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Imagine
that... if you have faith and you believe that
the Lord Jesus Christ came down from Heaven to
die for your sins, you will be saved and gain
eternal life! What a future for those
who respond to this message in true
faith! What a
blessing! Yes, what comfort!
Welcome to this page of
the Voice of the
Church web site
entitled
Our
Mission.
It has been presented by the Canadian
Reformed
Broadcasting
Association
on behalf of the Canadian and American Reformed
Churches in North America. This page is used to
make you more familiar with the creeds and the
doctrinal standards of this denomination. They
can be found on our church's website: www.canrc.org
UPDATE: Messages
aired on our broadcast can now be viewed and
downloaded from www.sermonaudio.com
and a real
audio version
is available from this site
UPDATE: An online
Bible Study Course is now available and can be
downloaded from www.giftfromheaven.com
First
presented on October 3, 2002 at
the League Of Home Missions meeting
held
in Burlington, ON. and updated on a semi-annual
basis.
1. History
The radio broadcast
"The Voice of the Church" has been in
existence for 43 years. Its first message was
broadcast on May 4/68 on KARI AM in Blaine,
Washington, USA. For the last 31 years the Voice
of the Church has been recorded and produced by
the CRBA which is based in Burlington, ON. This
radio evangelism program is produced on behalf of
the 20 supporting Canadian Reformed churches. At
the moment 4 stations carry our weekly program
and our meditations are available on www.sermonaudio.com
2. The Executive
The CRBA executive meets
2-4 times per year to ensure that meditations
have been prepared and that the production of the
weekly broadcast continues uninteruptedly. The
executive presently consists of chairman Peter
deBruin, secretary Cecile deWalle, treasurer
Herman Hobbelink and producer Harpert VanderWel.
3. The CRBA and the
VOC
The mandate of the CRBA is
to promote the message of the Gospel via the
radio broadcast and to distribute printed
material. Supporting churches are assessed per
communicant member in order to pay for the
recording and production of the weekly broadcast,
the Voice of the Church. The income generated by
this assessment is only used to pay for the
expenses of the CRBA, and is not intended for
paying for radio time. Each radio station that
carries the broadcast invoices the supporting
churches in that area, and this process does not
involve tthe CRBA. Responses to the radio
broadcast come to us via the regular mail, email
or via the website. The www.sermonaudio.com site sends us monthly reports on
the number of downloads (see statistics below).
4. Production
The meditations are
received and read at our studio by our reader,
Peter deBruin. The title is added and these files
are then combined with suitable music to complete
the program. Churches or Home mission committes
are invited to place announcements at the end of
each broadcast along with the tag of the(ir)
supporting church(es). Programs such as VBS,
Bible study programs and Choir concerts can be
advertised on the weekly broadcast. All
broadcasts are aired on the same weekend on radio
stations WDCX - FM, CIMJ - FM, CIXM-FM, CFAM -
AM. WDCX-FM hosts our broadcast on Saturdays as
well. Each program ends with a tag that
identifies the sponsoring committee or church.
The titles of the weekly meditations are uploaded
to the website and emailed to various church
bulletin editors. All sponsoring churches in our
federation are kept informed of our activities
and they receive press releases of our meetings.
