This Week in the BRN Family shares quick highlights of BRN churches and ministries throughout Pennsylvania and South Jersey loving their neighbors. Check out the latest happenings, baptisms, and accelerating Kingdom movement stories below:
Stagecoach Road Christian Fellowship in Sicklerville, New Jersey, provides dinner for community first responders
On July 27, Stagecoach Road Christian Fellowship in Sicklerville, New Jersey, treated community first responders – police officers, firefighters, and EMS workers – to a free dinner. From 6-8 p.m., the church prayed with and fed any and all first responders who could attend. As a special treat, some of the kids at the church were able to check out the first responders’ vehicles!
St. John Memorial Baptist Church partners with multiple churches to spread the gospel
Last month, St. John Memorial Baptist Church in Philadelphia, Pa., partnered with multiple churches and volunteers to share the gospel with their neighbors. The church prepared a home for incoming volunteers and, once they arrived, hit the streets for some door-to-door evangelism and prayer!
BRN churches collaborate to send youth students to Word of Life Camp
First Baptist Church of Clarion in Clarion, Pa., Zion Church of Clarion, and Zion Church of Jefferson County collaborated to send more than 50 youth students to Word of Life Camp this summer. At the camp, students heard the gospel, learned how to live out their faith and had tons of fun!
*Photos provided by Word of Life Island and Word of Life Ranch
Congratulations to First Baptist Church of Ulysses for their 190th Anniversary
On August 3, 1833, 190 years ago, seven individuals banded together for the first meeting of the church. Please join them this Sunday, 9:00 -10:00 a.m., as they commemorate their founding 190 years ago. The church is located at 603 South Main St, Ulysses, Pa. See related story here.
Hillview Baptist Church in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, celebrates ordination of Rev. Jamie Sanders
On Sunday, July 23, Hillview Baptist Church in Williamsport, Pa., celebrated the ordination of their senior pastor, Rev. Jamie Sanders. Several BRN pastors – including Pastor Bob Strobel, Pastor Corey Mitchell, Pastor Bud Bartolomew, and Pastor Bill Hoops – spoke at the service and joined church elders in praying over Pastor Jamie and his family.
Congratulations, Rev. Jamie! We are so excited for you and know the Lord will use you in mighty ways!
Baptisms
Great Commission Church in Philadelphia, Pa., baptizes three in response to gospel presentation at VBS
After a full week of sharing the gospel at VBS, Great Commission Church (GCC) in Philadelphia, Pa., experienced the joy of baptizing three students who decided to follow Jesus! The students were baptized during GCC’s VBS wrap-up party. Please join us in celebrating with these young people and the whole GCC family!
Five celebrate new life at Restored Church in Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
On July 30, Restored Church in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., saw five women publicly declare their faith in Jesus through baptism – including Lucy (pictured in the right bottom corner), the daughter of Senior Pastor Tim Walker and his wife, Heather! Please join us in welcoming these new sisters in Christ and celebrating with the Restored Church family!
In the News
PA/SJ Director of Disaster Relief talks Berks County flood clean up with local news station
Kenton Hunt, PA/SJ Director of Disaster Relief, highlighted flood clean-up efforts in Berks County, Pa., in a recent interview with 69 News, WFMZ-TV. View
BRN campus minister highlights PA/SJ perspective of college ministry in The Baptist Paper
Baptist campus minister Brian Musser, who serves at Drexel University in Philadelphia, Pa., shares with The Baptist Paper the importance of leading “with grace” when sharing the gospel with the next generation. Read More
Drexel University Baptist campus minister champions ‘Every Campus’ movement
Brian Musser, BRN campus minister and overseer of BCM groups at Drexel University, was recently featured in a Christian Broadcasting Network (CBN) special on the ‘Every Campus’ movement, an initiative dedicated to getting the gospel to college students through the local church.
“Every Campus can strategically help to reach these students, via churches, at the campuses where national ministries previously have not placed staff,” said Musser. “There’s probably a local church a lot closer than a professional campus ministry staff, so how do we empower those local churches to see the smaller schools in their neighborhoods and equip them?” View
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Windham Summit Bible Church | Rome, Pennsylvania
In good humor, members of Windham Summit Bible Church jokingly describe their church as in the middle of a field and on top of a hill.
“That is very literally what we are,” said Senior Pastor Scott Ross. “We serve a rural community [and] we have no established community to minister to.”
For more than 160 years, Windham Summit Bible Church, located in Rome, Pennsylvania, has drawn from four or five small towns around it, creating its own unique community. Read More
Be a part of This Week in the BRN Family
Have exciting things happening in your church!? Let us know so we can celebrate with you and share the good news with our BRN Family. Submit stories of your church accelerating Kingdom movement, loving their neighbors or celebrating baptisms on our News Tips page. We can’t wait to hear from you!
