This year's Annual Meeting drew an excellent turnout of young and old readers and RFPA supporters. Many of the 181 active Association members attended with friends and family members to listen to high school teacher and long-time Association member Mr. Joel Minderhoud give a presentation titled "Is Your Brain Being Wired for Deeper Thinking? The Christian Calling and Incentive to Read."
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Last week Tuesday, June 4, the annual Standard Bearer meeting was held at the Protestant Reformed Theological Seminary. Once annually, the editors and writers of the SB meet to decide on topics, rubrics, and writers for the upcoming volume year.Read More
Have you ever wondered why the Reformed Free Publishing Association is the RFPA, and not just the RFP?
Our nonprofit has long published "Reformed" literature and authors, we're "Free" because we operate without a denominational affiliation, and "Publishing" is self-explanatory, but why are we an Association?
2019 RFPA Annual Meeting
"Training Our Children in the Discipline of Reading"Rev. Justin Smidstra
Date given: 09-26-2019
Location: Zion Protestant Reformed Church (Jenison, MI)
"I will be making the case that reading is a spiritual discipline, that teaching our children to read is a important part of covenant instruction, and that one of the crucial ways to teach our children this discipline is for parents regularly to read to their children and also to be readers themselves."—Rev. Smidstra Location details:Zion Protestant Reformed Church7551 12th AveJenison MI 49428 (This meeting provides the only opportunity for men to join the Association.) A nursery will also...
"I will be making the case that reading is a spiritual discipline, that teaching our children to read is a important part of covenant instruction, and that one of the crucial ways to teach our children this discipline is for parents regularly to read to their children and also to be readers themselves."—Rev. Smidstra
Location details:Zion Protestant Reformed Church7551 12th AveJenison MI 49428
(This meeting provides the only opportunity for men to join the Association.)
2016 RFPA Annual Meeting "Lord Grant Boldness: The RFPA's Witness in the Sexual Revolution" Rev. Joshua Engelsma Date given: 09-29-2016 Location: Providence Protestant Reformed Church (Hudsonville, MI) NOTE: At 57:12 the audio recording cuts off and goes straight into the secretary's report by Josh Hoekstra. The beginning of the secretary's report starts out like this: The Truth Never Begs: The Necessary Voice of the Reformed Free Publishing Association. In 1953 Herman Hoeksema penned an editorial titled "Why We Should Read the Standard Bearer." He...
2016 RFPA Annual Meeting "Lord Grant Boldness: The RFPA's Witness in the Sexual Revolution"Rev. Joshua Engelsma Date given: 09-29-2016 Location: Providence Protestant Reformed Church (Hudsonville, MI) NOTE: At 57:12 the recording cuts off and goes straight into the secretary's report by Josh Hoekstra. The beginning of the secretary's report starts out like this: The Truth Never Begs: The Necessary Voice of the Reformed Free Publishing Association. In 1053 Herman Hoeksema penned an editorial titled "Why We Should Read the Standard Bearer." He stated: Mark...
Western society is presently in the grips of a powerful revolution. This is a revolution of massive scope and earth-shaking consequences. It is a sexual revolution, a revolution proudly trumpeting fornication, homosexuality, transgenderism, and the like. What are the origins of this revolution? How does it show itself in the present? What is the future of it? And then, what is the calling of the RFPA in the face of this revolution? Plan to attend the RFPA Annual meeting TONIGHT and hear Rev. Joshua...
Western society is presently in the grips of a powerful revolution. This is a revolution of massive scope and earth-shaking consequences. It is a sexual revolution, a revolution proudly trumpeting fornication, homosexuality, transgenderism, and the like. What are the origins of this revolution? How does it show itself in the present? What is the future of it? And then, what is the calling of the RFPA in the face of this revolution? Plan to attend the RFPA Annual meeting this week and hear...
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Articles in this issue:
Association Membership and Book Club Membership: Are They Important? Is There a Difference?
New Sign and Landscaping
New RFPA Publications Coming in October 2015
The Triple Knowledge
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The Standard Bearer
2015 RFPA Annual Meeting Recap
In Review: Faith Made Perfect
Reader Feedback
Click the PDF link to read the rest of the RFPA Update Winter newsletter. [Best if opened in Internet Explorer or FireFox] Articles in this Issue: Looking for More Authors for Children's Books New Books The Bearer of the Standard: In the Age of Compromise Come, Ye Children: A Bible Storybook for Young Children—Best Storybook I've Had The Triple Knowledge Series In Review: Hyper-Calvinism and the Call of the Gospel: An Examination of the Well-Meant Offer of the Gospel...
In the Nicene Creed the church confesses that there is only “one holy catholic and apostolic church.” This means that the Christian faith and life of the true church of Jesus Christ as she is manifested today in various denominations and congregations is rooted in the church of the past. Times may have changed but the church today shares with the church of the past the same Lord, the same faith, the same battle, the same hope, and the same...
In the Nicene Creed the church confesses that there is only “one holy catholic and apostolic church.” This means that the Christian faith and life of the true church of Jesus Christ as she is manifested today in various denominations and congregations is rooted in the church of the past. Times may have changed but the church today shares with the church of the past the same Lord, the same faith, the same battle, the same hope, and the same...
