Helping a sister congregation
Russell Dykstra describes the Protestant Reformed Churches' efforts to support Covenant Evangelical Reformed Church (CERC) in Singapore following the departure of their pastor, including the adoption of a "Minister on Loan" program and the urgent need for visiting preachers and catechism instruction. The article highlights the practical challenges of maintaining pastoral care and spiritual instruction in a young, growing congregation in a foreign context where Christian education resources are limited.
In an island country of some 5.5 million people, located over 8,000 miles from the nearest PRC, is a congregation of nearly 190 members that earnestly desires Protestant Reformed preachers to come to preach and teach. As all in the PRC know, at the end of 2017 Rev. Andy Lanning accepted the call to a congregation in the USA, leaving our sister congregation in Singapore vacant. Covenant Evangelical Reformed Church (CERC) loves the truth preached in the PRCA. When they became vacant, the session...
Full article available on sb.rfpa.org
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