And this decision on our part does not mean that we have already left the RCA. Now that our petition has been filed, we will enter into a formal process with the classis—a series of meetings and reports which will take place over the next 6-8 months, as spelled out in detail by our Book of... Continue Reading

“Windwood has been engaged in prolonged litigation with the Presbytery of New Covenant over church property issues. That dispute is not resolved by the congregation’s vote to realign with ECO. A press release from the church verified that on May 18, 2014, Windwood Presbyterian Church held a congregational meeting and that 395 ballots were given... Continue Reading

How can we serve “messy” people? How can we make “messy” people feel welcome in our churches? Several ways: Don’t act shocked when we see sin. Unfortunately, we tend to act shocked when certain sins or struggles come to light. We aren’t surprised by pride or anger or impatience. Regularly acknowledge our own sins, failures, and... Continue Reading

Many younger Evangelicals who leave “the faith once delivered” do so for reasons well beyond the “pernicious sexism, religious intolerance, and conservative politics”….Our ministries are diluted and rendered, ultimately, powerless, when we fail to proclaim the whole counsel of God, when we cater to listeners’ feelings more than their needs, and when self-loathing becomes more... Continue Reading

This twinge of fear was the latest in a long line of red flags that as a church, the PCA is less and less confident in the power of the Holy Spirit, and more and more reliant upon the wisdom of the age; less and less committed to Christ’s design for the church, and more... Continue Reading

The conservative element in the local PCUS presbyteries had become generically evangelical, or in some cases fundamentalist. Most ruling elders in the majority of conservative churches had never read the Westminster Confession of Faith.  Actually, I don’t think many of them even knew it existed.  It’s an embarrassing fact, but it is true!    ... Continue Reading

He states that his primary reason is theological. I wonder about that. Put simply, his primary reason seems to be that since we don’t know what the church of the future will look like, he will stay put for now, because God is constantly overturning our expectations.   Over at First Things, Peter Leithart has... Continue Reading

That welcoming of sinners from diverse national, ethnic, economic, etc., backgrounds won’t break the PCA. Rather, by God’s grace that people-diversity will strengthen His Church. What WILL break the PCA is the diversity of theology and worship beyond the bounds of our Constitution and the regulative principle, both firmly based on Scripture, now found and... Continue Reading

The schlepping church is frequently dull, often goofy and almost always a step (or a lot more) behind cultural trends. But to paraphrase George Bailey the schlepping church has done most of the working and paying and living and dying in Christ’s Kingdom.   Growing up in a Jewish neighborhood meant that even among the goyim common... Continue Reading

Child advocacy groups said the pastoral team at Covenant Life helped enable Morales’ abuse by not reporting allegations to the police in the mid 1990s. Morales disappeared shortly after his victims told their parents what was going on, but he later went on to work as a pastor in Las Vegas and married a woman... Continue Reading