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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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Martin Luther: Salvation Is ALL Of God
Martin Luther looked upon The Bondage of the Will and his Shorter Catechism as his most significant writings. The first of these, The Bondage of the Will, was Luther’s exposition of the monergism that characterized the Reformation. Monergism is the view that when a soul passes from death to life, from unbelief to faith, the sole “energizing” power that accomplishes this is the power of God. Monergism is contrasted with synergism, the view that divine and human power freely cooperate in the soul’s regeneration. Luther and the other Reformers derived their monergism from the Bible, read through the lens of the theology of Augustine, the greatest of the Western church fathers.
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Pray For Gospel Fruit In Kisumu, Kenya
Tonny Karwa writes from Kisumu: A new academic year has begun at Maseno
University, and first-year students are quickly settling
in. It is an opportune season for the various ‘faith groups’
to lower their fishing nets for a catch. The scramble is
generally driven by the quest to ‘recruit’ naïve followers
or adherents. One can immediately witness how
vulnerable the first years are to the religious predators,
especially the beguilement of the cults. Yet amidst all this
we too have undertaken to pitch a tent there every Friday
afternoon if God would perhaps visit His saving grace
upon some of them. The Epistle of Romans is the material
we have selected for this mission as it reminds us that the
gospel is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes.
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Priscilla & Aquilla: Working Together With Him
When we dedicate our lives to the Lord, we find that He is able to do far more with them than we can ever do with them. Like the young lad who gave his lunch of five loaves and two fish to the Lord, He is able to take our apparently meagre means and multiply them beyond our imagination for His glory and the blessing of others. Priscilla and Aquila were, humanly speaking, nothing special. But they devoted themselves to God in response to His saving grace, and God worked wonders through them. Every Christian is enjoined to do likewise – where we are, with what we have, to the glory of God. ‘I appeal to you therefore brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship’ (Romans 12:1).
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Anti-conversion law prompts wave of attacks on Christians in India
Christians in India’s northwestern Rajasthan state have come under increased pressure from Hindu militants since the recent passing of an ‘anti-conversion law’.
Although the bill has yet to receive governor assent it has emboldened nationalist groups in their aggressive and sustained opposition to Christians, church leaders claim.
‘As if on cue, attacks on Christians have escalated dramatically following passage of Rajasthan’s anti-conversion bill, mirroring patterns we’ve witnessed in Uttar Pradesh, Haryana and Jharkhand after similar legislation,’ said the Rev Vijayesh Lal, general secretary of The Evangelical Fellowship of India (EFI).
The Rev. Lal told Morning Star News: ‘These laws consistently embolden vigilante groups who feel licensed to target Christian communities under the guise of preventing [forced or fraudulent] conversion.’
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IRBS Newsletter October 2025
Dr Renihan writes: Greetings to all the saints in Christ Jesus.
In many Protestant churches October is celebrated as Reformation month and we are glad to join that celebration. We are reminded of the importance of phrases such as sola scriptura and sola fidei, words that speak of the most foundational realities of our faith. It is by scripture alone that we know and serve our Lord, and it by faith alone that we receive the gift of eternal life through Jesus Christ our Savior. These truths are foundational to everything we do at International Reformed Baptist Seminary. We unashamedly and fervently teach and proclaim them.
Thank you for your faithful support. Please continue to pray that the Lord will make us instruments who uncompromisingly uphold these truths of the Reformation.
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The Washing We Need: The Old Testament and Baptism | James Renihan Interview
What is the Old Testament context for believer's baptism? Hear Dr Renihan teach on the subject.
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More than 70 detained in crackdown on churches in eastern China
More than 70 people have been arrested and interrogated by the authorities in a major crackdown on church activities in east China.
Pastors, other Christians and people exploring faith were detained during church gatherings, with others picked up from their homes or workplaces. It was part of a sweeping operation that begun two months ago, involving up to 400 police officers and some 200 vehicles, aimed at targeting Christians involved in Bible study groups.
Those arrested were questioned about their finances and denominational affiliations. More than 20 people have since been fined, with penalties ranging from several thousand to tens of thousands of Chinese Yuan. According to Open Doors sources, the fines appear to be tied to financial offerings given to the church and so-called ‘illegal’ Bible study groups.
Another Christian group in the same region was also put through interrogations and given warnings.
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ACBC Fellowship Meeting Report September 2025
Approximately fifty people met at Countesthorpe Baptist Church on Saturday the 27th of September
to come together for the Association’s third annual Association Day.
Trinity Baptist Church’s newly minted Pastor Benedict Allmand-Smith kicked the day off with a
thorough treatment of chapter six of the Second London Baptist Confession, on sin, the fall, and
the punishment thereof. Pr. Benedict looked at the state in which man was created, the nature of
the covenant of works, before elucidating the consequences for all of humanity of Adam’s failure to
keep it. He answered thorny questions such as how it is that we inherit the guilt of Adam’s first sin
and the justice of God in doing so. Pr. Benedict is a credit to the International Reformed Baptist
Seminary which trained him, and from which he recently graduated with a Masters in Divinity.
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Ladies Meetings: A Proverbs Driven Life
The ladies meetings here at Trinity Grace are a warm, welcoming place where we seek to grow in our faith and in our love for God and each other as we study the word of God together. We usually meet once a month on Saturdays, 10am to 12pm. The format we is: tea, coffee and a chance for a quick catch up as we arrive; we then begin with a study from the Scripture lead by one of the ladies; this is followed by a time of informal discussion on the issues raised by the passage studied; and we finish with a time of open prayer informed by what we have learned and by the needs around us. We encourage all ladies to join with us and share in the great blessing these meetings have been to us.
The theme for 2025-2026 is “A Proverbs Driven Life”, based on the book by Anthony Selvaggio. The next meeting is on November 15th, “A Life Of Wisdom”, based on chapter 1. You can find the full schedule below.
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Thailand Update September 2025
Nico van Zyl writes: In Mae Ai, where we work among the Lahu and Lisu groups, they don’t have theological books to study. They have the Bible translated, but the Timothy Two workbooks we translate into Lahu— and also into Thai for the group in Chiang Rai— provide a sort of systematic theology the pastors can go back to to make use of in their ministries. There are no study Bibles or commentaries available in the Lahu and Lisu languages that we know of. I am grateful to God for the funds that have been provided for me to go to India next month. I am planning to go to the same two groups in Odisha state and in Andhra Pradesh where I visited in April of this year. I was also invited to go to another location in Andhra Pradesh to train pastors and preach at two evangelistic events. I am excited to go again to minister in India. There are many open doors there.
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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