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For the equipping of Christian families, churches, and communities with rich biblical teaching and practical tools for building Christ’s kingdom.
Engaging the culture with Christ and His Word, the Think&Reform Podcast challenges and offers insight into every issue that the Western Church deems taboo.
We are a group of Christians who recognize that God, in His love, mercy, and infinite wisdom has not only provided the means of forgiveness through His Son Jesus Christ, but has also provided, in the Old and New Testaments, all necessary directions and instructions for a just, happy, and productive society.
These instructions apply to all God-ordained spheres of government, namely self-government, family government, church government, and civil government. Our goal is to promote these principles. We believe that the modern church, for generations, has increasingly failed to apply God’s Word to all of life, having a focus that is self-centered and incapable of affecting the societal institutions that crumble around us.
We believe that God’s Word teaches that the Great Commission includes His plan to carry out His purposes through faithful and godly generations: passing them on to children to grandchildren to great-grandchildren. Any investment of time and resources is done with the next generation in mind and heart. MARS focuses on the necessity to train up this generation to prepare the next.
Our work is dedicated to turning the ship, for the very positive benefit of our families, churches, communities, and nation, to the honor of the King of Kings, Jesus Christ. The Mid-Atlantic Reformation Society promotes ethical perspectives of today’s pressing issues. M.A.R.S. has conducted dozens of presentations making the moral case for how we as individuals and together as a society are to handle the challenges that are facing the nation.
In addition to encouraging Christians to think and reform, we have provided opportunities for dominion, kingdom-minded, victory-driven believers to meet in a conference setting for teaching, fellowship, and mutual support and edification. These conferences are now called the Future of Christendom conferences with relevant themes that are beneficial to all who attend.
Our Christian institutions, largely limit the transformation of thought to areas of personal piety, to the neglect of all the rest of life. Hence, the Church is losing the battle in economics, politics, and all other cultural and societal realms. MARS takes the command to renew our minds seriously, and exists to guide teachers, Christian leaders, and all Christians in applying Christian thought…thinking God’s thoughts after Him…in EVERY area of life.
The goal of MARS is exhortation by education—helping individuals break unbiblical thinking patterns. Our presentations are intended to show that a biblical view on various matters may be outside the comfortable status quo. It’s our duty as Christians to conform ourselves to God’s pattern of thinking, to reform our thinking to His. Since the Bible is His revelation to us of how He thinks, His Word is where we must first inquire to know His will in all matters of life. God has demonstrated in history and revealed in His Bible His blueprint for how life works. His message is fully confirmed by the power and authority of Christ’s resurrection from the dead. We encourage all Christians to incorporate His principles and reform their day-to-day living with God’s message.
Joel was providentially introduced to R.J. Rushdoony’s Institutes when he acquired a copy of it as a dispensational Bible college student in 1979. He was then guided by the influence of other young scholars who suggested other reconstructionist authors. After 20 years of career, study, and teaching ministry, he readily agreed to join and help launch the MARS organization. Joel is the Executive Director of MARS and teaches regularly at the MARS lecture series on a variety of social and political topics. Joel resides with his wife, Audrey, in Denver, PA and has 9 grown children and 16 grandchildren.
Luke was elected as Chairman in 2023. He joined MARS in 2016, bringing with him a youthful zeal and valuable contributions. Raised in a homeschool environment by parents with a reconstructionist vision, he claims Christian Reconstruction as the mindset and mission of his faith. Author of "The Sound Doctrine of Theocracy or Statism and the Christian mind", Luke has a passion for bringing God's Law to all areas of life. In addition to his day job as a UPS driver, he ministers in music at his church and currently hosts the Think and Reform podcast. Luke resides with his wife, Iara, in Berks County, PA.
Joshua Kuipers received his B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering from Grove City College in 2018. His current occupation is designing cutting edge equipment for the food industry. Josh has a passion to preach, teach, and apply God’s Word to all areas of life. He is also a bible teacher and member of Grace Bible Fellowship church in Reading, PA. In addition, he is heavily involved with video production and runs a successful company “Kuiper Belt Productions”, a production company dedicated to creating high quality documentaries, montages, and video compilations for the glory of God. He is also well known as the creator of “Reformed Funny Moments” on YouTube, a compilation of hilarious moments from Reformed pastors and teachers.
John began his reconstruction journey several years after becoming saved in his forties. A prolific reader and former CPA, he was first introduced to reconstructionism through study of Gary North’s economic commentaries. He came to the MARS group as a relatively new Christian and caught up to them very quickly in knowledge and spiritual insight. Together, he and Joel Saint hosted Standpoint, a worldview radio program on WBYN, Boyertown, PA. The board is fortunate to have John, general manager of an architectural millwork manufacturer, for his business savvy, quick insight, and biblical knowledge. John lives with his wife, Beth, their daughter, son-in-law, and five grandchildren near Reading, PA.
