It’s good that you’re involved with a local body of believers with whom you have disagreements and varying preferences. Why? Because that is the whole idea of God calling out and gathering together His local body. We come together, not because we agree on everything and have the same preferences, but because, despite our disagreements,... Continue Reading

There has so much hurt and division caused, and so much obfuscation, smoke and bewilderment, that the sooner we have an objective, independent assessment of the conduct of all the parties involved, the better for the Church itself. This matter has gone truly global, and the whole Reformed Church family, worldwide, is talking about it.... Continue Reading

The Book of Order makes use in some references to the true Church and in other cases to the true church. The problem is that people don’t “hear” the lower case or capital letter. When a presbytery recognizes one part of a congregation as the true church it denigrates the people of faith whom it... Continue Reading

“So for the glory of God and of England, pray for us Anglicans, as we do for our brothers and sisters working hard for our Lord Jesus in Baptist, Presbyterian, and other churches across the land. The gospel which unites us is stronger than our historic differences; so let’s not jeopardise one by focusing solely... Continue Reading

What is important to note here is that this fund was set up in the time of Sinclair Ferguson with the approval of the Glasgow Presbytery. If I were a member of the Tron I would not have given to the congregation unless I had been assured that my money would not be used to... Continue Reading

In the midst of the ensuing nastiness, a 15-member mediation team was formed (six chosen by the presbytery’s committee on ministry, six chosen by the Fremont session, and three chosen by Fremont members who wish to remain in the PCUSA). An attorney described by Wilkins as “experienced in faith-based mediation” facilitated the group’s recommendation that... Continue Reading

Leaders of the 16 million-member Southern Baptist Convention prefer to say that the denomination is a network of autonomous churches. The denomination’s constitution claims that each church is “independent and sovereign in its own sphere,” and that the Nashville-based Convention “does not claim and will never attempt to exercise any authority over any other Baptist... Continue Reading

One senior Anglican official had an interesting comment on the present debacle. Tony Baldry said that "As a consequence of the decision by the General Synod, the Church of England no longer looks like a national church, it simply looks like a sect like any other sect. If the Church of England wishes to be a national church, reflecting the nation, then it has to reflect the nation."

The Presbytery of the West has also assumed full ecclesiastical authority over the clergy serving the congregations whom we have received. We currently have 12 Teaching Elders and two Commissioned Ruling Elders serving within our bounds, as well as three Teaching Elders who serve ECO churches while retaining membership in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Those persons serving the churches whose memberships are still pending total 8 more Teaching Elders and another Commissioned Ruling Elder.

"It appears that the Kirk is saying the Bible's wrong, sin doesn't matter. The more the church tries to align itself with secular society the more it will weaken itself. Who does the Kirk think will fill this church now we're gone? The congregation they imagine will replace us is fictional."