History
Rediscovering the Reformation began as a conference dedicated to commemorating the 500th anniversary of the Reformation. Six local pastors in central Vermont came together to offer a time of worship and celebration of Jesus Christ highlighting the five distinctives of the Reformation: The 5 Solas.
-Sola Scriptura (The Scriptures Alone)
-Sola Gratia (Grace Alone)
-Sola Fide (Faith Alone)
-Sola Christus (Christ Alone)
-Soli Deo Gloria (For the Glory of God Alone)
After the initial conference, more local pastors have joined together to offer an annual conference featuring Biblical, expository preaching and also doctrinally sound hymns and music.
Get in touch
We desire a continued celebration of the 500th anniversary of the Reformation by considering three things: Our Past, Our Distinctives, and Our Future! Come celebrate with us by attending our conference this fall. Get in touch with us through the link below:
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Current and previous speakers and contributors...
Pastor
Bob Bove
Bob and his lovely wife Mary Lynne are native Vermonters born and raised in Rutland, Vermont. Educated in Catholic schools, Bob graduated from the College of Saint Joseph with a degree in Special Education. In their late twenties, Bob and Mary Lynne were saved by the grace of God. They attended Baptist Bible College in Springfield Mo. where Bob graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Biblical studies. After serving for four years as associate pastor at Green Mountain Baptist Church in Center Rutland, Vermont, he was called to serve as pastor of Brandon Baptist Church where he and his wife have served since 1990. They have five children and two grandchildren.
Pastor
Stephen Burch
Stephen has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Music Ministries from Pensacola Christian College in Pensacola, Florida, and is currently pursuing a Master’s degree from Bob Jones University in Greenville, South Carolina. Steve grew up in Michigan and came to faith in Christ at a young age while attending a Christian school. He has served the local church in Michigan and also in Alabama before being called in 2010 to pastor Green Mountain Baptist Church in Center Rutland, Vermont. He also teaches high school Bible classes and serves as a visiting faculty member at the Biblical Theological Seminary in Amman, Jordan. He strongly desires to see Christ glorified in the world and for the gospel to change lives. Pastor Steve and his wife, Erica, have five children; they have been married since 2006.
Pastor
Brett Cody
Brett was born and raised in a small town in Texas. He was granted faith in Jesus Christ at the age of nine. He holds a Bachelor of Music degree in Composition from Baylor University and a Master of Divinity degree from Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. He has been pastor of Whiting Community Church since May of 2014. Before serving in Vermont, he served the local church in North Carolina. He has also served in churches in Texas. He has a passion for preaching and teaching the Word of God and desires to build a Great Commission Church. He and his lovely wife, Sabrina, have four children.
Pastor
Hugh Diggins
Hugh Diggins is the Teaching Elder at Reformed Bible Church in Clarendon Springs, Vermont where he has been serving since 1997. He has a Bachelor of Ministry degree from Trinity Evangelical Seminary and a Master of Divinity from South Atlantic Theological Seminary. Hugh has been married to Karen since 1969 and has three children, six grandchildren, two great-grandchildren, and a third expected very soon.
Pastor
Andrew Knott
Andrew Knott was called to pastor New Haven United Reformed Church in 2014. Previously, he completed undergraduate studies at Kuyper College in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He then attended Greenville Presbyterian Theological Seminary in South Carolina and Mid-America Reformed Seminary in Dyer, Indiana where he earned his Master of Divinity degree. Andrew and his wife, Amanda, of Middlebury, have three sons and a daughter.
PASTOR
Aaron Frost
Aaron is a native Vermonter, growing up in the Northeast Kingdom town of Groton. Coming to know the Lord as a teenager, Aaron sensed a leading to vocational ministry. He attended Bible college at Crown College of the Bible in East Tennessee, during which time he married his wife Elizabeth. After graduation, they moved to Rutland in 2015, and Aaron began to serve as an Associate Pastor at Green Mountain Baptist Church. In 2020, Aaron answered a call to pastor Ira Baptist Church, where he and his family live and serve now. Married since 2012, Aaron and Elizabeth have been blessed with two children and one on the way. Aaron holds a Bachelor of Biblical Studies in Pastoral Ministry, and is now pursuing a Master of Arts in Biblical Studies from Luther Rice Seminary. Aaron also enjoys playing music and working bi-vocationally as a carpenter.
Lay Preacher
Michael Shortsleeves
Michael Shortsleeves is a native Vermonter. His education includes the Community College of Vermont and Southern Seminary. He has served in Intentional Interim Ministry of Texas Baptists, and has pastored four Vermont churches over the past twenty-five years. He has been married to his blessed help-mate, Jane since 1984. They have four children and three grandchildren.
Pastor
Phillip Westra
Phillip Westra currently pastors the Sanborn Christian Reformed Church in Sanborn, Iowa. From July of 2012 to July of 2020 he served as the pastor of Champlain Valley Christian Reformed Church in Vergennes, Vermont, and has enjoyed participating in the Rediscovering the Reformation conference at Brandon Baptist Church. He has been married to Michelle since 2004 and they have two children, Levi and Hannah. He graduated from Calvin Theological Seminary with a Masters of Divinity and a Masters of Theology, with an emphasis in Moral Theology. In addition to being a husband, dad, and pastor he enjoys gardening and beekeeping in God's creation.