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Dear Pastor,
Thank you for your interest in our ministry, and for taking the time to review this packet of information. We are the Reed family, sent out of Old Paths Bible Baptist Church in Rochester, NY, called to serve God in Romania. Our pastor, Joe Cammilleri, has recommended us to the field, and we are supported through All Points Baptist Mission in New Philadelphia, OH, overseen by Dr. Robbie Morrison and Dr. Gary Forney.
My wife and I were both interested in missions in Eastern Europe before we even met. We traveled to Romania in May 2011 to help the Chuck Zander family in the village of Racoș, near the city of Brășov. They were also sent from our home church, and had been working in Romania since 2007. After spending two weeks ministering with them, and prayerfully considering the field after our return, we determined in July 2011 that God would have us go to Romania and train with the Zander family to reach the people of Romania. After we went on the road in 2013, Bro. Chuck Zander had to leave the field due to health problems, so we will be working with his son, Adam. He is currently starting a church in the area of Brășov, and we plan to work closely with them for our first term. We plan to expand southward from there in church planting and training national pastors.
Over the years, we have been involved in bus ministry, visitation, street preaching, nursing home ministry, and Bible institute. We trust God will be able to use these experiences as we try to reach the Romanians for Christ. Our current meeting schedule and video presentation are available to view at
In the following pages you will find a letter of recommendation from our pastor, our doctrinal statement, and personal salvation testimonies. If this was mailed to you, we have also enclosed our prayer card. Please feel free to contact us or our pastor with any questions. Once again, we thank you for your time and interest in missions.
Sincerely,
Daniel and Christa Reed
Old Paths Bible Baptist Church
4782 Hall Rd, Holley, NY 14470
Pastor Joe Cammilleri
4/23/2012
To whom it may concern,
It is with great joy that I recommend Brother Dan and Christa Reed to your missions program. I have known Dan and Christa for about 8 years now. Both have grown up in Christian homes. It has been a pleasure to be their pastor. I have seen them grow in the Lord over the years.
They are involved in different aspects of our many ministries here at Old Paths.
Dan has a burden for souls. He has graduated from our Bible Institute, and is a great Bible teacher.
As his pastor I can give an unreserved endorsement of him and his family.
Please feel free to call or email me with questions.
Phone 585-723-6496
Regards,
Reverend Joseph P. Cammilleri
585-723-6496
Doctrinal Statement
We agree with the New Hampshire Confession of 1833,generally accepted as the Baptist standard, in short: We believe in the Bible, the God of the Bible, the fall of man, Christ the way of salvation, the interaction of grace and free will, progressive sanctification, eternal security, the New Testament church, the ordinances of baptism and the Lord's supper, Sunday worship, civil obedience, and heaven and hell. Full text with scripture references is at In addition, we are commonly asked about the following specific points:
- Bible versions:We believe that the KJV is the only proper English translation of the only propermanuscripts, and will use, study, and recommend it alone. The equivalent in Romanian is known as BibliaFidela.
- Music:We believe that worship music is described in the Bible in 3 parts, in priority: 1. Godly words, 2. Discernible melody, 3. Underlying rhythm. What is commonly called "CCM" does not typically conform to the biblical standard, and we reject such for use in church.
- Personal entertainment:We believe entertainments which are blatantly ungodly or sin-promoting are not becoming to the Christian life. We do not believe this includes every secular production in history.
- Clothing:We believe that all people are to be clothed at all times in public from the breast to the knees.We highly recommend females wear skirts, although we would not strictly forbid pants if certain activity in a skirt would cause indecent exposure.
- Ecclesiastical separation:We reject groups espousing non-Baptistic teaching such as neo-evangelical, ecumenical, and charismatic groups, and do not join with them in ministry.
- Eschatology:We believe in the imminent, pre-tribulation Rapture of the church, and that the literal, earthly,1000-yearreign of Christ will occur post-tribulation.
- The Lord's Supper:As the drinking of alcoholic beverages is greatly discouraged in scripture, we do not believe in the use of fermented wine for the ordinance.
