Churches in Virginia, Florida begin dismissal process from PCUSA
Churches mentioned in this story include: Central, Kendall, FL; Faith, Pembroke Pines, FL; First, North Palm Beach, FL; Grace Community, Boca Raton, FL; Kirk of the Keys, Marathon, FL; Spotsylvania, Fredericksburg, VA; Third, Richmond, VA. As the Christmas holiday approaches, an increasing number of Presbyterian churches have one thing at the top of their wish... Continue Reading
Bivocational pastors needed for church planting
If the Southern Baptist North American Mission Board’s Send North America evangelistic church planting initiative is to succeed, it must include thousands of bivocational pastors who are willing to plant churches. “We must leverage the laity to plant churches,” said Aaron Coe, NAMB’s vice president of mobilization, “and we need to do it through a... Continue Reading
Supreme Court may weigh in on religious services in NYC schools
(Editor’s Note: WNYC News reports that several churches affiliated with the Redeemer Presbyterian Church rely on the public schools, including Park Slope Presbyterian Church, which uses John Jay High in Brooklyn, and Covenant of Grace Presbyterian Church, which uses IS 5 in Queens. )(Editor’s Note: WNYC News reports that several churches affiliated with the Redeemer... Continue Reading
PCA Standing Judicial Commission proposed decision recommends Missouri Presbytery failed to resolve Federal Vision charges; directs trial be held
A panel of five members of the Standing Judicial Commission was assigned action on a complaint brought by 5 Teaching Elders and 5 Ruling Elders in Missouri Presbytery (MOP), claiming that the Presbytery erred in its decisions concerning its dealing with matters regarding the theological teachings of TE Jeffrey Meyers. Their preliminary report has been... Continue Reading
Bad Medicine for Marriage
In fact, the truly honorable way to change this policy would entail amending related texts in the Book of Confessions, which requires ratification by two-thirds of the presbyteries, sandwiched between two affirming GAs. That was done properly a generation ago to soften the Confessions’ condemnation of divorcees. The Covenant Network (CN) long has pursued the... Continue Reading
One qualification for a Presbyterian General Assembly Moderator: Herding cats
It’s an unenviable position: the challenge of leading a church body comprised of two groups in hardened opposition to one another. There is no middle ground. There is no room for compromise. One group stands firmly on the letter of the law, describes “what if” scenarios and labels the opposition as liberal wackos. The other... Continue Reading
JEMA Pioneer Evangelism Commission 2011 CPI National Conference Report
The Church Planting Institute (CPI) of the Japan Evangelical Missionary Association (JEMA) started in 1994 with 29 missionaries in attendance. Since then we have trained over 2,500 different pastors, missionaries, and lay people from over 150 different mission agencies, denominations and churches. Missionaries and overseas visitors have come from over 30countries. After the 3.11 quake... Continue Reading
Closing of the Pleasant Hill ARP Church results in a continuing legacy
November 6th marked a sad day for our denomination as Pleasant Hill ARP Church in Heath Springs, SC, held its last Sunday service. Since 1899, Pleasant Hill has been very active in serving their community, Catawba Presbytery, Synod, and Synod’s agencies. The Pleasant Hill congregation had the vision for their church to leave a legacy... Continue Reading
Good Grief – Preparing for 2012 in the PC(USA)
The final tug that destroyed the PC(USA) tapestry came when we capitulated to the current moral confusion championed by a relentless subset of western culture. The determination of some and the apathy of others finally allowed the PC(USA), as the late Tom Gillespie would say, “to condone what God can redeem.” ‘Presbyterians For Renewal has... Continue Reading
Ten church models for a new generation – What kinds of communities are working well?
I’m in a lot of conversations about why the denominational church isn’t working. In some ways, I think of our churches like a crop of corn that was planted at the same time. That field produced corn for 50 years—so much wonderful corn that many of us were fat and happy. In our abundance, we... Continue Reading
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