In the last week of October, our regional presbytery,
Athanasius Presbytery, held its yearly presbytery
meeting which took place in Monroe, LA. Pastor
Thacker attended as St. Mark’s minister and
representative. The general report is that things went
well and there are no major issues — always a good
thing. Given that Athanasius Presbytery’s presiding
minister, Pastor Rob Hadding, has accepted a call in a
church in another regional presbytery, a new
presiding minister was chosen: Dr. Uri Brito on
Providence Church in Pensacola, Fl.
The CREC also held its triennial General Council. One of the main topics of discussion was anticipated growth of the CREC, given that there has been a notable recent increase in the number of congregations enquiring about membership. In particular, many Reformed Baptist congregations desire to enter the CREC, so that topic is being discussed. While the CREC has had Reformed Baptist congregations in the past, at present it’s been a little while since we’ve had Baptist congregations. So, the minsters are giving consideration to that dynamic in particular. We continue to pray for wisdom for the ministers and elders God has called to lead
His Church.