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Articles from recent Chronicles editions

No 15 -- March 2012

Report on the 7th Sola 5 Annual Assembly

-- by Conrad Mbewe

No 14 -- September 2011

HALLELUJAH! WHAT A SAVIOUR: An explanation of Penal Substitutionary Atonement

-- by Bruce Button

The Central Importance of Christ’s Resurrection

-- an Interview with Peter Sammons

Theological Education

Vision:   To be a centre of
excellence for reformed Biblical
scholarship, devotion and
teaching, impacting Africa with
the gospel of Christ and a God-
centred world view.
Mission:  To build up the church by
training men for pastoral ministry
and equipping other believers with
a deeper knowledge of God
through his word.

Blogs of interest

News & Announcements

Augustine Lecture: "What went wrong with Capitalism?"

Date & time: 23 May at 7:00 PM

Venue: Church building of Emmanuel Baptist Church,  Cnr Ontdekkers Road & Abbott Street, Florida Park, Florida, Johannesburg

Topic:  Capitalism.  The talk will take a critical look at the foundations, nature and workings of capitalism, investigating where it has failed us and what a Biblically informed way forward might look like.

Speaker:  Dr Michael Schluter, an economist, author and social entrepreneur.  He is the Chief Executive of Relationships Global, promoting the understanding of relational issues in areas such as business, family, finance, education, healthcare and justice.  Also, Michael has launched several charities and gained public recognition for his work when Queen Elizabeth II awarded him a CBE in 2009.

>>> Additional info (a flyer; Augustine Lectures)

Annual Sola 5 Conference 2012

The 2012 Conference has been scheduled for

6 to 9 September 2012
in Manzini, Swaziland

Theme:
Loving Christ in all of life

Read more: Subtitles & speakers

Manzini Fellowship Church is preparing to host the meeting.  More detail regarding accommodation, etc. to follow in due course.

Audio material: 'The Five Solas' -- Biblical Worldview Conference

Dr Steve Lawson (Christ Fellowship Baptist Church, Mobile, Alabama) on The Five Solas at the Biblical Worldview Conference in Johannesburg on 14 January 2011: 'The very essence of the Gospel: Saved by grace through faith in Christ alone' -- download

Introduction to the 5 Solas (19.2 MB mp3)

Martin Luther quoted: 'If you understand justification by faith alone, you will understand 50 other doctrines...' -- download

Sola Fide (23.2 MB mp3)

The other two messages:

Sola Scriptura (21.8 MB mp3)

Soli Deo Gloria (19.9 MB mp3)

Earlier the week Dr Lawson spoke on Heroes of Church History.

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Local church news & prayer letters

Brackenhurst Baptist Church (Alberton, South Africa)

We value our fellowship within the Sola 5 family of churches, and would appreciate your prayers with us and for us on the following fronts...

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Newsletter from the Eastside Baptist Church in Windhoek, Namibia

I will share three things with you in this brief article: A word from me personally, a word about the church and a word about the gospel in Namibia.

 

 


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Eastside Baptist Church

Update on the Kraaifontein Baptist Church

Kraaifontein Baptist Church will celebrate its 40th birthday this year...

>>> The complete update

Kabwata Baptist Church Prayer Letter

March 2012

“Pray without ceasing” (1 Thessalonians 5:17)

Dear brothers and sisters,

“Moses my servant is dead.  Now therefore arise, go over this Jordan, you and all this people, into the land that I am giving to them, to the people of Israel” (Joshua 1:2).  This passage has been very close to our hearts as a congregation, as we have sought to come to terms with the death of one of our missionaries.  The news is at the end of this prayer letter.  In the meantime, please read on...


Core Values

Core Value 3
  AUTHORITY

God is the only being with intrinsic authority; consequently, all human authority is delegated by him.
[Rom 13:1; Matt 28:18]

>> Therefore we affirm that God has established three spheres of human government, and that He alone defines what their various responsibilities are.
1. Family government is for the upbringing and education of children, as well as for the nurturing of orderly human relationships in honour, discipline and love.  The family is the basic unit of society.   [Eph 5:22–6:4; Deut 6:4–9]
2. Church government is for the spiritual well-being and ministry of God’s people.   [1 Cor 12:12–27; 1 Thess 5:12–15; Heb 13:7, 17]
3. Civil government is for the well-ordering and protection of society; this includes the appropriate punishment of criminals.   [Rom 13:1–7]

>> We deny that any sphere of government is without accountability to God, and that any government may assume the responsibilities God has assigned to another sphere of authority.  This means that, while there must be a separation of church and state, there is no separation of the state from God.
[Ps 2; Rev 11:15]

[ Core Value 3 to be displayed for weeks 19 & 20 of 2012 ]

For all the Core Values, see

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