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: Audio
copies of the messages aired on our broadcast can
now be downloaded from www.sermonaudio.com
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 42 years. Its first message was
broadcast on May 4/68 on KARI AM in Blaine,
Washington, USA. For the last 30 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 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. 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 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, 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 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 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:
24,803
meditations have been listened to
(streamed and downloaded)
62,202
total sermon page views (hits)
have been logged
16,252
visitors have visited our Home page
319 meditations
were uploaded
20
emails sent to friends
7
comments were left
5
guestbook visits
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,
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,
P.O. Box 85449, Burlington, ON. Canada, L7R 4K5 or
via email:
Chair:
Peter deBruin @ pdebruin@cogeco.ca
Secretary:
Cecile deWalle @ bcdewalle@3web.com
Treasurer:
Andrew Westrik @ awestrik@schoolspecialty.ca
Producer:
Harpert VanderWel @ audiopro@cogeco.cated
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