THE ROYAL AMBASSADOR PLEDGE

As a Royal Ambassador I will do my best:

to become a well-informed, responsible follower of Christ;

to have a Christ-like concern for all people;

to learn how to carry the message of Christ around the world;

to work with others in sharing Christ; and

to keep myself clean and healthy in mind and body.

RA’s has a long and strong history at Meansville Baptist Church. Many volunteers have assumed leadership roles in this program and many boys have been mentored and trained in the art of growing into Christian manhood. The character building traits taught through lessons, activities, and scripture memory are here to give our young men what they need to grow into productive Christian men, husbands, fathers, and citizens. At Meansville, we have a burden for the positive spiritual development of our children.

We welcome and invite all boys in our community in grades 1 – 6 to visit us and take part in a time of Bible study, missionary stories, personal reflection, and fun. We meet on Sunday nights at 6:00pm.

***The following is taken from the www.royalambassadors.org website and more thoroughly and effectively describes the goals and roles of RA’s.

Know the Benefits

Royal Ambassadors reaches boys for Christ and leads them to become Ambassadors for Christ through commitments (developing biblical character) and virtues (living the on-mission lifestyle of the Royal Ambassador Pledge). RAs is a Bible-centered, church-related, mission education organization for boys in first through sixth grades, sponsored by the North American Mission Board, an entity of the Southern Baptist Convention.

Royal Ambassadors:

Gets men involved with boys in a mentoring context. It has been said that Christianity is more caught than taught. There is tremendous spiritual potential in men having a regular weekly time of spiritual training with boys.
Leads boys to become followers of Christ. RAs helps boys see their need and the world's need for a Savior. They hear the plan of salvation and have opportunities to respond. They also hear how missionaries carry the gospel around the world and how they are part of that task.
Encourages an on-mission lifestyle. As boys are involved in projects, events, and personal study, they learn what it means to be on mission with God. Participation helps them discover ways they can be lay missionaries now.
Allows customization and flexibility. RA materials can be adapted and customized to fit the needs of the church and boys. RAs can be done:
- with fathers helping their sons to develop godly character.
- as a church-based organization for boys.
- by churches needing a customized approach to reach more boys for Christ.

Provides spiritual growth for men involved. Nothing catalyzes the growth of men and fathers like leading. They will learn, be challenged in their own relationship with Christ, and be more conscious of the example they are setting for young men.

"Therefore if anyone is in Christ, there is a new creation; old things have passed away, and look, new things have come. Now everything is from God, who reconciled us to Himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation: that is, in Christ, God was reconciling the world to Himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and He has committed the message of reconciliation to us. Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ; certain that God is appealing through us, we plead on Christ's behalf, 'Be reconciled to God.'" (2 Cor. 5:17-20, HCSB)

This site was last updated 06/29/2008