Gentlemen,

With great joy we give you our greeting in the name of our Great Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, who gave His life to purchase us unto our Father, who alone provides justification and reconciliation to repentant believing sinners, and now sits at the Right Hand of the Throne of God, ruling all for God’s Glory and His church’s well-being. We trust each of you are well and your soul is prospering by His grace.

This message is being sent to the officers of those churches which have expressed interest and/or participated in the writing of the Constitution of the Texas Area Association of Reformed Baptist Churches (TAARBC). Included are a few men who were not involved in that but have asked to be informed of our proceedings. If you know of others who might want to know of our endeavor but are not on this list, please feel free to forward this message. Our intention is that any church in the Texas area (including states that border Texas), whose messengers are willing to participate in our meetings and Associational endeavors, is welcome to join, provided the church meets all membership requirements (see Section IV of the TAARBC Constitution, which is attached).

I’m writing to confirm that the Charter Meeting for the TAARBC is scheduled for 6 PM, Sunday, January 18, 2009, at Heritage Baptist Church, Mansfield, TX. Our speaker will be Pastor Arden Hodgins, Trinity Reformed Baptist Church, LaMirada, CA, member of the Southern California Association of Reformed Baptist Churches. This meeting is for the congregations and officers of the churches that are joining the Association and any others who are interested but not joining. We will serve refreshments afterward, so please send us a reply of your intention and an approximate number of those who will accompany you.

At this meeting the officers/messengers of each church which joins will sign our charter document. Although we did not discuss it, also attached is a membership application which we ask the Pastor(s) of each church to fill out and return after a church vote in the affirmative. Charter churches do not need a sponsoring church. Please have your two messengers sign the application. If you are joining but have questions about the application, let me know. Please have your church vote on membership, fill out the application, and send it to our secretary for our permanent records prior to the Charter Meeting.

Due to the distance that some have to travel, our church and Faith Community Baptist Church, Fort Worth, will have homes for those who would like them. In past conferences, we have always had plenty of folks who are willing to have overnight guests in their homes; just let us know. There are several hotels in Mansfield: Comfort Inn, Holiday Inn Express, LaQuinta, Best Western, and Hampton Inn. If you would like to come and spend the weekend in the area, let us know; we welcome your fellowship.

Grace and Peace in Christ,

Pastor Larry Vincent
Acting Moderator
lvincent@reformedbaptist.org

Pastor Jeff Young
Acting Secretary
jeff.richard.young@verizon.net

For housing requests, contact:
Rachel Garrick
HBC Church Secretary
rgarrick@reformedbaptist.org.