Dear BPCWA worshipper, In last week’s pastoral, I explained how church membership can affect the faith and unity of the church.  Peace in a church is something that we must treasure.  But membership is not the only thing that can affect how the church will be effective in furthering God’s work.  Lessons about the church session and elections.  It is easy to put someone into a leadership position but removing the person may not be so easy.  1) Everyone who is considered for leadership positions must hold on to the doctrines that we stand for.  If they are not eligible or if they know that they are disqualified from a leadership position, they should decline to take up these positions.  

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Dear BPCWA worshipper, We thank God for His merciful keeping of BPCWA for the past 35 years.  Last month, we traced our church history at our 4-part Church Study Series.  We thank God for His providential provision of much available documentation that allowed us to confidently review our history knowing that it was from documented facts.  The provision and review of such documentation is yet another testimony of God’s providential care over our church – what greater care would He have over His Word!  I want to take some time to recap some key lessons we learned and must remember at this church series.  A quick recap of our roots and history.  1) BPCWA was BP’s 1st mission outreach to

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Dear BPCWA worshipper, Last Sunday we celebrated our church’s 35th Anniversary with a dinner together.  I want to take the opportunity to expand upon and revisit some points about the exhortation from 1 Timothy 3:15 which I gave that night.  This is so that those present will be reminded, and that the whole church will also know what BPCWA should be as a church, be stirred to persevere to be such a church, and how we can be sure that God will continue to protect this church of His, and your part to play to ensure that. 1 Timothy 3:15, states, “But if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how thou oughtest to behave thyself in the house of

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Dear BPCWA worshipper, Celebrating Easter was something that we always took for granted, until the COVID-19 lockdown last year when all our services were conducted online and the church was empty on Easter Sunday.  Even our traditional Anniversary dinner had to be cancelled and we held a thanksgiving Anniversary service that night in lieu.  God works all things for good in His Sovereign plan, and I hope that the pastoral today will help us to be more thankful that things are different this year.  Thankful for regathering.  In a situation that we would never have imagined before, last Easter was spent either alone or with our families at home.  One thing that we missed very much, though we could livestream

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