CHURCH HISTORY LECTURES - Update

For a number of reasons I have relinquished responsibility for arranging the Church History Lectures at RUGBY EVANGELICAL FREE CHURCH .  Arranging the Lectures over the last few years (2001 - 2008)  has been an immense privilege and something I have very very much enjoyed.

At present it's a little unclear whether they will continue - but the responsibility could well be taken up by another Church in the area.  They may continue then, in some form but at another venue.

I would like to thank the Elders at REFC for allowing me the freedom to arrange the lectures, suggest titles to, and contact speakers.  Contacting speakers has also given me the added privilege of getting to know the speakers a little - some for the first time - and I think it a great providence that some have also become good friends.

It has been my burden to ensure as best I can that speakers and topics truly represent the Reformed faith though I do of course recognise the differing doctrinal distinctions within Reformed theology.

I must admit to not having thought of it in quite this way, but after the last lecture I received a very kind letter that said 'You have made an important contribution to the life of the Churches in this area, and the Lord has blessed it.'  If that is true, then it only proves the maxim that The Lord is able, and more often than not 'draws a straight line with a crooked stick'.  The Lord be praised.