There is an increasing amount of agitation and confusion in the church, in presbyteries and in licensure and ordination exams, about whether or not the Mosaic covenant is in some sense a covenant of works, including the doctrinal and theological issues related to this discussion. Three Ministerial members of Orthodox Presbyterian Church (OPC) Presbytery of... Continue Reading

Reports of Presbyterian Church (USA) presbyteries and churches around the country reveal that many congregations have either reached agreements with their presbyteries to be dismissed from the PCUSA, or are in the process of dismissal or disaffiliation from the denomination. Most of the churches leaving the PCUSA have cited the recent approval of Amendment 10A... Continue Reading

One day, the church’s youth pastor reported spying a for-sale sign before a large commercial building across town. Mr. Mortara went to view the property, a 46,000-square-foot facility near a plastic fabricator…”I looked at it and said, ‘This is it,”‘ Mr. Mortara says. “To this day, there’s still not another building in the city that... Continue Reading

“Maybe five or six years down the line there will be a grouping of like-minded evangelical Presbyterian churches,” he said. “It is more than conceivable that there will be a number of churches in the next months or years who will leave the Church of Scotland.” The Church of Scotland is braced for mass resignations... Continue Reading

The following overture, “Declaration Rejecting All Evolutionary Views of Adam’s Origin,” was sent to the Rocky Mountain Presbytery by the Session of Northwoods Presbyterian Church in Cheyenne, WY, to send to the 40th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in America, which will be meeting in Louisville, KY, June 19-22, 2012. Overture to the 40th... Continue Reading

The Rev Paul Dawson, spokesman for Reform, a conservative evangelical group within the Church of England, warned that without more provision for opponents, the legislation could eventually fail. “Our feeling is that if there are no concessions made, if the legislation goes through without any additional provision, then it could well fail,” he said. The... Continue Reading

A youth leader at Eastbridge Presbyterian Church (PCA) in Mount Pleasant, ReVille often held Bible studies for boys at a local Dunkin’ Donuts. At Coastal Christian Preparatory School, where ReVille was just fired as an upper school assistant principal, he took boys off campus on “ice cream runs.” “It seemed fun and OK,” said the... Continue Reading

An overture asking that the PCA withdraw from the NAE was presented at the last General Assembly. That resolution is currently being considered. The following is just a short list of some of the actions, resolutions, and positions taken by the NAE that should make the withdrawal of the PCA a no-brainer. “The sole functions... Continue Reading

Among the ‘benefits’ (of being in the PCUSA) listed by Greater Atlanta Presbytery are: (1) “Their association with the largest mainstream Presbyterian denomination in this country,” (2) “Having been provided with PCUSA trained clergy”, (3) “Having been able to attract members because of the church’s membership in the PCUSA” and (4) “Having been able to... Continue Reading

The leader looked him in the eyes and said, “Who’d want it? Who in their right minds would want to run that?” “That’s when it dawned on me,” Kallestad reflected. “By the time we service the $12-million debt, pay the staff, and maintain the property, we’ve spent more than a million before we can spend... Continue Reading