The Remnant Reformed Baptist Church is made up of a body of Christ that is served by two distinct offices. These two offices are elder and deacon.

ELDER

Our church is an elder led congregation. This model is rooted in the New Testament structure of the early church where we see multiple elders serving individual churches (James 5; Acts 20).

The primary role of the Elders is to teach and preach The Word of God, thereby protecting the flock from false teaching. They must also oversee the vision, direction, and shepherding needs of the church family. This includes meeting together, praying together, and sharing in the physical and spiritual needs of the church. Elders must meet the Biblical qualifications laid out in 1 Timothy 3:1-7.

DEACON

The office of deacon is filled by men who are gifted and set aside for ministry service and must meet the Biblical qualifications laid out in 1 Timothy 3:8-13.

The church will add qualified and called men to these offices as The Lord provides.

Elders

Chris Barlow

Chris is NOT a prophet, nor is he the son of a prophet. He has not been in ministry for 30, or 20, or even 10 years. He has NOT been to seminary, nor has he been to Bible college. He has no initials behind his name. He has written exactly zero books. He is an expert in nothing. He is a sinner saved by grace, a husband, a father, a scientist, an employee at a chemical company, a pastor, and a preacher, …and he is not particularly great at any of those things. Chris is a middle-aged, moderately overweight, small and insignificant man who serves a MIGHTY and AWESOME GOD!!

This is not Chris’s platform. This is not Chris’s pulpit. This is not Chris’s church. It ALL belongs to Christ. Chris has not EARNED his spot in any preaching line-up. And yet, although Chris is LESS than the least of all men, God HAS GIVEN him THIS GRACE…TO PREACH!!!

Chris’s main objective is to do all things for the Glory of God! In pursuit of this endeavor, he yielded to God’s call in 2014 and began to transition out of his career in Clinical Laboratory Science into ministry. He, his wife, and their daughter moved to Scottsburg in 2018 to pursue the call of planting a Reformed Church. In September 2020, The Remnant Reformed Baptist Church had its first service when it ordained Chris as an Elder. Chris has a fire in his bones to preach The Word of God and is passionate about proclaiming the Holiness of God and admonishing all to live in the fear of The Lord.