No. 68 OFFICIAL NEWS ORGAN OF THE DEAN BURGON SOCIETY April 2003 - July 2003

"The Words of the Lord are pure Words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times. Thou shalt keep them, O Lord, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever." (Psalm 12:6-7)

Newington, CT for DBS--July 23-24, 2003

The Dean Burgon Society's 25th Anniversary

• DBS Is Ready!

Preparations are now being made for our 25th Annual Dean Burgon Society Meeting to be held July 23-24, 2003 at the Emmanuel Baptist Church and Theological Seminary in Newington, CT.  The Pastor is Dr. Michael Bates.  The Dean of the Seminary is Dr. Thomas Strouse, one of the members of our DBS Executive Committee.  Can you join us for the meeting?

• More DBS Details

To find out more details about the meeting, you can either WRITE The Emmanuel Baptist Church, 296 New Britain Avenue, in Newington, CT 06111, or you may PHONE them at 860-667-6208, or you may FAX them at 860-666-0146.  If you want to know more about our Dean Burgon Society itself, you may CALL us at 856-854-4452 in our offices at 900 Park Avenue, Collingswood, New Jersey.  Why not call the main office to ask about DBS membership.

• Very Special Meet

This July 23-24th meeting of DBS will not be a usual meeting.  It will be unusual.  It represents 25 years of DBS history.  It doesn't seem that long for those of us who have been in this battle for the DEFENSE OF TRADITIONAL BIBLE TEXTS.  Though our personnel have  changed over the years, our Articles of Faith have not.  They are just as true today as when we wrote them 25 years ago.

• Get Audio Tapes

Even if you are able to attend our DBS meeting this year, you may still want to get copies of the audio tapes so you can re-listen to them any time.  You might also have missed one of the 21 messages and this way you could hear them all.  Perhaps you are not able to attend this year.  If this is the case, you might want to get the audio tapes of the meetings as well.  We usually have 8, two-hour cassettes for a gift of $24.00 + $3.00 S&H.  You can pre-order these tapes if you wish and we can send them out when they are ready.
 

• Get Video Tapes

You might want to both hear and see the messages from this year's meetings.  You can do this by getting the video tapes of this year's historic 25th anniversary program.  There are three, six-hour video tapes for a gift of $35.00 + $5.00 S&H. 
 

• Hawthorne Inn   

The Emmanuel Baptist Church secretary, Mrs. Yvonne Kauppinen, has reserved 20 rooms for our DBS people from July 22 through July 24.  She was able to get a special price of $75 per day for the 15 queen size bedrooms and $85 per day for the 5 king size bedrooms.  The address of the Hawthorne Inn is 2387 Wilbur Cross Highway, Berlin, CT 06037. The phone is 860-828-4181.  The FAX is 860-828-1634.  A complimentary break- fast is included in these prices.  Reservations must be made by Wednesday, July 2nd.  The Hartford area is booked solid because of the Greater Hartford Open Golf Tournament, so if you plan to come, I suggest you get your reservations in when you receive this issue of the Dean Burgon News. There are still some rooms available as of this date.  If you wish, you can check other motels in the area, of course.

• Exec. Committee

If you are able to come to our DBS 25th Anniversary meeting, please plan to arrive in Newington, CT on Tuesday, July 22nd, so you can attend the meetings in the morning of Wednesday, July 23rd.  All the men of the church and other men who attend the DBS meetings are invited to the DBS Executive Committee meeting from 9:00 to 12 noon.  We believe it is beneficial for visitors to see what our leaders discuss and plan for the future.  We do things in an open manner.

• DBS Women

All the ladies are invited to the DBS Women's meeting from 10:00 to 12 noon on Wednesday, July 23rd.  We would like all of the women of Emmanuel Baptist Church and others who are attending to join our DBS Women's meeting.  Mrs. Yvonne Waite, the DBS President's wife, is in charge of the meeting.  She has contacted several ladies who will take part in these meetings.  She will be speaking on the subject of "The Inspiration of the Bible."  This is a term that is much misunderstood by many today.  Mrs. H. D. Williams  will also be a speaker on the program for the ladies.  Mrs. Reno will be telling the ladies about the young people's writing contest sponsored by her church each year.  Mrs. Almeida will be giving a report on the false Portuguese Bible versions in Brazil.  Mrs. Brown will give a brief testimony.  Other ladies will be added to the meeting as July 23 gets closer.

• No Thurs. Meals

We have not heard from any of our DBS people nor from the church that they have received any reservations to eat at church both Thursday noon and Thursday night for a total of $18.00 each.  Because of this, we have thought it wise to cancel these arrangements.  In this way, the church will not be out anything by way of preparations.  We appreciate the church's willingness to help in this way.

• Restaurants, Etc. 

If you have access to the Internet, you can go to our www.DeanBurgonSociety.org.  Look under Annual Meetings to see the various eating places in the area.  Then click on DBS, 2003 to get into the area where you can then click on Maps, Restaurants, and Lodging areas. 

• DBS Beliefs

To find out what our Dean Burgon Society believes, you can go to our website at www.DeanBurgonSociety.org and then click on Official Positions and then click on Articles of Faith.  There are twelve headings in our doctrines listed from "A" through "L."  The main area is under section "A" which is entitled "The Bible."  In summary, our DBS believes in (1) infallible, inerrant, God-breathed original Hebrew and Greek Words.  (2) preservation of those inspired Hebrew and Greek Words in the Hebrew and Greek Words underlying our King James Bible.  (3) the King James Bible is the only accurate English translation of those inspired preserved Hebrew and Greek Words.

• Schedule of Events