Texas’ Largest PC(USA) Congregation’s Leadership Recommends Leaving Denomination
Church seeks to leave based on theological reasons.
Earlier this month, Highland Park Presbyterian, which has approximately 4,000 members, filed suit in Dallas County District Court over the rights to the church property. The leadership of the largest Texas-based congregation belonging to Presbyterian Church (USA) has recommended that the church leave the mainline denomination. In a unanimous decision, the Session for Highland... Continue Reading
Secession or Being Faithful – Is This the Real Choice Facing Church of Scotland Evangelicals?
A response to Alastair Morrice, one of the most senior and respected evangelicals in the Church of Scotland, to his article on why he believes that evangelicals should stay within the Kirk
I was recently talking to an elder who has left the Church of Scotland. He spoke of feeling free and the shackles coming off…. It may be that you can operate with the shackles of a bureaucratic Presbyterianism in a declining church in an increasingly secular culture, desperately trying to relive the glories of the... Continue Reading
Cuban Church Leaders Publish Joint Declaration on Religious Freedom
Statement indicates that freedom of religion or belief is not respected in Cuba
The declaration and questions outline the most pressing concerns raised by the group. CSW said they include the government’s continued refusal to extend official recognition to newer religious groups, the approval or denial of legal rights to registered groups based on perceived political support and cooperation, and the sweeping authority over religious organizations and activities... Continue Reading
Massacring Christians in Pakistan – Who Cares?
Apparently attacking a church is now no longer shocking; attacking a temple of materialism is.
Two suicide bombers who thought they were doing the will of Allah killed 81 people including many children. 81 men, women and children killed as they left church! Can you imagine the horror and hellishness of that? And yet if you live in the West, if you blink you will have missed it. Last... Continue Reading
Anglican Communion Faces Troubled Waters
Arch Bishop declares focusing on one or two problems will not help in resolving the divide.
Another primate, Archbishop Mouneer Anis of Egypt, launched a harsh critique of the communion leadership’s unwillingness to deal with issues. Successive archbishops of Canterbury have tried to hold the communion together, but failed to use their influence to bring cohesion to autonomous provinces, he said. Primates and bishops from the Global South attending a... Continue Reading
The Exodus From the PCUSA Continues
Some of the largest and wealthiest PC(USA) congregations are leaving
The departures, mostly for the Evangelical Presbyterian Church and ECO: A Covenant Order of Evangelical Presbyterians, have been ongoing for some time now, but the cumulative impact is adding up. ECO reports that 60 congregations so far have formally joined its ranks, with more either in discernment or on the way. The exodus from... Continue Reading
Suicide Attack at Church in Pakistan Kills Dozens
The attack coincided with a broader wave of attacks on religious minorities, including Shiite Muslims this year
Shafqat Malik, a senior official of the bomb disposal squad, said in an interview that forensic examination of the evidence collected from the church confirmed that two suicide bombers had carried out the attack. “Each bomber carried six kilograms of explosives,” Mr. Malik said. A suicide attack on a historic Christian church in northwestern... Continue Reading
A Rationale for the RCUS Position Paper on Days of Creation
What the Bible says about creation is vitally important to how Christians are called to live their lives
Is six-day creation a stumbling block to would-be believers? If so, let them also stumble at the offense of the cross. Let them scoff at swimming axe heads, manna from heaven and, most unbelievable of all, the resurrection of the dead. It is the convicting work of the Holy Spirit that will convince the gainsayers,... Continue Reading
Graystone congregation votes to leave PC (USA)
Graystone is likely to remain a Presbyterian Church but become affiliated with another denomination
The Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) in recent years had approved changes in the church such as allowing ordination of homosexuals as ministers, elders or deacons, and permitting marriage of homosexual couples. Some held the assembly’s decision to allow insurance coverage to cover abortions for church employees as an issue of disagreement. A... Continue Reading
1961 controversy over ‘The Message of Genesis’ gets Baptist historians’ reflections
The battle for the inerrancy of Scripture is never over
Much to his credit, Ellott shunned the wordplay tactics of many of his academic colleagues and didn’t couch heterodoxy in orthodox language. Though he eventually resigned under pressure from Midwestern, it was not for heresy, but because he refused to stop a new edition of his book from being published and proudly stood by it.... Continue Reading
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