The Reformed Fellowship board often agonizes over how to accomplish effectively the organization’s stated purpose in the twenty-first century. According to Article 2 of the Reformed Fellowship Articles of Incorporation, “The purpose or purposes of this corporation are as follows: to study the Reformed faith and to develop its implications as it relates to all of human life and activity; to disseminate and defend the Reformed faith in opposition to all errors, heresies and trends of thought hostile to the development of a full-orbed and fully committed Christian life; to encourage and promote respect for the Reformed tradition by all lawful means; to publish Reformed periodicals and literature.”

We have previously reported how more recently prison inmates learn about Reformed Fellowship and as they contact us how we are able to minister to them. Also in more recent years, the Internet is playing a significant role in our ongoing ministry. People in foreign countries find the Reformed Fellowship website and learn about our books. We continually receive requests to translate some of our books into other languages, which so far have been translated into eleven languages.

An interesting and encouraging email was just recently received from a man in Pakistan:

I am very happy to write yo u this email in the hope to hear from you. I found yo ur website and came to know more things about Christianity. I am interested to learn about Christianity therefore I request you to send me some information about basic knowledge. What is Christianity? What is Bible? Who is Jesus? I have very limited knowledge about it, as I live in very strange country Pakistan where I am not able to find any Christians. Even it is not allowed to learn about Christianity in my country. I live among Muslim majority and I belong to Hindu religion. I will be thankful to you for your help by sending me some material to learn about Christianity. I am careful and not to tell others about it, otherwise I will be get in troubles.

When a man asks these questions that we take so much for granted, what an opportunity. Because it seemed that he knew about the Internet, since he found our website, and due to his fear of being caught with a Bible, I sent him a link to find the Bible where he can read it online.

A reply was soon received in which he said:

Thank you very much for your very encouraging email. I am very happy to hear from you. The teaching is very beautiful to understand it teaches me m any new things about Christian faith. Yes, it is very hard to get Bible copy here but I went online and am able to read it online that you gave me the link. It helps me a lot to learn about God and creation and story of Jesus. I have come to know and realize that I need salvation and I want to believe in Jesus. I need your prayers for me. I have not told my wife yet but I would help her to understand about Christianity.

Another message was received where he asked about prayer. The latest communication from this man came with the following good news:

I am sorry for the delay in replying, because of my wife was not agreed with me to learn about Christianity. She was against of it. My father in law also forced me not to contact any Christians. I was very sad and disappointed at this point. But I continued to pray for my wife and for my father in law. I am very thankful to you for your nice email and with very nice detailed information about Prayer which I learned deeply from you. It taught me so wonderful about how to pray. No w after many days, my wife noticed once that I was praying for her and for my father in law in my room in my privacy. It touched my wife an d she came to me and asked how it is possible to be soften by heart. I shared with her things about how God has changed my life. I shared so many things which she found good to hear. She listened to me very carefully. I taught her about what I learned from you. Now I have been learning more things in deep about Christian faith. It is so nice that I am feeling such a joy spiritually, my wife is now also happy to be learning about Christian faith. Please pray for my father in law and for my wife that we both continue to grow in our spiritual growth.

Another email was received from someone as follows:

My name is gary I am 61 and grew up in church but I was never one of Christ’s sheep I hear christ in the bible but I don’t hear his inward voice in my heart I am so frightened I don’t hear inwardly because I am not on of Gods sheep I want to be one of Gods sheep how do I do that I am so afraid I was like this for a long time and I am frightened and scared all the time.

Sadly, sending Gary a number of encouragements that he can have assurance of salvation and that he must bring it to Jesus, at the time of this writing the same concern continues to be received.

To God be the glory for his work in these people’s lives!

Please note that the emails are reproduced here without editing.

Mr. Myron Rau is chairman of the board of Reformed Fellowship, Inc.