Dave is a self-employed entrepreneur whose company sells greenhouse and landscaping supplies throughout North, Central and South America. Dave and his wife also started The Lancaster Patriot, a local weekly Lancaster County newspaper in 2020, Dave provides the role of CFO while his wife Jen is the publisher. Dave is also a board member of the Mid Atlantic Reformation Society and uses his skills to take a behind-the-scenes role in helping the organization run smoothly and efficiently. Dave was raised Amish and came to reformed faith in 2010 after numerous conversations with his mentor and now pastor, Joel Saint. Leaving his former theological beliefs of Arminianism and pacifism, he became passionate about applying the Lordship of Christ in our homes, places of work, churches and all of society. He currently resides with his wife, Jen, and two sons, in Lancaster County, PA.
Ken graduated from Temple University with a BBA majoring in accounting and economics. Since 1995, Ken has worked as a financial planner. He became a reconstructionist shortly after reading R.J. Rushdoony’s two volume “Institutes of Biblical Law” back in the early 80’s, a gift from his former pastor. From then to now, he has been seeking to grow in his understanding and learning on how to apply Biblical law to everything. A few years ago, he began attending MARS meetings in Reading to satisfy his hunger to learn more and to have fellowship with like-minded believers. As Ken puts it, “I was not disappointed.” Having made new friends in the reconstructionist camp, he was happy to become a member of the MARS board of Directors in 2018. His vision for MARS is simple but to the point: to see the expansion and influence of Biblical law in our society. Ken resides in North Wales, PA with his wife Elizabeth of 20 years.
A political activist since 1973, Randy was introduced to R.J. Rushdoony’s work soon after he and his wife were saved in 1989. His political approach became radically reformed by reconstructionist teaching and he joined MARS soon after it was launched. He is retired from a career in the construction industry and has stayed close to local politics, holding his local magistrates’ feet to the fire. Known for his “take no prisoners” attitude, he contributes the most seasoned and practical political street smarts to this group. He and his wife, Karen, reside in Boyertown, PA.
Matt Kenitzer has been Pastor at St. John's Reformed Church in Friedensburg, PA since June 2018 when he moved from Oregon. He received an MDiv from Cobran University in Salem, Oregon in May 2018. Matt and his wife Shea have been married since 2008 and they have three girls. Matt has a passion for expository preaching as he takes time to bring sound doctrine to bear upon all of life and to defend the purity and clarity of the gospel of Jesus Christ. Along with MARS Matt is heavily involved with Abolish Abortion Pennsylvania.
The Mid-Atlantic Reformation Society (MARS) Board of Directors have elected a Chairman for their organization. Luke Saint has been an active member of the MARS Board of Directors since 2016 and takes on the role Read more…
The Spirit is opposed to the works of the flesh as Galatians 5:16-21 states. One of thoseworks of the flesh is haireseis, or heresies as we know it. The meaning of this word is that Read more…
“Most men only care for science so far as they get a living by it, but they will worship error when it affords them a subsistence.” – Goethe What if we substituted the word “Bible” Read more…
In AD 303, Roman Emperor Diocletian determined he would stamp out Christianity. To accomplish this he ordered the destruction of all churches and all Christian Scriptures. In fear, many Christians betrayed their Christian brethren or Read more…
The Fourth Commandment is God’s command to remember to keep the Sabbath holy.How are we to think about that today as this speaks to the New Covenant church? The veryconcept of church, the physical gathering Read more…
“Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish ought from it, that ye may keep the commandments of the LORD your God which I command you.” Dt 4:2 Read more…
I have written in the past that the world situations & issues bombard us so that it forces us to make decisions – right or wrong. There is another piece of the puzzle that should be Read more…
Are you a Christian Nationalist? Am I? How would we know? How could we tell? With the way the term is being thrown around like candy at a Halloween parade, it would be nice to Read more…
Joel Saint, the Executive Director of the Mid-Atlantic Reformation Society and Chris Hume, the Managing Editor of the Lancaster Patriot, gave two presentations on the subject of a Christian state. These presentations were given at Read more…
Lancaster Newspaper Online reported that the Mid-Atlantic Reformation Society (MARS) participated in a “Christian Nationalist” protest of a pride festival in Lititz, PA on Sunday, June 19th. Somehow, the article also tried to link our educational Read more…