PCA “Super Committee” To Recommend New Funding Proposal for Administrative Committee, including byFaith Magazine (for now)
The Cooperative Ministries Committees (CMC) approved a proposal for funding the Administrative Committee (AC) at its annual meeting last Wednesday, January 18. A sub-committee of the CMC, chaired by Harry Reeder, a past moderator of the General Assembly (GA) and the senior pastor of Briarwood Presbyterian Church in Birmingham, Ala., authored the plan. The CMC... Continue Reading
Fellowship of Presbyterians – Theological documents include confessions and essential tenets
During a break-out session later in the day, Andrews said that “we believe that, some day, the confessional statements of ECO and PCUSA will not be the same and that will be a good thing — but not now.” “We are convinced that theological matters needed to be attended to early and well,” the Rev.... Continue Reading
Wishing the ECO Well: Another Turning Point in Presbyterian Church History
Right now, the The Evangelical Covenant Order of Presbyterians (ECO) is in the early, messy stage of being born. But when you realize the context of where we are as a church, you might want to pause, and give thanks for a new group that says it desires to faithfully proclaim the gospel of Jesus... Continue Reading
PCA’s Great Lakes Presbytery overtures General Assembly to Amend Rules for the GA Theological Examining Committee
The word “scruple” was used to refer to a man’s difference with the Westminster Confession of Faith. The word ‘scruple’ is an antiquated term that was once used to describe minor differences with the confessions of our church; however, it is not used in our Book of Church Order or Rules of Assembly Operation. On... Continue Reading
Christian conservatives ramping up political activity in South Florida
The Family Research Council’s Tony Perkins speaks at New Presbyterian (Independent) Church’s morning services, also in Pompano Beach. The church is an offshoot of Fort Lauderdale’s Coral Ridge Presbyterian It’s Sunday, and for many that means politics. Except this week it won’t be confined to the morning political talk shows on TV. Religious conservatives are... Continue Reading
Acts 29 Network: Planting Churches Still Essential to Evangelism
[Pastor Tim] Keller also makes the case that church planting is being true to the Great Commission for Christians, is part of a renewal process for the Church, and an exercise in “Kingdom-mindedness.” The greatest evangelical impact Christians can take part in is to plant new churches, say leaders at the Acts 29 Network, an... Continue Reading
ECO discusses future of narrative reporting
“For a long time in our Presbyterian heritage, we used a form of questions called the ‘Narrative on the State of Religion,'” the Rev. Jim Singleton told the more than 2,100 attendees of the Fellowship of Presbyterian’s Covenanting Conference. Every congregation in the denomination had to answer the narrative’s questions and submit them for review... Continue Reading
PCA’s Great Lakes Presbytery overtures General Assembly to send all proposed constitutional changes to the Overtures Committee
All constitutional changes from presbyteries must go through the OC, and so the reasoning is that all constitutional changes from other sources should do so as well. The PCA allows all Teaching Elders and at least two Ruling elders per church to attend the General Assembly. Consequently, there are generally over a thousand commissioners at... Continue Reading
Invitation-only PCA “Meeting of Understanding” Aims to Ease Denominational Tension
A “Meeting of Understanding,” was held in Atlanta Tuesday, January 17. Some 50 PCA pastors as well as coordinators and presidents of the PCA’s permanent committees and agencies attended. Roy Taylor, stated clerk of the PCA’s General Assembly, in collaboration with other denominational leaders, called the meeting. “One of the themes of the 2010 PCA... Continue Reading
ECO unveils the new Employee Benefit Program for the new denomination
Everyone who is currently covered will be automatically covered without regard to pre-existing conditions. All employees will be required to complete an online health risk assessment. The information is not used to deny coverage but to determine an aggregate. The goal was to offer a plan that promotes healthy leaders through comprehensive benefits that are... Continue Reading
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