Imagine...
if you have faith and you believe that the Lord
Jesus Christ came down to die for your sins, you
will be saved and gain eternal
life! What a future! What a blessing !
and yes, what comfort!
Welcome to the Mission
page of the Voice
of the Church web
site. This page is used to outline our
mission with respect to the work of
evangelism. Here you'll find a summary of our history,
purpose, observations, recent
statistics and conclusions. Feel free to
contact us at the CRBA for more information about
this website or about the radio stations that
carry our weekly broadcast, the Voice
of the Church.
We hope that you will find the information to be
helpful to you, no matter what your relationship
with God may be. We invite you to tune
in to our broadcast and listen to
what God has in store for those who love and
trust in Him alone!
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 over almost 40 years. Its first
message was broadcast on May 4/68 on KARI AM in
Blaine, Washington, USA. For the last 28 years
the Voice of the Church has been recorded and
produced by the CRBA, based in Burlington, ON.
This radio evangelism program is produced on
behalf of the 20 supporting churches. At the
moment 4 stations carry our weekly program and
the 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 Pete
deBruin, secretary Cecile deWalle, treasurer
Andrew Westrik and producer Harpert VanderWel.
3. The CRBA, the
VOC and the FVBC
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. The Fraser Valley Broadcasting
Committee (FVBC) also supports this production
and we exchange short reports of our meetings in
order to keep each other informed of our
activities. Responses to the radio broadcast come
to us via the regular mail, email or via the
website. The meditations aired on the broadcast
have also been uploaded on the www.sermonaudio.com site and we get reports on the
number of downloads from this site regularly (see
statistics below).
4. Production
The process starts with
booking studio time to record the meditations by
the reader, Peter deBruin. The resulting audio
file is edited to filter out any interuptions and
restarts. The titles are read into the computer
by our producer and these files are 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, MAGIC - FM,
CFOK - AM, CFAM - AM. One radio station hosts our
broadcast on Saturdays as well (WDCX-FM) 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 receive
press releases of our meetings.
5. Recent
developments
A number of years ago our
mandate was amended to allow students at our
Theological College, who have entered into their
3rd or 4th year of study, to participate in the
preparation of meditations for the "Voice of
the Church". We have also developed this
website, www.voiceofthechurch.org and it contains pertinent
information about the work of the CRBA and its
evangelism outreach radio program. We have also
been able to obtain a presence on the website 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 real audio files if you have the
appropriate software installed. We have compiled
the following statistics for you:
6. Statistics:
17,129
meditations have been listened to
(streamed and downloaded)
49,598
total sermon page views (hits)
have been logged
13,138
visitors have visited our Home page
224
meditations were uploaded
Total
Downloads:
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 = 116, October = 94, November = 150 ,
December = 367
2008:January
= 326, February = 313, March =
The
top 10 sermon downloads were written by the
following authors:
J.
VanWoudenberg: 439/502 copies of "The true
therapy for anxiety"
R. Aasman:
290/357 copies of The Great Healer, 240/276
copies of "Against you Lord have I
sinned", 180/276 copies of "Joy is
fruit of the spirit"
J. Ludwig:
240/293 copies of "Obey the Lord"
B.
Tiggelaar: 218/262 copies of
"Unfaithfulness"
J. Huigen:
214/396 copies of "Nunc Dimitis" add:
266 copies of "Magnificat" & 255
copies of "Gloria in Excelsis" &
249 copies of "Benedictus"
D.
VandeBurgt: 263 copies of "The O.T. and the
promised Christ"
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
can contact the members of the Executive of the Canadian Reformed Broadcasting Association by writing
to The Voice Of The Church,
P.O. Box 85449, Burlington, ON. Canada, L7R 4K5 or
via email:
Chair:
Peter deBruin @ pdebruin@mountaincable.net
Secretary:
Cecile deWalle @ bcdewalle@3web.com
Treasurer:
Andrew Westrik @ awestrik@fcpremier.com
Producer:
Harpert VanderWel @ audiopro@cogeco.cated
to visit the VOC website a
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