5. Recent
developments
A number of years ago our
mandate was amended to allow students at our
Theological Seminary, who have entered into their
3rd or 4th year of study, to participate in the
preparation of meditations for the "Voice of
the Church". Ministers of the United
Reformed Churches in North America (URCNA) now
also participate in this outreach program. We
continue to maintain our website, www.voiceofthechurch.org and it contains pertinent, up to
date information about the work of the CRBA and
its evangelism outreach radio program. We are
also featured on the internet at www.sermonaudio.com. Audio files of the meditations are
converted to mp3 files, and they are uploaded to
the sermonaudio.com/votc webpage. Once they are on the
website, they can be downloaded or you can listen
to the mp3 files if you have the appropriate
software installed. We have recently updated
these statistics:
6. Statistics:
69,278
total sermon page views (hits)
have been logged
26,348
meditations have been downloaded or
streamed
17,487
visitors have visited our Home page
357 meditations
were uploaded to our site
43 were
downloaded to a mobile device
20
emails were sent to friends
Total
Downloads per month:
2002: May
= 72, June = 38, July = 35, August = 18,
September = 33, October = 14, November = 17,
December = 84
2003:January
= 82, February = 60, March = 79, April = 64, May
= 45, June = 64, July = 43, August = 50,
September = 62, October = 106, November = 103 ,
December = 205
2004:January
= 99, February = 162, March = 158, April = 221,
May = 76, June = 66, July = 87, August = 106,
September = 142, October = 126, November = 116 ,
December = 143
2005:January = 223,
February = 147, March = 90, April = 101, May =
67, June = 87, July =67 , August =66 , September
= 107, October = 120, November = 671, December =
243
2006:January
= 358, February = 284, March =282 , April = 265, May = 123, June = 122, July
=116 , August =312 , September = 202, October =
200, November = 171, December = 129
2007:January
= 157, February = 108, March = 125, April = 117,
May =160, June = 81, July = 132, August = 114,
September = 893, October = 94, November = 150 ,
December = 367
2008: January = 326, February = 313, March
= 506, April = 858, May =1249, June = 823, July =
524, August
= 425, September = 893, October = 207, November =
493 , December = 530
2009:
January =
1237, February = 485, March = 579, April = 494,
May = 454, June = 1176, July = 825, August = 585,
September = 541, October = 207, November = 267,
December = 620
2010:
January = 357, February
= 322, March = 188, April = 121, May = 123, June
= 120, July = 144, August = 108, September = 119,
October = 175, November 634, December ??
2011:
January = , February =
, March = , April = , May = , June = , July = ,
August = , September = , October = , November , December ??
The top 10 sermon
downloads were written by the following authors:
J. VanWoudenberg: 598 copies of
"The True Therapy For Anxiety"
R. Aasman: 401 copies of "The
Great Healer"
J. Ludwig: 354 copies of "Obey
the Lord"
J. Huigen: 481 copies of "Nunc
Dimitis", "Magnificat
(354) "Gloria in Excelsis
(332) "Benedictus"
(326)
D. VandeBurgt: 340 copies of "The
O.T. and the promised Christ # 1",
"The O.T. and the promised Christ #
4 (307)" and "The O.T.
and the promised Christ # 2" (303)
7. Observations
We wish to express our
appreciation to the authors of the meditations
that have so faithfully supported this radio
ministry over the years, as well as an estimated
20 congregations that currently support it
financially. The faithful listeners who continue
to request copies of our meditations and some
even send regular monetary donations to help us
offset our expenses. Lastly, the diligent
committee members who continue to give of their
talents, making sure that, year after year, the
production of this broadcast runs smoothly.
8.
Conclusion
The radio broadcast the "VOICE
OF THE CHURCH" definitely has an audience, and
over the many years of its existence has been
allowed to sow the seed of the Good News. In
doing so the C.R.B.A. is fulfilling the God-given
mandate to proclaim His Name, individually and
collectively, out of thankfulness to our heavenly
Father. We plan to do so as long as we receive
the cooperation of the ministers who need to
provide us with meditations for this weekly
program. We also solicit the prayerful and
financial support of the congregations, for we
realize that we may continue to do this work on
their behalf. Please remember this important work
of radio evangelism in your prayers so that the
seed may fall in rich soil and bear much fruit. Soli
Deo Gloria!!
You
may contact the members of the Executive of the Canadian Reformed Broadcasting Association by writing
to The Voice Of The Church, 1232
Thorpe Road, Burlington, ON. Canada L7S 2B2 or
via email:
Producer
& Interim Chair: Harpert M. VanderWel
Secretary:
Cecile deWalle @ bcdewalle@gmail.com
Treasurer:
Herman Hobbelink: @ h.hobbelink@live.nl
(9 Mountford Drive, Guelph, ON N1E 6E7)
are invited to visit the
VOC website a
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