April 2024

[This is Rev. Rudy Poettcker,
missionary with Reformation Christian Ministries (RCM), giving you a brief update.]

Greetings dear prayer partners,

I do pray that the Lord would assure you that your prayerful support is so much needed and appreciated. Let us always be reminded that the Lord has sovereignly chosen to work His eternal counsel through the prayers of His people. What a blessing the communion of saints is!

CLA is now beginning the 4th week of the 4th Quarter. Thank you for your continued prayer for teachers, staff, and students. Please also pray for Rev. Hamid and me in Administration. Pray also for Rev. Hamid’s encouragement as Pastor in FPC.

The construction is still progressing. Recently much work has been done to re-do our drainage system in the yard of the new building. The neighbors are thankful that we are working with them to also help with their drainage. It has been a large undertaking and PTL is going well.

PTL also for the students in the College and Seminary programs and pray for my online work with each one. At times students express their thanks for how the communication between us is helpful, and I am truly thankful for being used of the Lord in this way.

Serving our Lord together with you all,

Rev. RP

Some pics of work for the drainage:

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The ministry of SALT (Scriptural Advanced Leadership Training) includes:

Director of RITS & RIC (Reformation International Theological Seminary & Reformation International College).
As Dean of Studies, I work with students in College studies (especially teacher training for a Bachelor of Arts in Education Degree).
As Dean of Studies, I work with students in Seminary studies (especially training for ministry and eldership in the M.Div. degree program).
My work, together with Rev. Hamid, in Administration of CLA (Christian Liberty Academy) in Suriname. I serve as Headmaster, and he is Administrator.
I also serve as Elder in First Presbyterian Church in Suriname (FPC).

Pray for my preaching ministry at King’s Reformed Presbyterian Church in Melbourne, Florida.

Link to church website (and live stream of Sunday worship): https://www.krpc.us/

Link to RCM website: https://www.reformation.edu

To support this ministry (tax-exempt), you may write the check to “Reformation Christian Ministries” and designate it to “SALT” (Scriptural Advanced Leadership Training).

Mailing address: 1300 East University Blvd. Melbourne, FL. 32901

If you wish to donate online, you may use this link (and select SALT for designation):

https://gorcm.org/product/donate-to-rcm/

[This is Rev. Rudy Poettcker,
missionary with Reformation Christian Ministries (RCM), giving you a brief update.]

Greetings in Him Who lives and reigns forever!

I trust you all had a blessed Lord’s Day (in a special way celebrating the resurrection of our Lord).

CLA in Suriname returns to classes this Tuesday. Please pray for all who work there to be renewed in their service to the Lord at CLA. PTL for how the construction is going. Many items are being completed on the inside for the residence of the Hamids. While they are still having to wait to move over, they are very thankful for this new residence for them. The Lord truly is blessing CLA through them and it is a joy to see that they will have a more comfortable place to live.

In the Seminary (RITS) we have just enrolled a new full-time student. He is living in France, from Pakistan, and is most eager to be trained in Reformed theology for ministry there in France. His personal testimony is rather moving and encouraging. I’ll copy a small part of it:

Since in Europe, I had the privilege of visiting over 30 churches across various countries and engaging with Christians from diverse backgrounds and ethnicities. It is disheartening to realize that a significant portion of Christianity in Europe adheres to doctrinal beliefs that deviate from bible teaching. … This misinterpretation portrays God as lacking in holiness and justice, emphasizing only unconditional love that seemingly tolerates sin without a call to repentance. Such theological distortions undermine the core principles of biblical doctrine. … I have faced expulsion from churches simply for asking questions from the bible about how they practice things which the bible does not command. Under the shadow of European culture people tend to stick to tradition they have been taught, and completely destroy the teaching of Christ. Their focus is often on keeping others happy rather than honoring the Lord. … Their worship often takes on more theatrics to entertain the people than to glorify God. God helped me to understand things more clearly and He put the deep desire in me to serve His church faithfully.

Please do pray for him in his studies, along with prayer for all the students with RCM (College, Seminary, and at CLA).

Praising the Lord for His work through RCM/SALT,