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 Dr. Richard & Judy Ciarrocca |
Richard was born in Somerset, PA, and grew up in church but did not get saved until the age of 16. At the age of 17 he joined the United States Army and took basic training at Ft. Jackson, SC. After serving six years of active duty with the United States Army Security Agency, he was discharged in 1968 with the rank of Staff Sergeant E6. His active duty tours included Co A, 313th USASA Battalion, Ft. Bragg, NC; Headquarters Company, USASA Training Center, Ft. Devens, MA; 226th USASA Operations Company, Kangwha-Do Island, (DMZ) Korea; Co. A, 508th USASA Group, Yongjukol (Camp Beaumont) Korea, 7th RRFS, Udorn (Ramasun Station), Thailand; and Arlington Hall Station, Arlington, VA. Upon discharge from the Army, Richard settled in Massachusetts where he and his wife, Judy, became involved in a local church in various aspects of the church activities. At the same time, Richard joined United States Army Reserve where he continued his military career in an infantry battalion. He was promoted to Sergeant First Class E7 and later received a direct appointment as warrant officer by the Secretary of the Army. God began to work in Richard’s heart and he felt compelled to resign from the Army reserve and the civil service job that he had as a Department of the Army civilian, and go to Bible College. Following Bible College, he was engaged in prison and jail evangelism in Maine prior to moving to Elkton, MD in August 1990. Richard is the author of 39 Gospel tracts, Tips for Tracts, The Church's Responsibility to Missionaries, as well as other works of literature. On May 17, 2007 Richard received the honorary degree of Doctor of Divinity from the Maryland Baptist Bible College.
Pilgrim Fundamental Baptist Press, Inc., was founded in April, 1995, by Richard after having served for three and one-half years as Director of Printing for a missionary organization.
Established as a religious, nonprofit corporation under the Laws of the State of Maryland, Pilgrim Fundamental Baptist Press, Inc. has its operations located on the property of the Maranatha Baptist Church of Elkton, Maryland. Pilgrim Fundamental Baptist Press, Inc. has its own Board of Directors, Constitution and By-Laws, and has been approved by the Internal Revenue Service as a tax exempt organization under 501(c)(3). The date of incorporation was April 12, 1995. The ministry prints in 16 languages and has grown into a worldwide outreach.
As time permits, Richard is available for meetings to present the ministry of Pilgrim Fundamental Baptist Press in independent, fundamental Baptist churches that use only the King James Bible.
As a Fundamental Baptist printing ministry, Pilgrim Fundamental Baptist Press, Inc. may be seen in a three-fold manner, The Purpose, The People, and The Plan.
THE PURPOSE, simply stated, is to provide a facility for the publication of the Gospel message and related materials.
THE PEOPLE includes Fundamental, Independent Baptist missionaries and supporting churches who use only the Authorized Version of 1611, holding to the position that it is God's preserved Word in English, and that ALL other English translations are corrupt. Bible translations in other languages must be based on the Received Text (TR).
THE PLAN is really quite simple. Since most missionaries, and many Fundamental, Baptist churches cannot afford to pay commercial print shop rates, PFBP endeavors to provide these services below the retail printing rate. Assistance is provided for design and layout, ink and stock selection, and typesetting is done using Adobe PageMaker and Adobe InDesignTM.
P.O. Box 1832
Elkton, MD 21922
Telephone: 410/620-2697
