The Web site of Tower Presbyterian Church in Grove City, Pa., was one of 18 across the nation that were hacked this week and revised to promote conversion to Islam. All of the church Web sites affected by the cyber-attack are hosted by a Perrysburg, Ohio Web designer whose company hosts and designs Web sites... Continue Reading

(Counsel for the Complainant) pointed that (the minister) was not eligible at the time of his ordination due to a violation of the chastity standard — any new amendments notwithstanding. He added that the standards of Scripture and Reformed tradition were not overridden by Amendment 10A and that Anderson would not be eligible unless he... Continue Reading

Since the Executive Editor of The Layman, Carmen Fowler LaBerge, set aside her ordination based on her inability to be in subjection to the new PCUSA vows, there has been much discussion on why this action was appropriate, and (in Mrx. LaBerge’s mind, necessary). Here are a couple of samples of the letters and responses.... Continue Reading

Patriarch Elijah Anthony Dohnal, Lvov (Ukraine) sent an open letter to the PCUSA on Tuesday, July 19. Here is his recommendation: “Dear members of the Presbyterian Church (USA), we hereby call upon you to separate from the shepherds who betrayed Christ. This is a necessary step on your part so that you may be saved... Continue Reading

A Roman Catholic diocese made a $50 million cash offer to buy Southern California’s’s financially struggling Crystal Cathedral, officials said Friday. The Diocese of Orange said its proposal could pull the megachurch, which was founded more than 50 years ago by pioneering televangelist Rev. Robert H. Schuller, out of bankruptcy by the end of the... Continue Reading

“Michele Bachmann leaves church accused of anti-Catholic bias,” the Los Angeles Times reported. The Atlantic Monthly: “Michele Bachmann’s Church Says the Pope Is the Antichrist.” From the Washington Post, we learned that the Lutheran Confessions use “unfortunate wording.” American political reporters aren’t known for their vocal support of Roman Catholic teachings. But when they discovered... Continue Reading

It has impressed upon me the importance of the process of pastoral searches and calls. Churches that stand faithful through the generations are those that seek men who are faithful to the Scripture, true to the Reformed faith, and obedient to the Great Commission, men who are winsome pastors and faithful leaders, and men who... Continue Reading

Nobody asked who was Jewish and who was not. Nobody asked where you were from. Nobody asked who your father was or if you could pay. They just accepted each of us, taking us in with warmth, sheltering children, often without their parents — children who cried in the night from nightmares. — Elizabeth Koenig-Kaufman,... Continue Reading

The Assemblies’ rate is 50 percent more than what is found in the SBC. They have opened the first part of 2011 with 177 new churches, tracking at a 3 percent pace, or almost twice the SBC rate. At the North American Mission Board luncheon prior to the Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting in Phoenix,... Continue Reading

The Crystal Cathedral, Orange County’s landmark megachurch, now faces an online petition launched by senior members alleging nepotism and a doctrinal shift by founder Robert H. Schuller’s daughters. “It is time to rise up and take our church back!” says the petition, soliciting signatures of Crystal Cathedral members, former members, friends and viewers of Schuller’s... Continue Reading