Are You Called to Be A Patron?


The return of Christ could very well happen in our generation, or perhaps even in our children's generation! My future writings and songs, which I would like to provide free of charge, will be aimed at getting the bride of Christ ready for His return. They will concentrate on:
  1. Defending "the faith which was once for all delivered to the saints" against the intense challenges that are being brought against it in modern times. Before Jesus returns, there will be a great falling away due to a terrible delusion. It will be so convincing that if possible, "even the elect will be deceived." The first stages of this great apostasy may be happening before our very eyes. Christians need to know the answers to the terrible lies against our faith that are being promoted, and will be promoted in the last days.
  2. Walking In The Spirit. These days, with so much iniquity abounding all around us, the love of many is growing cold, just as Jesus said would happen. Many who profess to be Christians are giving in and living compromised, lukewarm lives. They desperately need to know that the call to follow Jesus is a call to:
    • Intimate friendship with God;
    • Walking in the beauty of holiness;
    • Take up one's Cross - we must be being willing to stand up to the world in the face of intense persecution and even death;
    • Walk in the power of the Holy Spirit so that we can obtain victory over sin and temptation.
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  3. How to enjoy church life like the early Christians did - stripped free of extra-biblical traditions that hinder, following the leadership of the Holy Spirit, enjoying Christian fellowship and community. If the persecution of Christians continues to mount, knowing how to meet in homes, in participatory meetings without professional clergy, will become vitally important.

In olden days, promising Christian writers were enabled to write by patrons, people who felt that the writer had valuable contributions to make to the body of Christ, and wanted to promote his writings and research through prayer or financial support.

Supporting my family is a labor of love which I gladly and very willingly do. And yet, I feel called of God to write, and to teach and evangelize in our local house church and community. These things are a part of my very being - I feel unfulfilled when I am not doing them - so they seem to be something that God has created me
in Christ to do. Lately, I have not had the time minister to others to the extent that I feel called to. This means that there is a missing piece to the puzzle, and that is patrons -  people who feel called to participate financially in this ministry. 

Being a patron is a true calling ordained by God, for the Apostle Paul wrote in 1 Corinthians 9:14:  "Even so the Lord has commanded that those who preach the gospel should live from the gospel."

Because the US government is placing limitations on what people can, and cannot say if they have tax-exempt status, I have chosen not to make my ministry tax exempt. For this reason, you will not be able to claim a tax deduction if you become a financial patron. However, patrons - those who help this ministry through either a one time gift or regular gifts (no matter how small), or a commitment to pray for my ministry - will receive the following benefits:

1. Treasure in heaven, where moth and rust will not corrupt;

2. A reward at the Bema seat of Christ for the souls saved and edified through this ministry;

3. A monthly letter detailing my current ministry activities and prayer needs;

4. First copies of new writings before publication, and the opportunity to comment regarding them before they are published.

5. As books are being written, patrons will receive each new chapter as it is completed and the opportunity to comment regarding them before they are published.

6. A link to MP3's of new songs as soon as they are made available online. For some time now, I've been writing Christian songs, and it seems that God has let me know it is now time to record them!

(Please understand that the final say regarding the contents of my writings, however, must be reserved for me, as I am the one who must give an account before God for them.)

Currently, I am working on a book entitled, Continuing the Re Transformation. It approaches reformation not from the perspective of revising rules from the top down, but from that of individuals and Christian assemblies being transformed by Christ, so that they no longer conform to this world and it's customs. 

Through your generous prayers and support, we intend to offer all of my web writings and music MP3's free of charge to all. We also want to offer books, CD's and printed materials free of charge to all who cannot afford them, or a modest donation to cover costs by those who can.

You may read more of my writings at http://www.benotconformed.org and http://www.christhomefellowship.org.

Should you feel called of God to participate in this ministry by prayer, simply notify me at rusty@benotconformed.org. If you feel called to be a one-time or regular financial patron, please notify me at rusty@benotconformed.org, and click below to donate. And of course, you are also welcome to click the link below to donate anonymously if that is what you prefer.