About us
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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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.
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MERF Online Outreach To Muslims
We praise God for
enabling MERF to
bring life-changing biblical content 24/7, in Arabic,
online and by radio across
the Arab world and beyond.
This touches the lives of
hundreds of thousands of
Muslims. For several decades the efforts of MERF’s
Arabic Media Ministry
team, staff and volunteers, have been blessed with
steadily growing interest
in the gospel of Christ.
Many have come to saving
faith. The team prayerfully
work together to write and
produce engaging scripts
and short radio and video programmes sharing the
Saviour.
In the last three months
alone, the team has produced more than 60 new
episodes along with daily
posts.
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Pray For Christians In Myanmar (Burma)
The recent earthquakes in Myanmar – in which thousands have died, and many more have been injured or displaced – comes on top of years of conflict and persecution that disproportionately affects Christians in Myanmar.
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Nations Rage, God Reigns: Missionary Meditations from the Middle East Conflict
Missionary in the Middle East, Luke Waite writes: A deep rumbling echoes through the air. The sky is overcast today and it sounds like thunder, but I know it isn’t. Its source is more sinister. Though I can’t see them, Iranian missiles and attack drones soar far overhead, threatening destruction. I thank God for His common grace to the country where I live in the Middle East as it launches interceptors to neutralize these powerful weapons. As I begin to breathe out prayers on behalf of my family and church, the ominous rumbling continues. In moments of crisis, missionaries need the Spirit to blow the wind of His Word in their hearts to clear away that blinding fog. Scripture is sufficient to help missionaries in these afflictions by reminding them of what is true, even as the world around them seems to fall apart.
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The Priority Of Gathering With Our Children For Worship
In the latest Broken Wharfe podcast, John-Mark and Oliver welcome Joey Tomlinson, pastor of Deer Park Fellowship in Newport News, Virginia, to discuss his children’s board book "Why We Gather" and its connection to the resource "Gathered for Glory". Tomlinson argues that Christians must prioritise gathered worship because Christ is worthy, God commands it, and it is spiritually good for believers, warning against replacing corporate worship with individualised “worship in all of life.” He outlines a biblical-theological case for the Lord’s Day as the Christian Sabbath rooted in creation, Christ’s resurrection and Pentecost, and the New Testament’s corporate assumptions (including preaching, church oversight, baptism, and the Lord’s Supper). The conversation emphasises teaching children that Sunday worship is the “best day,” cultivating anticipation through weekly rhythms, and practicing hospitable, multigenerational services where children learn and are confronted by the means of grace.
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A Tribute To Albert N. Martin
Albert N. Martin went to be with his Saviour on April 7th 2026. He was 91 years old. Rob Ventura writes: One might expect that a man so towering in the pulpit—someone with a global ministry, who had preached hundreds of sermons, trained dozens of students through the Trinity Ministerial Academy, and spoken at conferences all over the world—would be unapproachable. One might also assume that a man praised by the distinguished professor John Murray, who called him “one of the ablest and most moving preachers I have ever heard,” would be inaccessible.
However, I found Pastor Martin to be the exact opposite. Week after week, he could be found standing at the back of the sanctuary, greeting people as they left the service, engaging with adults and embracing the children. He was always there, present with his own congregation.
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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