March 2008 Newsletter
Dear Co-laborers in Missions,
Greetings in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ! The Westminster Biblical Missions Newsletters are designed to give you current updates on the growing progress of the Lord’s work in Pakistan. Future WBM Newsletters will feature various ministries employed to further the kingdom of God in that country. This month’s issue focuses on the training of men for the gospel ministry at the Presbyterian Theological Seminary at Lahore, Pakistan. We want to keep you informed of the ministries of Westminster Biblical Missions, so that you may gain a more detailed understanding of the matters to keep in prayer as well as the financial contributions needed to support the work of the Lord.
The Seminary Students
Presently, the Presbyterian Theological Seminary of Pakistan has six students. We thank the Lord for raising up young men for the ministry. Pray that God will mightily bless these young men as they prepare for the ministry and that God will call even others to fill the pulpits in the needy churches of Pakistan.
Pictured below are this year’s seminary students.
Imran Nazir - 1st Year
Sultan Barkat - 1st Year
Abid Sadiq - 1st Year
Akhiz Noor - 1st Year
Javed Akhtar - 2nd Year
Moqsood Boota-3rd Year
The Providential Seminary Beginning
The Presbyterian Theological Seminary at Lahore arose from “…a small group of believers under the leadership of an elder (who) formed the Bible-Believing Lahore Church Council Lahore (BBLCCL).” (Rev. Sardar Din) Looking for help to establish faithful reformed churches in Pakistan, the elder was sent to seek assistance from friends in the United States. “Some faithful believers responded to the call (to Pakistan). They got together and formed Westminster Biblical Missions (WBM) to help the Bible Believing Lahore Church Council Lahore for the cause of Christ. The first request by the Bible Believing Lahore Church Council Lahore was to open a seminary in order to train young men for the ministry. We thank the Lord that WBM helped the Bible Believing
Lahore Church Council Lahore to open the seminary in 1974. Praise the Lord that 80% (of the pastors) in the Bible Believing Lahore Church Council Lahore are graduates from our seminary.” (Rev. Sardar Din)
The Purpose For Establishing the Seminary
The purpose in starting the Presbyterian Theological Seminary at Lahore was for the following reasons:
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To train young people who would have the effectual call from the Lord to do His bidding in the land of Pakistan.
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To build people in the Lord by giving His true Word and doctrine.
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To make the people aware of the snare of liberalism and the apostasy of the liberals.
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To teach Christians the importance of right living from the Word of God.
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To teach as the Apostle says, ‘…have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.’
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The young people in this seminary will teach the difference between the Christian and non-Christians…
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These young men are trained to teach that people cannot mix light with darkness as the apostate teach and preach …” (Rev. Sardar Din)
The Lord’s Faithfulness
In order to establish and maintain faithful Presbyterian churches in Pakistan, it is imperative to train pastors in a seminary that is faithful and uncompromising in the Word of God. As co-laborers in the gospel, we must support the Presbyterian Theological Seminary at Lahore, Pakistan. The seminary trains its pastors to take a firm stand against the liberalism and apostasy of other existing seminaries and churches in Pakistan that are affiliated with the Presbyterian Church of Pakistan (influenced by the liberal Presbyterian Church of the USA). Modernism and apostasy in many of the Presbyterian churches in Pakistan have been promoted by liberals through the New Confession of Faith of 1967. Various liberal and apostate church groups introduced and promoted that New Confession of Faith through their schools, colleges, missions and churches.” (Rev. Sardar Din) Our seminary is the only one in the area offering an alternative to modernistic teaching.
Our Seminary Professors
God has graciously provided Pakistan with a good seminary and qualified professors to train students for the gospel ministry.
Rev. Sardar Din, Seminary Professor, also serves as Pastor of the Lahore congregation and Secretary of the BBLCCL for WBM in Pakistan.
Rev. Emmanuel Gill is pastor of the Wandala Dial Shah congregation District Sheikhupura and Professor at the Seminary.
Rev. Nasir Lal Din is pastor of two congregations in District Sheikhupura, as well as a Professor at the Seminary.
Shaukat Javed is a full-time Professor at the Presbyterian Theological Seminary, Lahore.Please continue to pray for God’s blessing on this essential work of the Lord, our seminary students and professors. Please prayerfully give as you are able.
Rev. Victor Atallah Our Honored Speaker
Our annual convention, sponsored by the BBLCCL, was blessed to have Rev. Victor Atallah of Middle East Reformed Fellowship as a guest speaker at the October 2007 Conference. Over 3,000 people attended this spiritually edifying conference. Pray that the Word preached will bear much fruit in the attendees’ lives.
In Christ’s Service and Yours,
Dennis E. Roe, Interim Field Chairman; Sadar Ahmed Din, Missionary; Jonathan Merica, Assistant
Posted on May 15th, 2008 by Rev. Dennis Roe
Filed under: Newsletters, Pakistan
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