Archives for January 2024

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

Greetings in the Lord our God!

What a great blessing it is to know that we have one God Who is Lord and Who unites us in a common faith and common obedience. I trust your Lord’s Day worship was a great blessing; may the Lord use it to knit us together in service to Him. Thank you especially for your service in prayer.

The third week of the 2nd Semester went well, PTL. We do have some teachers who were not well and not able to be in class. Some others are also feeling very sick. Please pray for the Lord’s will in it all, and for restoration to health in due time. Thank you for your prayer for the Lord’s blessing at CLA.

The construction at CLA is going along very well; PTL.

We were able to have a zoom meeting as Elders of the Church in Suriname (FPC) with the member. Please pray for God’s great grace to bring good fruits of that meeting. He is sovereign and He is able.

Please also continue to pray for the Otis’ and the afflictions they are in the midst of. (Again, they work with the GNBS, Good News Bible Study).

In service to our God, together with you,

Rev. RP

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/wp/

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 dear prayer partners,

I am so thankful to the Lord for your prayerful support. I pray for the Lord to bless you for it and use it for the furtherance of His Kingdom and His glory.

PTL that the second week of classes in the 2nd Semester at CLA have gone well. We are looking for someone to look after the babies of mothers who are teaching. Please continue to pray for all the teachers and staff, and that the Lord may graciously bless CLA and continue to use the school to affect many people.

Please also pray for the Church in Suriname (FPC), and especially for our anticipated meeting in regards to the discipline of a member (we hope to do that this week via zoom). As Elders we are so much in need of God’s wisdom and to bless the pastoral care of members.

Here in the U.S. I would especially ask you to pray for the Otis’ as they are facing severe afflictions (they work with the GNBS, Good News Bible Study). Pray that the Lord may sustain them and provide for them.

Serving our Lord together with you,

Rev. RP

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/wp/

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 the name of our ruling Lord Jesus!

I have returned to preaching from Acts. It is such a blessing and comfort to see how our Lord rules in all things, and specifically for the spread of the Gospel and the ongoing coming of His Kingdom. His rule gives purpose to SALT and all of RCM. May you also find that a great comfort.

PTL that the first week of classes went well at the school in Suriname (CLA). It began a bit “rocky” as some were away because of sickness and others were away because of a family wedding in Guyana. Thankfully by Wednesday all had returned. Please continue to pray for CLA and for all who serve the Lord there. Also, give thanks for the ongoing progress in construction.

Please also pray for the Church there (FPC). In the near future we as Elders plan to have a meeting via zoom with one of the discipline cases. I ask you to be in prayer for this, and for God’s sovereign grace to work in the heart of this member. Indeed, let us pray for the Church in general; she is under attack in ways we could not even fathom earlier. But, because of our Lord’s rule, His Truth and His purpose will prevail…and that includes through our prayers.

Sincere thanks for your partnership in SALT,

Rev. RP

(Construction Progress): Windows installed.

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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/wp/

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 the Lord our Savior!

I’m sure that for all of us things are getting back to a bit more “normal”! It is true at SALT as well: online students are submitting their work, and today classes resume at CLA in Suriname.

Thank you for your prayer for my online work with students and thank you for your ongoing prayer for CLA (and especially the teachers & staff as they return to their callings at the school). Give thanks to the Lord for the students He sends to RCM (in the College, Seminary, and at CLA). Pray that their studies might be blessed for the furtherance of our Lord’s rule.

Please also continue to pray with thanksgiving for the construction project. It is progressing well, but it is rather difficult to show in pictures since most of the progress is inside now. But from time to time I will try to include a picture from the inside!

Deeply thankful to be serving the Lord together with you all,

Rev. RP

Progress in tile work on inside:

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/wp/

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 the name of our God, Who is from everlasting to everlasting!

Please read Psalm 90, what a glorious Word from God as we look to 2024!

Psalm 90:11-14 11 Who knows the power of Your anger? For as the fear of You, so is Your wrath. 12 So teach us to number our days, That we may gain a heart of wisdom. 13 Return, O LORD! How long? And have compassion on Your servants. 14 Oh, satisfy us early with Your mercy, That we may rejoice and be glad all our days!

I find this a great encouragement and comfort; what we confess the Bible to say, in the Heidelberg Catechism:

28. Q. What does it benefit us to know that God has created all things and still upholds them by His providence?

A. We can be patient in adversity,[1] thankful in prosperity,[2] and with a view to the future we can have a firm confidence in our faithful God and Father that no creature shall separate us from His love;[3] for all creatures are so completely in His hand that without His will they cannot so much as move.[4]

[1] Job. 1:21, 22; Ps. 39:10; James 1:3. [2] Deut. 8:10; I Thess. 5:18.

[3] Ps. 55:22; Rom. 5:3-5; 8:38, 39. [4] Job 1:12; 2:6; Prov. 21:1; Acts 17:24-28.

Some of you may be interested in this (link below). It is by brother John Otis who, with his wife, works in the GNBS (Good News Bible Study) with RCM.

https://triumphantpublications.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Biblical-Defense-of-Young-Earth-Final.pdf

Here is the link to GNBS: https://goodnewsbibleseries.com/

A student in RITS (the Seminary) wrote this (please continue to pray for all the students):

Thanks for the wonderful theological and Biblical education. A true blessing.

In God’s mercy in Christ…Happy New Year!

Rev. RP

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/wp/

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/