Mission::Ireland

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The Work Of God Is Alive And Well On The Emerald Isle

For a fifth year, Heritage Baptist Church, Worcester, will engage in a literature distribution ministry to Irish Evangelical pastors and church workers. The ministry is called Mission::Ireland. The two colons in our name are intended to represent the shamrock, a symbol of the Emerald Isle.

Along with Reformed Baptist pastors on the ground, we have identified over 70 Evangelicals who are likely to be influenced by a steady stream of good Reformed literature. We have experienced this to an unexpected degree. We invite you to join us in this ministry. We believe it will be of great service to this land untouched by a modern reformation. Many are already praying this ministry will facilitate a true reformation, the recovery of a full-orbed understanding of God's Word. This is the long-term goal that gives us our purpose for acting as we do.

May the Sovereign God use books penned by the living and the dead to point men to Christ and back to the Word.

The Goal

Our immediate goal is to enlist the help of like-minded churches to support this mission to Ireland for another year. As many men as we are able to obtain funding for will receive ten to twelve titles a year. As we have established credibility with these men, a Reformed conference ministry has been introduced. After two conferences, a nucleus of Irishmen has emerged.

We need your help. The brethren in Ireland do as well.

The Need

The need is for churches to give either $25 a month or $300 a year for each Irish pastor adopted into the program. This amount covers the cost of goods, service and overhead as well as a small accumulation of funds for the future conference ministry along with other compelling needs in Ireland as they arise. In 2005 & 2006 some aid has been given to churches for specific needs.

Some churches could consider a one-time gift to cover administrative costs or a gift for the conference ministry in Ireland. Other churches could commit to the regular funding for this program. Still others can be informed and reminded to pray for our brethren in this spiritually barren land. Not all can send monetary support.

The Irish Religious Scene

95% of the population are professing or nominal or lapsed Roman Catholics.

2½% denominate themselves as Protestants meaning they have roots in the Church of Ireland (Anglican).

The remaining percentage encompasses everything else. By the most extravagant projections the Evangelicals may be close to 1%. But, the Reformed Evangelicals are a growing microscopic minority within that larger minority.

This Is A Great Need

Join in our prayer: that in the years to come, the Lord would call out a people to praise him as he has ordained worship and to know him according to his own truth. Furthermore, pray that those whom He calls will be bold to proclaim the glorious gospel of the grace of God amid the spiritual darkness shrouding Ireland.

How Can You Help?

Prayerfully consider one of the following:

A One-Time Gift of $________

Monthly Support to adopt ___ pastor(s) at $25/mo.

Yearly Support to adopt ___ pastor(s) at $300/year.

Praying for Reformation in all of Ireland and beyond.

Gifts may be sent to:

Heritage Book Service
Post Office Box 276
Auburn, MA 01510

Please include a note with your Church Name/Address and a Contact Name/Email/Phone

International Board of Reference

Pastor Matthew Brennan
Clonmel Baptist Church
Clonmel, Ireland

Dr. Michael G. Haykin
Toronto Baptist Seminary
Toronto, Canada

Pastor Tom Lyon
Providence Reformed Baptist Church
University Place, WA

Pastor Stephen Murphy
Dundalk Baptist Church
Dundalk, Ireland

Pastor Fred Pugh
Grace Covenant Church
Olmstead Township, OH

Dr. James M. Renihan
Escondido Reformed Baptist Church
Institute of Reformed Baptist Studies
Escondido, CA

Dr. Crawford Gribben
Portlaoise, Co.
Laios, Ireland