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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 : 23-27th Feb, 2026 | J. Ryan Davidson, PhD
Having established the theology of pastoring in PT605, this course will examine its practical applications to areas of the pastoral ministry. This includes an overview of preaching, pastoral oversight, the proper administration of the sacraments, the practice of church discipline, the relationship between the Elders and Deacons in the local church, the proper protocol for moderating the meetings of the officers as well as the congregation, weddings, funerals, constitutions, church building use, and other practical matters which may arise. In all these practical areas, the biblical pastoral decorum will be variously applied.
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Thailand Update May 2026
Nico writes: In May Matt, Benedict and I will teach through workbook 2, on salvation, with the group from Laos. Pray for these men. Laos is a closed country; persecution of believers takes place, which makes it difficult for them to access religious materials and get support. The men who came said they don't have physical Bibles; they only use it on their phones. We plan to buy them when they come again. God willing, I’m planning to go to India at the end of July and do three workshops with the groups I started last year. I plan to go twice this year and already got my visa to go. We are excited to have visitors coming from England in May, Benedict and his family. Please be praying for these workshops and what the men and pastors receive. Pray that God would bless the preaching of his gospel. Grace to you all! Nico, Nicolas, and Rox.
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IRBS Newsletter May 2026
Dr James Renihan writes:
Greetings in our Saviour's name. There several items of good news to share with you.
Today, May 1, 2026 is an important date in the life of IRBS. Yesterday, we signed papers to obtain a new home for our seminary: 2015 E. Lamar Blvd., Arlington, TX (pictured above). After some necessary renovations, we will move in and begin using it for God's glory. It will have classrooms, offices and space for our growing library. We are exceedingly thankful.
Later this month, we will be hosting the first meeting of the Particular Baptist Theological Society. Scholars, pastors and students will gather to hear 19 or 20 presentations, mostly related to the topics Chalcedonian Christology and Baptist History.
The next day, May 16, we will celebrate our annual commencement. Pastor Ben Scofield, who last year retired from our Board of Trustees, will be our graduation speaker.
As you can see, with the Lord's blessing, May will be a joyful month for us all.
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TASTE Nigeria Newsletter April 2026
At least 26 people were killed and many hospitalised on Sunday 29th March 2026 at an open-air gathering in Gari Ya Waye community Angwan Rukuba in Jos, Plateau State after an unprovoked attack by Islamist militants. A 48-hour curfew came into force in parts of Jos following a subsequent retaliatory response by locals.
Please pray for Christian organisations which have to attend the aftermath to support victims and transport them to hospital and also arrange temporary secure shelters for those who have been displaced.
As you pray for these victims of this and other the unprovoked attacks, please remember our Christian brothers and sisters in other states of the country where the killing continue with seemingly little or no effective response by the authorities.
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You Are Not your Beliefs
In the early 2000’s I had the privilege to teach at Delaware County Christian School, in Newtown Square, Pennsylvania, ten miles outside of Philadelphia. I taught a variety of theology and biblical studies courses to 9th thru 12th graders, one of which was apologetics. I cannot say what benefit my students derived from my teaching, but I can confess that I gained a lot from my students. Their questions pushed me to think about the most biblically accurate answers, and the best way in which to deliver those answers. I will be forever grateful for those students and classes. But I can say, that around 2007, I began to notice a shift.
Now, to say that I noticed it in 2007 is not to say that is when this “shift” began. In point of fact, the very nature of this “shift” demanded that I could not conclude that its point of origin was 2007. No, the “shift” I noticed was actually the fruit that had its root long prior to its emergence. What was this “shift”? It was the increasing propensity of students to be unable to distinguish between a person and the beliefs that a person professed as true.
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Providence and Forgiveness
God reigns over all—even the smallest things. “Random” and “chance” may invade our vocabulary as we interpret the universe from our dim and limited perspective, but they misrepresent a world created and sustained by God. Sparrows, the hairs of our head, and every atom have their place and purpose in God’s providence. And more, “all things work together for good to them that love God” (Rom. 8:28 KJV). Yet, while Scripture clearly teaches these marvelous truths, we struggle to apply them to our daily lives. When was the last time you bumped your head and immediately thanked God for the spiritual lesson to be gained by the pain? And what about the application of God’s providence to His command that we forgive those who abuse and spitefully use us? Along with “love your enemies,” forgiving those who hurt us ranks among the more difficult duties of God’s children.
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A Deep Dive Into Angelology
Angels are fascinating, brilliant and, in their demonic variety, terrifying. But do we understand them rightly? Have we thought deeply enough about their nature and their being? How are they different to humans, and how are they like us? Are they made in the image of God, or are they completely "other"? And how does all this relate to our understanding of Genesis 6, the book of Job and our relation with angels and demons today? All these things, and many more, are discussed in this podcast with James Dolezal. Although much of the language is technical, it is worth listening carefully and focusing on some of the conclusions, which are very helpful to our understanding of God, his purposes and his redeeming grace.
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The assisted suicide legislation has fallen! Or has it?
The Christian Institute reports: Today was the final day of scheduled debate for Kim Leadbeater’s assisted suicide Bill, and, as we have known for some time, there were too many issues with the legislation for it to make it through the House of Lords before it was timed out. As such, it will officially fall at the end of the Parliamentary session next week.
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Harsh New Anti-Conversion Law In Indian State
Release International reports: An anti-conversion law considered to be one of the toughest yet has just been passed in the Indian state of Chhattisgarh. The new regulations are so sweeping that even the smallest Christian gathering will now live under the shadow of suspicion, Christians in India claim. The Chhattisgarh Freedom of Religion Bill 2026 replaces a 1968 statute that Christian leaders say had already been weaponised against their communities. The new legislation makes it a non-bailable offence to convert anyone through force, fraud, allurement, undue influence, misrepresentation or marriage, including through digital platforms and social media.
Joseph D’Souza, head of the All India Christian Council, said, ‘The state claims all this is merely to prevent forced or fraudulent conversions, but the vague wording and the reversed burden of proof speak volumes about its real intent.
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Joao Domingos News (Angola) April 2026
Joao writes: Greetings, dear brother. How are you doing? We are doing well, thank God. Thank you for your support and ministry partnership. It has been a hectic few months for us as a family as we came to the end of our ministry here in Zambia. We had my wife’s graduation, a commissioning service, said goodbye to friends, and raised support for the church-planting work in Angola. We are currently in Angola and settling in well. Being here will be a great blessing to my studies at IRBS. I ask for your prayers and partnership for the advancement of the gospel here in Angola. Many blessings.
Yours in Christ,
João Macedo Domingos
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A. W. Pink: The Puritan Out Of Time
Arthur Walkington Pink (1886–1952) is often remembered through a single lens: the solitary, uncompromising champion of the “doctrines of grace” whose The Sovereignty of God helped spark a mid-twentieth-century recovery of Calvinism. That story is not wrong. It is simply too small.
To treat Pink as a one-topic man—useful for election, helpful for predestination, and then safely put back on the shelf—is to miss the deeper burden that drove his pen. Pink was not merely trying to rescue a five-point acronym from neglect. He was attempting something far more ambitious: the retrieval of a whole theological world. In an evangelical culture increasingly content with doctrinal minimalism, Pink insisted that God’s truth comes as a system—coherent, connected, and morally serious. In that sense, he was, to borrow the phrase, a Puritan out of time.
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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