The Whitefield League

The Whitefield League is a developing, and currently informal, network of churches and pastors committed to building up the body of Christ together through mutual support, encouragement, instruction, and resources.

This network was a natural outgrowth of the Whitefield Declaration of Faith (WDF). In January of 2021 a small group of pastors met to see how they might work more closely together. As a result, they saw the need to develop a reformed, conditionalist, and credobaptist confession of faith to serve as the doctrinal foundation of their mutual cooperation (an introduction to, and the text of, the WDF can be viewed here).

With the WDF complete, The Whitefield League is beginning to form around it in order to more closely unite churches and pastors for mutual:

Support;
Encouragement;
Fellowship; and
Instruction.

At present, the pastors involved in The Whitefield League are working to provide accessible resources, fully in line with the WDF, to teach our congregations and train church leaders. Digital copies of our resources are available on this site free of charge.

~ If you would like to know more about, or to get involved in, The Whitefield League, please contact us. ~

Resources

The Whitefield League is committed to developing a library of resources for pastors and churches that meet four key criteria.
Each resource is:

~ Biblical ~

As God’s only authoritative and infallible communication to mankind, the Bible is the ultimate standard for the church, the Christian life, and for everything The Whitefield League is and does. Thus each resource is built upon the foundation of God’s Word, with appropriate Scripture references provided through these instructional resources.

~ Confessional ~

Since the Whitefield Declaration of Faith serves as the doctrinal foundation, in submission to the Bible, of The Whitefield League, every resource provided is in agreement with, and often expounds upon, the WDF. These materials provide a consistent set of teaching tools for the church.

~ Accessible ~

Each book, booklet, or other resource is intended for the entirety of the church – whether pastors, lay leaders, or the average person in the pew. We desire for all of God’s people to grow in knowledge, faith, and service to Christ and his church. Therefore, each resource to deliver depth of material in accessible way.

~ Free ~

We desire for every church and pastor to have ready access to all the material we produce without being hindered by printing or shipping costs or availability. For that reason, every resource provided by the Whitefield League is available as a free download, or via email upon request, usually in pdf format, that you are welcome to use within your church. Some resources are available in print and links are provided below to any applicable online stores. When we are able to provide a book table at an event, printed copies of our teaching booklets may also be available for purchase.

Please contact us for volume pricing on any printed items.

The Whitefield Declaration of Faith is a reformed, credobaptist, conditionalist confession in the tradition of the Westminster Confession of Faith, Savoy Declaration of Faith and Order (our starting document), and the London Baptist Confession of Faith.

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Interpreting God’s Word introduces the basics of interpreting the Bible using biblical principles and a simple, six-step method: Pray, Read, Observe, Interpret, Apply, Communicate.

Author: Nathaniel S. Bickford

Believer’s Baptism: What is baptism? introduces the biblical and theological framework of baptism from a Reformed and Credobaptist perspective.

Author: Erik Reynolds

Interpreting the Old Testament guides the reader through how to interpret the Old Testament in light of its fulfillment in Christ by identifying various kinds of shadows and then giving guidance on how to rightly understand them in light of the New Testament.

Author: Nathaniel S. Bickford

Authors

Nathaniel S. Bickford

A graduate of the Berkshire Institute for Christians Studies, Lancaster Bible College, and Westminster Theological Seminary (MAR), where he has also taken classes in the ThM program, Nathaniel serves as the Teaching Elder of the Whitefield Christian Church in Whitefield, NH, where he lives with his wife, Kimberly, and three children. He was also the general editor of the Whitefield Declaration of Faith.

Lou Going

Lou Going is a graduate from Berkshire Christian College and Westminster Theological Seminary (M.Div, with Honors). He retired from pastoral ministry after 39 years, having served two Advent Christian churches. He was an adjunct faculty member at Berkshire Christian College and lecturer in systematic theology at the Berkshire Institute for Christian Studies. He presently serves as president of the Maranatha Advent Christian Conference. He lives in Lancaster, New Hampshire with his wife Cheryl.

Erik Reynolds

Erik Reynolds holds a DMin and MTS from Liberty University and studied at both Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary and Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. Erik serves as the Senior Pastor of Oak Hill Bible Church in Oxford, MA and the Ministry Year Coordinator for the Ministry Training Institute. He lives and farms with his wife, Robin and two children in Central Massachusetts.

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