Assemblies of God District Claims Ownership of Local Congregation Building
Assemblies of God laid claim to the church property under a clause in a 30-year-old document from when the congregation borrowed money to build the church. Bronx Crossway Christian Center members have seen much tumult after losing their spiritual leader of the past 34 years amid allegations of wrongdoing. Now they have been locked out... Continue Reading
Go Figure – Stats on church planting, charities, and men in church (and more)
Each month Christianity Today magazine summarizes some important and frequently surprising statistics concerning the church. Here is June’s summary: Giving 1,238,201: Nonprofit charities and foundations in the U.S., as of 2009. 654,186: Nonprofit charities and foundations in 1996. Source: The Chronicle of Philanthropy/Internal Revenue Service Evangelism 28%: Protestant churches that participated in some way in... Continue Reading
Praying For A Sale – In Tight Housing Market, Houses Of Worship Even Tougher To Move Than Houses
“Many of these are Gothic structures that are expensive to maintain,” he says. “It’s not just your standard cinderblock.” When immigrants flowed into Connecticut’s cities in the 19th century, their homes might have been modest, their jobs working-class. But they brought with them visions of the grand Gothic cathedrals of their childhoods. Collecting pennies and... Continue Reading
Executive Protection Firm Announces New Church Security Division
The U.S. State Department now classifies faith-based organizations as one of the top five “at risk” groups in the world today. Gideon Protective Services, Inc. will offer comprehensive church security training, security consulting and executive protection to churches and synagogues of all faiths. An executive protection and private security guard firm local to Southern California... Continue Reading
First Presbyterian Church of Bakersfield, California Joins Evangelical Presbyterians
“We left on very amicable terms,” Chandler said. “Our conflict is not with other local Presbyterian churches. The conflict is on the national level.” The largest Presbyterian church in the San Joaquin Valley has realigned with a more conservative denominational entity, citing discontentment with a growing ideological divide between the congregation and its former national... Continue Reading
Life in Those Old Bones – The value of denominations
Denominations are certainly not the answer to the world’s ills, nor are they our last and only hope. But a denominational structure can be a valuable tool… Denominations appear to have fallen on difficult times. Theological controversies over core Christian beliefs have weakened some denominations. Others have succumbed to classic liberalism. A handful of denominations... Continue Reading
The PCA – “A Denomination Confronts its Past”
“I can find no record of formal church discipline being exercised on the issue of racism in any Presbyterian circles” Though racial extremists had previously caused rifts in PCA churches, the recent tumult at Friendship Presbyterian Church near Asheville, N.C., was perhaps unprecedented in that it led to church litigation (church discipline) regarding racism. (Original... Continue Reading
Virginia high court rules against Anglican breakaway churches, but dispute isn’t over
Some Episcopal clergy keep their offices in Starbucks as they await the end of this three-year, multimillion-dollar case. Virginia’s Supreme Court struck a blow to Anglican conservatives Thursday, ruling against nine congregations who split from the Episcopal Church after a series of doctrinal disputes that culminated with the 2003 installation of an openly gay bishop.... Continue Reading
Two ARP Presbyteries meet; consider action on an Elder in each body accused of violations of 1 Corinthians 6.
As previously reported in this journal, allegations have been brought in two separate Presbyteries (Regional groups) of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church. In First Presbytery, Ruling Elder Dr. Parker Young. a member of the Pinecrest ARP Church in Flat Rock, NC (near Hendersonville) has been accused by the Session of New Perth ARP in Troutman,... Continue Reading
Church Planting initiative aims to renew mainline denominations
“Overseed” is actively recruiting seminary students from theological schools not historically affiliated with mainline denominations Acknowledging the precipitous decline of all the historic mainline denominations in North America, self-described “renewalists” are trying something new. They call it Overseed. How it works: 1. Identify a once fruitful ministry field that now lies fallow. 2. Identify a... Continue Reading
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