Reformation Day: Family Night

Join us, Sunday, Nov 2 from 5-7PM for our annual Reformation Day Celebration! This family themed party night will highlight the life and times of William Tyndale who gained famed as he defied Cardinals and Kings and translated the Bible into English. The night will start in the sanctuary with a 20-minute interactive discussion that will introduce ABC to the provocative and yet kind Scottish pastor.


Once we wrap up things in the Sanctuary, we will head to the ABC Fellowship Hall for games and snacks. Lots of Candy and prizes will be on hand help kids appreciate the life and ministry of William Tyndale. To help catch the Middle Age Scottish vibe, we encourage both kids and adults to dress up as a British King or Queen, or as a knight, a monk, or in other Renaissance costumes. We hope you and your family will join us on Nov 2 at 5PM!

Why William Tyndale?

Though he sought to help both the church and the nation of England better understand the God of the Bible, William Tyndale found himself both an enemy of Cardinal Wolsey and of King Henry the VIII. His crime? He translated the Bible into English so that all could experience the love and forgiveness of Jesus. In so doing, he gifted us the text of the Bible in our own language...a gift that was picked up and used by King James Translators for the KJV Bible and which continues to influences translations all throughout the English world.  

What is the Reformation?

On October 31, 1517, Luther nailed the 95 Theses to the door of the Wittenberg Chapel, seeking to debate the practice of indulgences: the idea that salvation and redemption could be bought with earthly coins. 


Luther challenged this practice because he had discovered that the Bible said that salvation came by faith alone and through grace alone. It was a free gift that no man, woman, or child could earn through good works or purchase with their hard-earned money.


Though Luther initially sought to reform the church, he had set in motion the world altering event which historians have now labeled the "Reformation."


Despite Luther's pleas for biblical debate and discussion, the Roman Catholic Church universally rejected Luther's biblical reforms and threatened those who taught Luther's gospel ideas (including Tyndale) with death. Lacking any other option, Luther and the other true followers of Jesus left the corruption of Rome and created a new church founded upon the gospel, namely, the protestant church (a church for those who protested the Catholic Church). 


Baptists, Lutherans, and Presbyterians and many other gospel centered churches exist today because this lone monk in Germany rediscovered the beauty of the true gospel which proclaims that Jesus saves sinners by his grace and mercy through the work of the cross! We celebrate the Reformation because without it we would not have the gospel that we so dearly love.