Southern Baptist delegates passed a resolution criticizing the 2011 update and asked LifeWay stores not to sell the Bible translation. Southern Baptists have asked their denomination-owned retail chain to stop selling a best-selling Bible translation, saying it contains errors when it comes to language about gender. Church delegates—known as messengers—passed a resolution at their June... Continue Reading

The findings are similar to what pastors said in January 2011 but more negative than their opinions in March 2010, when only 62 percent said the economy was affecting their congregations negatively. Although the offerings in most American churches have met or exceeded budget requirements in 2011, the economy is still having a negative impact... Continue Reading

(Editor’s Note: If reading blasphemy offends you, do not open this story) Professor Hijme Stoeffels of the Free University in Amsterdam says it is in such concepts as love that people base their diffuse ideas of religion. “In our society it’s called ‘somethingism’,” he says. “There must be ‘something’ between heaven and earth, but to... Continue Reading

Christian-based arts and crafts retailer Hobby Lobby has put a $47.5-million cash offer on the table for Crystal Cathedral in its second bid in less than two years to relieve the bankrupt megachurch of costly property. Hobby Lobby joins a list of about five other organizations that have made purchase proposals for Crystal Cathedral’s 40-acre... Continue Reading

Summer break is almost over and a new school year is about to begin. As thousands of children return to their classrooms, some will require additional support to help them through the academic challenges of the school year. For the past three years Grace Presbyterian Church in Stone Mountain, has provided additional support by giving... Continue Reading

When Pastor Tim Witmer (who is also Dr. Witmer, Professor of Practical Theology at Westminster Theological Seminary) proposed to change the J.R. Miller Memorial Presbyterian Church to Crossroads Community Church (PCA), he knew that he was taking a risk. “I know how hard it was to name a child in a community of two, let... Continue Reading

A Government advisor says publically that the ‘abnormal growth’ of Christianity threatens national security. Authorities this week sentenced Shi Enhao, deputy leader of the Chinese House Church Alliance (CHCA), to two years of “re-education through labor” – a sentence that requires no trial or conviction, according to the China Aid Association (CAA). Shi was officially... Continue Reading

As for Ms. Larges…there will be another trial before the SPJC on the doctrinal issues, there will probably be another examination for ordination before the presbytery based on the new Book of Order language, and I would suspect another appeal to the GAPJC following the new SPJC hearing…The apparent benefit to many of us in... Continue Reading

In its recent letter of support to embattled Catholic nun and theologian Elizabeth Johnson, the professors of Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary waded into a longstanding tension in the Roman Catholic Church. It’s a tension between bishops who exercise the role of teaching authority and theologians whose job is to research, write and, ultimately, to teach.... Continue Reading

“The GAPJC is hiding behind process in both cases, creating the ‘worst case scenario.’ Two cases with identical facts, one of them presenting a legal argument, the other a doctrinal argument, were brought. The legal case is declared moot, opening the door to the ordination of practicing homosexuals in the PCUSA. The doctrinal case is... Continue Reading