National Reform Association Conference -- Fri. Nov. 16th, 7pm

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NATIONAL REFORM ASSOCIATION (NRA)

Publisher of the Christian Statesman

Annual Conference* – Friday Nov. 16th 7pm

Providence Reformed Presbyterian Church

“Restoring the Roots”

Christ's Kingship and the Centrality of the Local Community

Rev. William H. Chellis, M.Div., J.D., Pastor, Rochester , NY RPC

Founder – De Regno Christi blog – to advance discussion and awareness of Christ’s Reign over the Nations

“The Trinitarian Theocratic Imperative vs. Polytheistic Pluralism”

A Christ-centered contemplation of the Great Commission and a Journey through History

Pastor Tony Cowley - Pastor Fairmount Presbyterian Church

Former NRA President and former editor of Christian Statesman

Contributor - Explicitly Christian Politics

WHEN: Friday, Nov 16th, 7:00 pm

WHERE: Providence Reformed Presbyterian Church (South Hills, near Dormont/Brookline)

2001 Pioneer Ave. (South Hills), Pittsburgh , PA 15226 (412 388-1099)

RSVP (Wed Nov. 14th): Patrick Marx [ [email protected] , (412) 260-9900 c]

DIRECTIONS (bottom) and SPEAKERS BIOS (below)

SPEAKER BIOS

Rev. William H. Chellis, M.Div., J.D., Pastor, Rochester , NY RPC

Pastor Chellis grew up in the small town of Jeffersonville in the lower Catskill Mountains of New York. There he developed a love for the simplicity of agrarian virtues and the beauty of God’s creation. Having received his B.S. in Political Science from SUNY Oneonta, Pastor Chellis earned his Juris Doctorate from Villanova University School of Law.

Pastor of the Rochester Reformed Presbyterian Church, Bill writes a monthly column for the Reformed Presbyterian Witness entitled De Regno Christi and hosts a blog discussion bearing the same name. He serves as co-editor of Semper Reformanda: A Covenanter Theological Review. Bill’s writings have also appeared in the Christian Statesman.

Bill is also an active Attorney and a serves as Walworth Town Chairman of the New York Conservative Party. He is married to his high school sweetheart Katrina.

Pastor Tony Cowley - Pastor Fairmount Presbyterian Church

Anthony Alan Cowley was born in New York City , the youngest of eight children in a Swedenborgian family. Tony lived in Bryn Athyn , PA (attending the Academy of the New Church ) where his great grandfather had been a founding member of a New Church (Swedenborgian) Society. He was converted to orthodox Christianity at age 15, but struggled for five years in coming to clarity on the nature of God and the gospel of grace. He was baptized in Monterey , Calif. In 1978, and started attending a Reformed Church in 1981, while serving in the U.S. Army at Ft. Riley, Kansas as a Russian Voice Interecept Operator. He started attending the RP Seminary in Pittsburgh in 1984 while finishing his BA in Russian Literature and History at the University of Pittsburgh . He worked as a clerk and paralegal for one year, then worked for the Education and Publication office of the RPCNA from 1986-1990 while completing his M.Div. at RPTS. He was ordained into the gospel ministry by the Atlantic Presbytery of the RPCNA on June 9, 1990 at Elkins Park Reformed Presbyterian Church (near Philadelpha , PA ). He became involved with the National Reform Association while in Seminary, and later served as President of the Board. He became pastor of the Minneola R.P. Church in 1998, serving on various boards and committees, including the E&P Board and the Synod Worship Committee. In 2004 he was called to pastor the Fairmount Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church in Sewickley , PA , where he now serves. He is married to Natalie Rose Cowley (5/25/81) and is father of five children - Sarah Marie Luper (Married to Josh Luper on November 3rd, age 24), Shawn Alastair Christian (21), Christina Elisabeth (16), Samuel David (14) and Elineke Rose (8). He has preached in Russia (1994) and Cyprus (1996) and edited The Christian Statesman and written for Semper Reformanda and the Reformed Presbyterian Witness, and is a contributor to the NRA’s Explicitly Christian Politics.

MISSION of the NATIONAL REFORM ASSOCIATION

Maintain & promote in our national life Christian principles of civil government, which include, but are not limited to, the following:

1. Jesus Christ is Lord in all aspects of life, including civil government. Jesus Christ is,

therefore, the Ruler of Nations, and should be explicitly confessed as such in any constitutional documents.

2. The civil ruler is to be a servant of God, he derives his authority from God and he is duty-bound to govern according to the expressed will of God.

3. The civil government of our nation, its laws, institutions, and practices must therefore be conformed to the principles of Biblical law as revealed in the Old and New Testaments.

DIRECTIONS: 2001 Pioneer Ave. (South Hills), Pittsburgh , PA 15226 (412 388-1099)

From North or Pittsburgh (or coming from 376 East or 376 West):

· Go through the Liberty Tunnels heading Southbound (Becomes Rt. 19, then Washington Rd. )

· Left on Pioneer Ave. Go 1.0 mile Church is on left.

From East or West of Pittsburgh (on 51 East or West):

· Go Southbound on Rt. 19. Go .1 miles

· Left on Pioneer Ave. Go 1.0 mile Church is on left.

From South of Pittsburgh (get on Washington Rd. ):

· Washington Rd. Northbound. Becomes W. Liberty Ave. then Rt. 19)

· Left on Pioneer Ave (before you reach Rt. 51 and Liberty Tunnels). Go 1.0m Church is on left
 
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