Our Mission
Our mission is to encourage, embolden, and equip ministers and other church leaders for the work of Biblical reformation in the churches. To this end we envision informal, voluntary Reformation Societies, where church leaders will meet for the joining of hearts and minds in pursuit of actual and practical reformation in their churches.
Our Goal
Reformation Societies call upon pastors and Christian leaders to unite in our effort to bring reformation to the church by joining a local Reformation Society:
1. To create a network of leaders to cooperate in the work of reforming the church by affirming the conviction of the Cambridge Declaration and to encourage, embolden, and equip one another for the practical implementation of Biblical principles in our churches;
2. To elevate the great truths of the Bible in the life of their churches and regions, particularly the “solas” of the Protestant Reformation. We know by Scripture alone that we are saved because of Christ alone, by grace alone, through faith alone, and all to the glory of God alone.
How Does God Bring Reformation to the Church?
Both Scripture and Church history show God’s readiness to aid His Church in humble repentance and reformation. God brings reformation through the recovery of His Word in the church. King Josiah “read in their hearing all the words of the Book of the Covenant…. then all the people pledged themselves to the covenant” (2 Kings 23:3).In the time of Ezra’s reformation, “They read from the Book of the Law of God, making it clear and giving the meaning so that the people could understand” (Neh. 8:8).
Our duty, therefore, is that of Jude 1:3, “To contend for the faith that was once for all entrusted to the saints.” He adds, “Build yourselves up in your most holy faith and pray in the Holy Spirit… Be merciful to those who doubt; snatch others from the fire and save them; to others, show mercy, mixed with fear” (Jude 1:20,22).
Reformation Societies believe therefore, that the times demand that leaders in Christ’s Church must:
- Confess, before God, their worldliness.
- Humbly ask God for the wisdom and grace necessary for reformation in His Church.
- Seek guidance given to us in God’s infallible and all-sufficient Word.
- Establish the Bible as our churches’ only rule of faith and practice, employing means and seeking ends that are Biblical in principle.
Why A Call to Action?
We must act because worldliness – both in the means we employ and the goals we pursue – has gripped the evangelical Church. We must obey the exalted Lord of the Church and give devotion to His Gospel of Grace, which alone “is the power of God for the salvation of those who believe.” Rom.1:16
Why a Society?
Reformation means standing against the spirit of the age, so pastors and church leaders must join together to encourage, equip, and embolden one another in the work of the Reformation. Most importantly, a society brings the Word of God and prayer to bear on the leaders themselves, strengthening them for the work of a faithful shepherd.
