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Our new Northeast Fellowship event, Reconnect, has met in Ithaca so far.
We’re ready to take it on the road to bring it to other locations.
First stop: Syracuse!
Grace Baptist of Pennellville will host the event, with in-depth teaching on the Dead Sea Scrolls and Second Temple Literature, on Wednesday, September 23, in two sessions split by lunch, 10am – 2:30pm.
Registration is open: ReconnectSyracuse.ezregister.com.
For the 3rd consecutive year, Townville Baptist of PA hosts the event – our advanced, Level 3 training.
REGISTRATION FORMS: Online / 2026 Postal Mail
For the 1st time ever, Central Baptist of Binghamton, NY hosts this event – our introductory, Level 1 training.
REGISTRATION FORMS: Online / Postal Mail
Cost = $75 per church group
In keeping with our Northeast Fellowship Core Values, the NF offers Deacon Forums to provide basic training for these church leaders. Pastors and deacons are encouraged to attend together. Dr. Jim Vogel and Pastor LD Maxson lead this NF event.
Deacon Forum events are scheduled in churches with a goal of reaching and including other area churches. Feel free to share this website with other local churches.
We’re happy to bring this event to your area if you have a group of interested churches.
Happy Summer!
Follow these links for some NF summer highlights:
Summer Newsletter is now available.
Summer Video Playlist is also available.
Reconnect 2 hits Tuesday, June 23, at Tabernacle Baptist, Ithaca. You can register now for this special day of in-depth teaching.
Get Ready for Reconnect 2!
Our first event, on Tuesday, March 31, brought a hearty attendance and spirited time of exploring scholarly topics from a practical perspective: the Dead Sea Scrolls and Second Temple Judaism.
Our second event, coming on Tuesday, June 23, brings us back to Tabernacle Baptist, Ithaca, with their pastor, Elijah Beltz, sharing on 2 key topics:
THE USE OF THE OLD TESTAMENT IN THE NEW TESTAMENT: We will unpack key questions related to the NT authors quoting the OT: Do the NT authors exegete the OT accurately? Do they use rabbinical exegetical practices? Do they change the meaning of the text? And can we use their same methods when teaching the OT?
MODERN HERMENEUTICAL PROBLEMS: We will explore some of the modern challenges to the historical grammatical means of interpretation—historical criticism, various reader-response theories, and Theological Interpretation of Scripture. How can understanding the landscape of hermeneutical ideas sharpen our Bible teaching?
You can register online now.
You can be part of our first ever Reconnect.
Our inaugural event takes place on Tuesday, March 31, Tabernacle Baptist, Ithaca.
This event explores unique topics from a scholarly perspective.
For the first, Pastor Elijah Beltz teaches on the Dead Sea Scrolls and the Second Temple.
Register today; join us Tuesday.
The fun finale of this year’s Marriage Refresh event was the making of a video, with each couple sharing their number of years married, from most newlywed to longest tenured marriages.
And the internet liked it!
Within 24 hours, it rocketed past any previous NF video in total views. It also brought additional attention to our NF YouTube page and its other videos.
It continued to amass views, escalating into the thousands . . and hundreds of thousands. And today, it surpassed 1 million.
Have you seen it yet?
Check out the million view video.
JANUARY 18 UPDATE – After reaching the million mark in 11 days, the video has added another million in the last 7 days.
JANUARY 23 UPDATE – And 5 days later the video exceeded 3 million total views.
JANUARY 29 UPDATE – 4 million!
The Rise Up ’26 promo package will be released!
Are you on the mailing list? Subscribe here. (Be sure to click “Rise Up Men’s Conference” on the list at the bottom of the page.)
This package includes details on theme, speakers, activities, schedule, motels, and more!
Can’t wait? Check out the news now.
we’ve got highlights from 2025 to “muse” and celebrate over
~ especially about new pastors for our pastorless churches ~
as well as new faith-building events in 2026.
