This, then, is the first major point for the Diocese of South Carolina to realize: the choice of whether or not to remain in ECUSA belongs entirely to it. No bishop, Presiding Bishop, House of Bishops, or General Convention of ECUSA has the power to declare that the Diocese of South Carolina is no longer one of ECUSA's members.

"If you are going to be intentional about sharing your faith, praying for others is a great way to start," Stetzer said. "We often acknowledge the importance of prayer in people coming to faith in Christ, but we also found it has an impact on the person praying."

The Brooksville Statement on Marriage is a 600-word declaration of conscience that attempts to do three things. (1) We hope to clearly define marriage in a generation in which the word “marriage” itself has lost all semblance of meaning. (2) We hoped to positively state our convictions regarding the delineations of human sexuality. (3) We hoped to speak a timely word of compassion and grace in a world of “bumper sticker” one-liners and alleged hate-speech.

Catholics will pray for newly elected officials “so that their sense of the common good will overcome special demands.” This would include support for traditional families “throughout their lives, especially in painful moments.”     The French Catholic Church will revive a centuries-old custom next week with an updated national “prayer for France” opposing the... Continue Reading

Hybels described four different phases of succession that were planned for Willow Creek and said the first phase that was the planning phase, which took about a year, had already been completed.     Willow Creek Community Church Pastor Bill Hybels, speaking during the opening session of a global leadership summit, took the occasion on Thursday to... Continue Reading

That Driscoll’s brand of robust Calvinism is thriving in Seattle, among other areas in the Pacific Northwest, seemingly defies claims by liberals in United Methodism and elsewhere that theological orthodoxy will not appeal in culturally liberal cities

It’s a Friday night in Westminster, Colo., and moms and dads are dropping their kids off at church for an evening of science, snacks, skits, and games. Then the moms and dads head out for an evening together.

The larger picture warrants increasing skepticism that the denomination will survive the 21stcentury. At the current average of losses over the last 14 years – a time zone that is marked by the most radical changes in the denomination’s history – the lights will go out in about a half century.

Dr. Richards said I should be at Journal Day that summer – it was going to be an historic event; but that was all he would say about it.  It didn’t take the mind of Sherlock Holmes to figure out was most likely going to happen.     In April of 1972, I received a... Continue Reading

"To a Wesleyan," Dockery said, "Southern Baptists are Calvinists because we believe in eternal security, which Wesleyans do not. But to Presbyterians, who hold to a plurality of elders and infant baptism, we are not Calvinists"