Independence Reformed Bible Church

Fourth of July Worship at Woodcrest Retreat Center

Sunday, July 3

10:15 AM

225 Woodcrest Road, Ephrata, PA

Fellowship Dinner Following

There will be no services at Conestoga Christian School on

July 3

Lancaster Newspaper Online (LNP) reported Friday, June 24th, that the

Independence Reformed Bible Church engaged in some sort of hate-filled

protests in Lititz on Sunday, the 19th, at a pride festival.  The story is riddled

with innuendo, half-truths, and outright falsehoods and tries to paint our

church as advocating for some sort of governmental overthrow.

The truth is that some from our church did visit Lititz on that day to advocate

for Christ and His church.  Our church believes in the truth and accuracy of

Bible plus the dangers and reality of sin.  The outreach was intended to

provide opportunities for discussion amongst those who would celebrate an

unbiblical lifestyle.

The LNP pointed out a sign amongst our group that read “Christ Hates Pride”

which is a view expressed over and over in the Bible.  It’s fair to say that God

hates sin, it’s fair to say that pride is at the root of most sin, and it’s fair to say

it in public.

Speaking of truth, what can we say about the LNP’s report that one of our

group was holding a sign that said, “Burn Gays?”  This is simply false.

Among other inaccuracies of the LNP article is that our church was involved

in an educational event scheduled by the Mid-Atlantic Reformation Society

(MARS).  Although there is overlap in the leadership of our church and MARS,

the MARS educational event was to explore the origins and changes in the

Pennsylvania Constitution and was entirely unrelated to the Sunday

outreach.

There’s more, but we hope you get the point: The LNP report was a vicious

hatchet-job masquerading as news.

We understand that the LNP is in the business of selling newspapers and

controversy sells.  However, creating controversy by casting our church as a

terrorist group and smearing as haters those of us who are concerned about

the eternal welfare of others sheds more light on the editorial bias of the

LNP than it does on what happened in Lititz.

Join us each Sunday at

the Conestoga Christian School location.

Conestoga Christian School

2760 Main St, Morgantown, PA 19543

https://maps.app.goo.gl/3jCFgi2mE7ijHhfRA

Sunday School 9 AM

Worship 10:15 AM

FIRST SUNDAYS OF EACH MONTH

No Sunday School, but please

join us for fellowship dinner

after the 10:15 worship service.