by Doug Van Meter | 29 May 2021 | Brackenhurst Baptist Church (Alberton, South Africa), Churches, Newsletters
Dear brothers and sisters of Sola 5, The past year has been a difficult one for churches across the globe. Brackenhurst Baptist Church (BBC) is no exception. While we are thankful to God for his kindness in many ways, there is much hard work to do in the wake of...
by Doug Van Meter | 17 Feb 2020 | Brackenhurst Baptist Church (Alberton, South Africa), Churches, Newsletters
I was recently assigned the responsibility of delivering the pastors’ report at Brackenhurst Baptist Church’s (BBC) 41st annual general meeting, held on Wednesday, 12 February 2020. The goal of a pastors’ report is to assess the health of the church, which, at one...
by Stuart Chase | 13 Dec 2019 | Brackenhurst Baptist Church (Alberton, South Africa), Churches, Newsletters
Dear brethren, The past year, as most years, has included great heartache and great joy. It has been a year of ups and downs. This year, the church was privileged to baptise into membership ten new individuals, including one household baptism of five members. This...
by Stuart Chase | 3 Apr 2019 | Brackenhurst Baptist Church (Alberton, South Africa), Churches, Newsletters
In many ways, the last year has been the most difficult we can remember at Brackenhurst Baptist Church (BBC). Between the 2018 and 2019 AGMs, BBC lost 32 members—some through promotion to glory, some through membership transfer, some through discipline, and some...
by Doug Van Meter | 25 Jul 2015 | Brackenhurst Baptist Church (Alberton, South Africa), Churches, Newsletters
2015 has proved, like most years, to be one filled with experiences of highs and lows, blessings and discouragements with reference to church life. Yet most importantly like every year, the Lord proves faithful. Truly the Lord is good to his people. With Christo...
by Christo Beetge | 26 Mar 2014 | Brackenhurst Baptist Church (Alberton, South Africa), Churches, Newsletters
Herewith a brief update from Brackenhurst Baptist Church (BBC) in Alberton, South Africa. The first three months of 2014 have presented our faith-family at BBC with a number of encouragements and some challenges. Amongst these we can mention the following for your...
