“ . . . no one school of interpretation on these disputed issues should be adopted as the only orthodox position to the exclusion of the others.” (Report of the Complaint Review Committee, 62) On January 8, 2011, Missouri Presbytery (MP) completed a Book of Church Order (BCO) 31-2 investigation of Federal Visionist TE Jeffrey... Continue Reading

The New Wineskins Association began approximately 10 years ago, when a group of pastors and leaders began discussing a different way to be the Church in the 21st century. It now includes 180 congregations in both the PCUSA and the more conservative Evangelical Church in American (EPC). According to a letter written by the leadership... Continue Reading

The Rev. Tom De Vries’ days as lead pastor of the 2,600-member Fair Haven Ministries in Hudsonville likely are drawing to a close. The Reformed Church in America’s General Synod Council in March tapped De Vries as its sole candidate from a pool of six to become the denomination’s fifth general secretary. The decision now... Continue Reading

Leading up to the event, we promoted the event using Facebook advertising. For £20, our advertisement appeared on 285,000 Facebook pages in the Edinburgh area over the course of two weeks. Of those 285,000 page views, 40 people actually clicked on the ad to find out more. We know of one person who came to... Continue Reading

A Southwestern Pennsylvania church is seeking dismissal from the Presbyterian Church (USA), bringing the total dismissals from its governing presbytery to four in as many years. Citing a growing theological rift with the PCUSA, Mt. Pleasant Presbyterian Church of Raccoon Township, Pa. voted unanimously on April 10 to seek dismissal to the Evangelical Presbyterian Church... Continue Reading

A California man is considering whether to appeal a Jefferson Circuit Court judge’s decision to dismiss a lawsuit seeking damages from the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) for alleged sexual abused at an African mission boarding house in 1988. Judge Irv Maze ruled that Sean Coppedge’s lawsuit — filed in December 2010 — came too late under... Continue Reading

The message for this year’s 7 a.m. beach-front service, hosted at the Marco Island Marriott Beach Resort is: “All I Need is a Cheeseburger in Paradise,” and will be given by Marco Presbyterian (PCA) Church’s Senior Pastor the Rev. William “Bill” Lyle. “May there be a shout of glory across the Island as we share... Continue Reading

The moves are broadly seen as realignment within mainline Protestant denominations over issues including ordination of gay clergy, interpretation of scripture and church governance. One congregation of a Memphis-area Presbyterian Church (USA) has voted to affiliate with a more conservative denomination. The vote on Sunday by members of Advent Presbyterian Church was 482-22 to ask... Continue Reading

I wrote previously that Illiana Presbytery voted to concur in the overture to sever byFaith’s funding from the Administrative Committee budget. The origin of this overture was Illiana’s unanimous rejection of the BCO 14-1 and 14-2 amendments proposed by last year’s General Assembly. Illiana Presbytery asked their churches and elders to consider alternative ways of... Continue Reading

Currently, we have a 12 year old cryptozoologist in our church. He became interested in the subject when one of our teenage boys introduced him to it earlier this year. Another preteen brother and sister recently set up a Bibles for Orphans of Haiti project after hearing a report of a vision trip to Haiti... Continue Reading