#2:Parting Words of Counsel to Members and Friends of Trinity Baptist Church Part 2

At the annual church business meeting of Trinity Baptist Church in January of 2006, Pastor Martin announced to the congregation that it was his intention to relinquish his place as one of their pastors and to relocate to western Michigan some time in the year 2008. An approximate date of June 15 has now been set for that move and relocation.

Since his arrival in Caldwell, NJ in July 1962, nearly forty-six years have passed in which Pastor Martin has sought to serve His Lord by serving as one of the under-shepherds and pastors of Trinity Baptist Church. In the remaining weeks, he intends to highlight those biblical truths and perspectives which have constituted the dominant and all-encompassing passion of his labors for these forty-six years. Under the general title of “My Parting Counsel to the Members and Friends of Trinity Baptist Church.”

In this second sermon Pastor Martin stresses the need for the people of God to hold fast to biblical churchmanship concerning the unique place of the church, doctrinal purity, and biblical standards for church membership.