April 29, 2007
First and foremost, I want to affirm that we are Radnor Baptist Church. Our primary calling and mission is to further the spread of the Gospel of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. We have faithfully and diligently undertaken this quest for 83 years now. Today, I have news of joy and sadness to share.
Over the years we have been faced with changing times and circumstances. Each such instance has been accompanied with its own challenges. In such cases, we have responded accordingly and been found faithful to our primary mission. Sometimes, however, due to the simple passage of time and changes in a community, the vision of a church needs to be redefined. Today we face a different type of challenge. The urbanization of the area around our current facilities over the recent years has had a detrimental impact upon us. We are no longer the neighborhood Church that we once were. Our membership comes to us from a much larger area than the local Woodbine community. With this said, I can advise that the Deacons, after prayerful deliberations, have been revisiting the vision for our ministries in an effort to make recommendations to the membership appropriate to create a renewed vision for the future. This challenge is really an opportunity for the Church to revisit and refocus our mission for RBC which is to serve our Lord and Savior. In fact, this is a joyous new day in the life of our Church.
The sadness of which I speak comes from the fact that the proposed recommendations will entail other changes to our weekday ministries. Our Church is presently reviewing her current status in regards to the weekday ministries of the Academy, Preschool and the summer day camp. Final decisions concerning the aforementioned ministries will be announced in coming days. In the mean time, we will make every effort to assist students, teachers, administration and families in this time of transition.
We ask for your prayers of support during this period of transition. Again, we are and will continue to be Radnor Baptist Church.
To God be the glory!