Small groups a mainstay at Houston Lake Presbyterian (PCA) Church in Kathleen, Georgia
He said Houston Lake Presbyterian has a mix of young and older families, many of whom have ties to Robins Air Force Base. He said the majority of elders in the church are active or retired military and have brought in the Air Force idea of getting “re-blued” each year, or looking at and reaffirming... Continue Reading
Pensacola-area church of famed Pentecostal revival struggles
Word spread of people being miraculously healed and converted, and revival services were soon held four and five nights a week. People waited in long lines to get inside the church, located in one of the poorest neighborhoods in Pensacola, a Gulf Coast city known for training naval aviators. For years starting in the mid-1990s,... Continue Reading
Nebraska church thought outside the big box; 3 1/2 years of volunteer work turns former Wal-Mart into a church building
Inside the empty store, volunteers tore up more than 80,000 floor tiles and replaced them with carpeting. They stripped the interior down to the bare walls, hung drywall and installed a dropped ceiling throughout the church. Hillcrest estimates it saved $1 million because clergy and congregants did most of the work. The T-shirts, cosmetics and... Continue Reading
Grand Rapids CRC Church Offers Vegan Fare
The fledgling church also celebrates children’s birthdays with homemade vegan and lactose-free ice cream, and last fall celebrated Thanksgiving with a gluten-free, nut-free, vegan feast Worshipers enjoy a simple meal and fellowship together after every weekly gathering of Square Inch Community, a church plant of Eastern Avenue Christian Reformed Church in Grand Rapids, Mich. These... Continue Reading
Christian Reformed Church and Reformed Church in America to Celebrate and Cooperate
The plan for a joint meeting of the synods is part of a move toward greater cooperation between the kindred denominations. “The opportunity to have our synods meet at the same time, in the same place will allow us to . . . continue the momentum that we have in joining together in mission and... Continue Reading
PCUSA leaders support controversial federal budget manifesto
The Faithful Budget plan doesn’t provide concrete numbers but instead urges the federal government to increase spending for several social programs while cutting funds for defense, border patrol and prison operations to name a few. The Presbyterian Church (USA) joined 37 other religious groups last week in touting a “faithful” federal budget plan that critics... Continue Reading
‘Covenant’ to bind Anglican Communion appears dead
The covenant was born after the consecration of an openly gay Episcopal bishop in New Hampshire, Gene Robinson, in 2003. The U.S. church furthered angered Canterbury by blessing same-sex unions and consecrating a lesbian bishop in Los Angeles. A proposed “Covenant” aimed at ensuring unity across the worldwide Anglican Communion appears to have failed, leaving... Continue Reading
The Church of England is to use the social networking site Twitter to help select the new Archbishop of Canterbury
Spokesman for the Church of England said the invitation would be made through the church press but also through other media including the social networking site Twitter, where the CofE already posts news in nuggets of 140 characters or less. Tweeters and others will be asked to offer names and “views on the needs of... Continue Reading
Presbytery Highlights from the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church
The following reports appear in the current issue of ARP News from First, Mississippi Valley, Northeast, and Virginia Presbyteries First Presbytery. The spring meeting was held Feb. 16, 2012 ·Received Rev. Tom Irby from the Georgia Foothills Presbytery of the Presbyterian Church in America and approved his call to the Fuller Memorial Church, Durham. ·Approved... Continue Reading
PCUSA Synod Judicial Commission rules that presbyteries must remit per capita to General Assembly
“We would be remiss in not noting that reality of declining funding is a symptom, not the disease. The underlying causes must be prayerfully addressed at local, presbytery, synod and General Assembly levels, not in the denominational courts or in unconstitutional actions.” –PJC The Permanent Judicial Commission of the Synod of the Trinity has ruled... Continue Reading
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