Covenant Protestant Reformed Church, Ballymena
Trustees Report for April, 2024 – April 2025
This last year the church has continued to promote the biblical and Reformed faith summarized in our Reformed creeds, locally in Ballymena, Northern Ireland, and also all around the world through our website (we have probably the largest collection of Reformed Creeds and other articles in various languages on line anywhere in Northern Ireland), and also through free literature and our bookstore.
We have seen numerical growth in terms of new members and more adherents this year. We preach the gospel twice each Sunday in Ballymena, we have administered the sacraments namely the Lord’s Supper and baptism. We are about to restart our catechism season and midweek Bible Studies and complete annual family visitation followed by our Annual General Meeting in September. Children born in our congregation are brought up in the Christian faith with the aim of seeing them becoming professing members of the church. We had two marriages this summer.
We have our regular mid-week Bible Study following the Belgic Confession every Wednesday, an informal extra Bible Study on a Tuesday morning, and also hold men’s and ladies’ Bible studies regularly. We continue to purchase airtime on local radio to broadcast every Sunday called the Reformed Witness Hour. We have sold books and distributed free literature worldwide as well as CDs and DVDs of our services etc. We propagate these sermons and other teaching material online around the world. Our You Tube channel has some 2,050 subscribers. Our translations pages encompassing over 200 different languages now contain about 4,800 items. We regularly correspond with and answer questions from people worldwide. Our aim is to grow in knowledge of the Triune God of Scripture and see relatives and friends converted. In our church we seek the edification and growth in faith, hope and love of those who are already converted confessing members, likewise in our believing contacts all around the world. Feedback demonstrating benefit includes a uniform appreciation of the faithful ministry in our church, demonstrated by the many appreciative letters,* e-mails, phone calls, and Facebook messages alongside financial donations from N. Ireland, the rest of the UK, Europe and worldwide thanking us for our website material which includes You Tube videos, audios, books, CDs, DVDs, free pamphlets, monthly Covenant Reformed News, on-line articles, worldwide translations into scores of languages etc., not only individuals but also families and groups of believers in fellowships and churches have benefitted.
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Dr. Julian Kennedy
Signed by the trustees:
Rev. Angus Stewart Brian Crossett (Elder) David Crossett (Elder) Ivan Reid (Elder)
Julian Kennedy (Deacon) Joseph McCaughern (Deacon)