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Protestant Truth Society Appoints First Director of Ministry

The PTS is pleased to announce that the new post of Director of Ministry will be filled by the Rev Jeremy Brooks, at present pastor of Salem Baptist Church in Ramsey, Cambridgeshire.

Mr Brooks is 33 years old and was born into a clergy family, being the son of the Rev and Mrs Richard Brooks. His father was for many years pastor of York Evangelical Church, and now ministers at the Dales Evangelical Church, Matlock. Jeremy Brooks was converted in childhood, and even during this period had a strong conviction the Lord was calling him to the ministry. After finishing his education he worked for six years in Sales and Marketing, four of those years with Evangelical Press. In 1999 the church at York sent him for ministerial training through the London Reformed Baptist Seminary from which, following four years part-time study, he received the Diploma in Theology and Pastoral Studies. read more

	DOES THE REFORMATION MATTER?

The following article was written by one of our Wickliffe Preachers for those who are sceptical about the importance of the Reformation. Do let us know if you think it would make a good tract, whether for unbelievers or professing Christians who need to think about this important question. Does the Reformation Matter? The trouble with history is that it’s all in the past. Who cares about what happened around five centuries ago? What’s it got to do with living the Christian life today? Well, for Christians history does matter because our God is at work in the historical process. The Bible is not a book of wishy-washy spirituality; it is the record of God’s acts in history. Think about it.

	TIME FOR A CHANGE?

For some years there has been spasmodic pressure in political circles for the repeal of the Bill of Rights of 1669 and the Act of Settlement of 1701. Successive Governments have so far resisted this for which we can be thankful. Momentum has been growing again, however, for action to be taken, and there has been talk in official circles of a new Bill of Rights and written constitution. Most people in the UK are probably unaware of what all this is about. This could even be true of some evangelical Christians. Put very simply and briefly the two pieces of legislation at present in place concern the position of the Protestant faith in our country and insist on our monarch being a Protestant. A fuller account of the issues can be read in Britain’s Fight for Her Civil and Religious Liberties, published by the PTS. The first part of its 34 pages on the historical aspect was written by J.A. Kensit who died in 1951, the latter, dealing with more recent discussions, by A.J. Roberts, a Vice-President of the Society and former Secretary, who before that served many years as a Wickliffe Preacher.

The Archbishop of Canterbury has expressed the hope that this year’s Lambeth Conference will be the beginning of revitalisation and renewal for the Church. “We are asking for the fire of the Spirit to come upon us” and he also says that “our ambition is nothing less than renewal and revival for us all in the Name of Jesus and the power of His Spirit”. In his Pentecost letter to the bishops of the Anglican Communion he reminds them that the “Spirit does not show us the way to by-pass the cross”.

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