“Albert Mohler was right about homosexuality not just being a choice,” Friedeman said. “He was right about homosexuality requiring a Savior. He was right about the church being homophobic towards homosexuals. And he was also right about homosexuality being a sin. A prominent conservative social activist has accused the Southern Baptist Convention of pandering to... Continue Reading

The Kirk Session of Gilcomston yesterday accused the Church of Scotland of “showing contempt” for members of the Kirk who upheld traditional Christian values. The congregation said in a statement: “The Kirk prefers to align itself with a handful of western European and North American denominations, which have torn themselves apart by taking the same... Continue Reading

Pastors and deacons from Chinese churches across the United States and Canada discussed a goal of planting 800 Chinese churches by 2020 during a SBC meeting in Phoenix. The Chinese Baptist Fellowship, which recently celebrated its 30th anniversary, has 260 member churches, said Peter Leong, president and interim executive director of the fellowship. “If every... Continue Reading

With apologies to CS Lewis – a different perspective on the current scene in Scotland…. My Dear Diabolos, Superb job! It really gives me a great deal of pleasure to me to see how well your mission in Scotland is going. It is so deliciously ironic that this land that was once so feared to... Continue Reading

The proceeding marked the seventh time over the last two decades that the church has held a trial involving homosexuality, according to the United Methodist News Service. The church is expected to take a hard look at its policies on homosexuality during its legislative conference in 2012, Lambrecht said. An openly-gay United Methodist minister was... Continue Reading

The church suspended community service activities Wednesday but expects to resume the camp Thursday. Pastor Mike Ross said Evan’s parents, who were too grief-stricken to speak with the media, asked that the camp go on. It was the end of a long, hot day spent volunteering in one of Charlotte’s low-income neighborhoods, and Evan Wolfe... Continue Reading

Dever told the audience that Patterson indirectly “helped start” the 9Marks movement. While Dever was at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, he wanted to print a pamphlet at the seminary extolling the marks of true Baptist churches. Calling themselves “men of yesterday” in the Southern Baptist Convention, 9Marks founder Mark Dever and Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary... Continue Reading

Unprecedented turmoil in recent months in local and regional Presbyterian circles — including five lay leaders in a Grand Forks congregation quitting the church after being charged with violating church rules as well as a top administrator being dismissed suddenly — was the main business at a meeting in Casselton, N.D., on Monday. About 50... Continue Reading

Systems are struggling with how to schedule the annual calendar. They are struggling to get graduation rates up beyond the embarrassing level. This? This just seems like a big pile of nothing about not much. In the dictionary, this little dust-up would be found under the phrase “much ado about nothing.” A New York court... Continue Reading

Since May 10, when Twin Cities became the decisive 87th presbytery to ratify deletion of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)’s “fidelity and chastity” standard, I have heard among my PCUSA friends many discussions of the urgent question: “Should I stay or should I go” from the denomination? As our May 11 press release made clear, we... Continue Reading