Old Paths Bible Baptist Church doctrinal statement
All Points Baptist Mission doctrinal statement
Salvation Testimonies and Call to Romania
Daniel:
I was born in 1981, into a Christian family. Throughout my childhood, we attended the same small Baptist church. My parents had been saved for about twenty years before I was born, and my grandparents were also Christians. At least as far back as my paternal great-grandparents, Christianity was a part of my family history. Yet, even with such a foundation and such an opportunity to be saved, I did not get saved while very young. I was told I made some kind of profession when I was four or five, but I remember growing up afraid I would miss the Rapture. More than once, I thought it had happened when I expected someone to be home and no one was around.
I memorized Scripture, play-acted church services by myself, sang all the hymns, and even witnessed to people at the public school I attended, but still I knew all was not well with my soul. One time, when I was about eleven, I was in a revival meeting at my church. During the hymn, “Is Your All on the Altar?”, I broke down and cried all through the song, not knowing what was wrong. I thought of that often from that time on, wondering what was wrong with me. Finally, when I was thirteen, I came to Christ for real. I had witnessed to a friend at school, and he just didn't seem to understand, possibly because I presented the subject poorly, and I was especially concerned for his soul. I remember praying by my bed about one o'clock in the morning, and telling God how bad this guy needed to be saved. All at once, I seemed to hear the voice of God say to me, “And you're no different.” I saw myself as a sinner that day, and finally knew repentance in my heart.
By the time I was eighteen, I became concerned about what the Lord wanted with my life. One day, I prayed desperately for God to give me a verse to show me what I should do. My eyes fell on Ezekiel 33:7, and I knew the Lord wanted me to preach. I had already found myself spontaneously preaching to anyone who needed it, at work or at home, sharing whatever the Bible said about the situation. In January 2005, the Lord directed me to join Old Paths Bible Baptist Church, and I began to think about Bible institute. The year 2006 was particularly significant to me due to the fact that I was 24. In 1996, when I was fourteen, my 24-year-old brother Philip was killed in a car accident. When I turned 24, I became both reflective and apprehensive about my life. I thought often how some people only get twenty-four years to live, and how little I had done for God so far. A verse Philip often quoted, and which bothered his conscience often, was Luke 12:48, “For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required.” Determined to get busy serving the Lord with my life, I enrolled in Bible institute in September 2006, graduating in May 2011.
Christa:
My family has been attending conservative Baptist churches for as long as I can remember. As soon as I could understand that the lost go to hell, I wanted to get saved. This “mental assent to the facts of the gospel” caused me to say a prayer when I was 6. I was an obedient child, rarely in trouble, and my good habits persuaded everyone I was a Christian. Through the years, I often wondered about my salvation, even said a “sinner’s prayer” sometimes when I sinned, but I didn’t change on the inside.
When I got married and was on my own, my convictions all went away, and I realized I didn’t have any of my own standards. When my husband read his Bible, he always got something out of it, but I never did, so I stopped reading it. I even began losing interest in attending church. At our church, when a person comes to be baptized, our pastor usually asks them to give a testimony regarding their reason for being baptized. Often the person is someone who has attended our church for a period of time, and recently been saved. These testimonies always made me very uncomfortable.
Finally, in March 2011, I gave in to God. A few weeks before, our pastor’s daughter had come to be baptized. She told how she had said a prayer when she was young because she was scared of going to hell, but recently realized she didn’t have a relationship with God and wasn’t really saved. I was convicted but ignored it. Then another girl from our church came to be baptized. She gave her testimony that, because of Mary, she examined her own heart and realized she wasn’t saved, either. After baptizing the girl, the pastor asked if anyone else was moved by this testimony and wanted to be saved. I really wanted to stand up but was scared. What would people think? I have been going to this church for 8 years, was married here, and I have two children. However, I knew I couldn’t go on in my doubt and uncertainty. I went in the back room with our pastor’s wife, she showed me the verses, we prayed, and I knew immediately something happened to me that I had never experienced before. I finally had peace and felt all of the bitterness and doubt fade away.
The Call:
We visited Romania in May 2011 for 2 weeks for my final Bible institute assignment. Christa had been there in 2006 when the Zander family was considering the work, but I had never been on a mission trip before. I had been seeking the Lord about full-time service since 2003, when I met NicoVerhoef at the Beale Street Blast in Memphis, Tennessee. I have always had a desire to be a missionary, but thought it was for someone else. While we were in Romania, I saw real-life missions and realized that was where the Lord wanted to use us.
We took a second, more specific survey trip in May 2012, began part-time deputation in December, and went on the road full-time in June 2013. We are eagerly anticipating arrival in Romania in 2017.