexico for 8 years, I am very excited to see a Reformed Baptist missions conference for young, missions minded reformed believers. When I served in Mexico, there was not a reformed church anywhere for hundreds of miles, and when we began to read Spurgeon and Calvin and other reformed authors, we became convinced of the truths of God’s sovereignty, but had no one nearby to talk to, ask questions of , etc. My family and I hope to visit your conference, and we look forward to seeing the future missionaries of Christ’s church.
Sincerely
Eduardo Manzano
Mims, FL
Hello,
I am a Reformed Baptist Missionary serving in a needy SE Asian setting.
I have been praying now for several years after the manner of Matt. 9,that the Lord of the Harvest would raise up and send forth more laborers. Especially to where I am at.
I would love to be a contact person for any of these interested young people who desire to go into missions. Those who are actively seeking to serve, please send them out to my field of ministry short-term as a time of interning and deep spiritual reflection.
Also, take a look at my blogs:
http://www.tandtfamily.blogspot.comand
http://www.sovereigngracemissiology.blogspot.com
or email me direct at oct31st1517at hotmail dot com.