Dear BPCWAians, Thank God for seeing us through another year, and through last week’s ACM. We serve a Sovereign Lord, and we thank God for His ever-present protecting Hand over His church. For the benefit of all worshippers, I want to recap and make additional reminders about the exhortation I made at the start of our ACM. Act 1:8-11 “But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth. 9 And when he had spoken these things, while they beheld, he was taken up; and a cloud received him out of

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Dear BPCWAians, Today, we will be having our Triennial election and Annual Congregational Meeting. It is a time to give glory and thanks to God for His mercy upon BPCWA and also to recommit our obedience to Him as a church family. In other years, we have probably taken much of this for granted, assuming that it’ll happen next year just as it has happened every other year. History must teach us not to take things for granted. This has not been a typical year. And it will not be a typical ACM either. There are several difficulties that are unique to this year which I’d like to share with you. I hope that when you realise it, you too

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Dear BPCWAians, Next week, we will be having our Annual Congregational Meeting. It is, in a sense, a family get-together to review and update everyone on what’s been happening in the church. Last week, we distributed the reports to members in our church. I hope that every member who has received these reports will take the time to read through the reports, as they are a reflection of what God has done for us. It will help to keep us updated of what has been happening “behind the scenes” over the past year. While life in WA has returned to greater normality than most states, it is still not “normal” according to what we have been used to. We can

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Dear BPCWAians, Last week, we looked at some pitfalls of why churches may get the wrong people into Session. On the flip side, we want to positively look at what we consider whether someone is suitable for Session. While we must be extremely cautious about who to put up, we also must not lose sight of the fact that God did intend for a church to have elders and deacons. We mustn’t swing to the other unbiblical extreme that there is no need for a Board or a Session. The Bible doesn’t reveal a church structure that is run by the congregation at large, but instead it is by His appointed pastor, elders, and deacons. So, we should desire and

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