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"Isaiah Birt’s ministry in Plymouth lasted over 30 years. About 1815, he moved to Birmingham, where his son in the faith and dear friend, Samuel Pearce, had pastored until his death in 1799. For a dozen years, Birt ministered to this body of believers, preaching “only twice on the Lord’s Day” but also on many weekday evenings. Eventually, physical weakness made this impractical. Then he stepped down, moved to London, and preached for others as he was able."

John Colquhoun - The Law and the Gospel - 1815 Does upholding the law compromise the freeness and fullness of the gospel? In this classic work, John Colquhoun helps us to understand the importance of knowing the relationship between law and gospel. In one of the most outstanding Reformed studies on the topic, Colquhoun encourages believers to combat both legalism and antinomianism by joyfully embracing a correct view of the law centered on the Person of Christ.

The same questioner who inquired about Rebooting a Church Plant submitted the following to the Pastor's Inbox: What about reforming an existing church? #CBTSeminaryInformed Scholarship | Pastoral HeartHelping the church to prepare men to undertake the full range of pastoral responsibilities in serving Christ and His kingdom.Visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://cbtseminary.org/⁠⁠⁠⁠

This lecture was delivered in the classroom of Covenant Baptist Theological Seminary by guest lecturer, John Divito. Confessional, Affordable, Theological Education CBTS is a Confessional Reformed Baptist Seminary Providing Affordable Online Theological Education to Help the Church in its Calling to Train Faithful Men for the Gospel Ministry.

"Last time I presented a study of the conversion and 51 year pastoral ministry of Philip Gibbs at the Particular Baptist Church in Plymouth. The man who baptized him was Crispin Curtis, the pastor of the church in Kingsbridge, who also served for about 50 years. One of the ways the Lord blessed both of these men’s long pastorates was in the raising up of other men. Gibbs and Curtis not only rightly handled the word of truth, but they also entrusted it to faithful men, as the apostle Paul prescribed. One of these faithful men of Pastor Gibbs, was named Isaiah Birt."

Confessional, Affordable, Theological Education CBTS is a Confessional Reformed Baptist Seminary Providing Affordable Online Theological Education to Help the Church in its Calling to Train Faithful Men for the Gospel Ministry.

We have recently discontinued efforts for a church plant at this current time. I would appreciate insights on how and when to reboot/restart a plant. How does that factor in new/different people? #CBTSeminary Informed Scholarship | Pastoral Heart Helping the church to prepare men to undertake the full range of pastoral responsibilities in serving Christ and His kingdom. Visit ⁠⁠⁠https://cbtseminary.org/⁠⁠⁠

This lecture was delivered by Dr. Tom Ascol in the class "Preaching I" for CBTSeminary. Confessional, Affordable, Theological Education CBTS is a Confessional Reformed Baptist Seminary Providing Affordable Online Theological Education to Help the Church in its Calling to Train Faithful Men for the Gospel Ministry.

"At some point Philip was apprenticed to a tailor in the nearby market town of Kingsbridge. One day around his 15 th birthday, he was at work and a woman member of the Baptist church arrived on horseback. She urged Philip to join her in hearing a minister of the Establishment who had just come to town. His name was George Whitefield. Gibbs agreed and got up on the horse behind her. Now hear him tell the rest of the story..."

C.H. Spurgeon - Beware of the Enchanted Ground #CBTSeminary Informed Scholarship | Pastoral Heart Helping the church to prepare men to undertake the full range of pastoral responsibilities in serving Christ and His kingdom. For more information, visit: CBTSeminary.org