[Bishop Chuck] Murphy said the AMIA would transition toward a Mission society with oversight provided by a College of Consultors and conversations with other jurisdictions including the Anglican Church in North America will continue. In a move that brings closure to a split in the Anglican Mission in the Americas, AMIA Chairman Chuck Murphy announced... Continue Reading

“It really comes down to that. Is it Sola Scriptura or Nolo Scriptura? If Sola Scriptura, then the judicial process must uphold what Scripture teaches and judicial commissions must be willing to apply it in real-life cases. If Nolo Scriptura, then so much of what makes us Presbyterians becomes meaningless: church discipline, our ordination vows,... Continue Reading

The Christian Reformed Church Agenda for Synod 2012 is now available online and the 2012 synod meeting looks to be the most controversial the CRC has seen in years. A whopping sixty overtures appeared in the new Agenda released last Wednesday. 35 of those overtures and an additional three communications were about the Belhar Confession.... Continue Reading

Asked about when to speak about the issue of same-sex “marriage” publicly, Mohler replied, “We have to get over the idea that we have a private message without public consequences. The Gospel is a public truth.” Two prominent Southern Baptists discussed the consequences of same-sex “marriage” at a biennial conference, warning that Christians will face... Continue Reading

In…a dissent joined in by the chief justice stated, “Perhaps it is time to acknowledge the neutral principles of law approach as it has evolved, creates a bias for the national church and it is time to correct its application so that we can truly look for, as well as fairly determine, the real intent... Continue Reading

He did comment, however, about the use of a secret ballot instead of a voice vote that is usual protocol. The decision was made after consultation with Ricks who concurred, he said. This was done in an attempt to discourage divisiveness and the exact vote count was not reported at the meeting and will not... Continue Reading

One senior church source…said: “He is orthodox, he is experienced as a vicar and a bishop, he is self-deprecating, he leads. He has street cred, he is well known in the Anglican Communion…The African bishops are delighted they have a black brother as Archbishop of York. He would be an excellent Archbishop of Canterbury.” Outside... Continue Reading

David Garner, Westminster Theological Seminary associate professor of systematic theology and chair of the PCA’s Insider Movement (IM) Study Committee, said committee members are striving to complete a report on how IM practices affect the PCA. “We’ve got a wonderful group of guys on the committee,” Garner said, “a rich constellation of missiologists and those... Continue Reading

It is clear that in their desperate desire to grow the church or stall the present hemorrhaging, the concept of “inclusion” is being expanded beyond changes in the church’s teaching on human sexuality to include anyone who passes through the red doors of an Episcopal Church. If the Diocese of Eastern Oregon has its way... Continue Reading

Paralleling their role in Christmas celebrations in Southern Baptist life, the Woman’s Missionary Union (WMU) played an important part in the Southern Baptist embrace of Easter. Once again the catalyst was missions. Southern Baptists originally did not attach much significance to Easter. This was much the same regarding Christmas (see “Southern Baptists have not always... Continue Reading