(Project includes) a new 3,000-seat sanctuary…, along with a religious education building and parking garage, a sweeping glass-fronted concourse and a sky bridge. Packed tightly into the ornate, old sanctuary and spilling into overflow areas to watch on TV, members of First Baptist Church of Dallas heard the number Sunday that will guide them into... Continue Reading

The church closed late last year, but the battle continues today in Hamilton County Probate Court, where the leaders of the Presbytery of Cincinnati have claimed the legacy fund belongs to them. When the Seventh Presbyterian Church closed last fall after 160 years, the congregation created a $2 million “legacy fund” to carry on the... Continue Reading

The procession began with a wild liturgical dance, gyrating Chinese dragon-like creatures, the banging of drums and the beating of noisemakers In what many Anglicans will view as an inflammatory act in the already shaky Anglican Communions’ house of cards, two women, one a lesbian, were consecrated the 16th and 17th female bishops in The... Continue Reading

Despite a negotiated agreement with a Presbytery commission prior to the meeting, the church was dismissed by only a 58-48 vote. The 152-year-old First Presbyterian Church of Aurora, Ill. was dismissed from the Presbyterian Church (USA) Tuesday by Blackhawk Presbytery in a 58-48 vote. A negotiated settlement will allow the 700-member congregation to leave with... Continue Reading

“The purpose of discipline is to bring about the reconciliation of man to God and man to man and to engage the people of God in the ministry of reconciliation” On May 6th The Aquila Report ran a story about a Session in the Associate Reformed Presbyterian (ARP) Church starting a process known as Church... Continue Reading

“This year, we are trying something new. On Memorial Day, we are going to have a community Home Run Derby” Ice cream and a Home Run Derby are going to help send a group of Coweta County young people to Appalachia for a missions project. The youth of White Oak Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church in... Continue Reading

The Bishop…reaffirmed the position of the Anglican Church in North America… that “all parish property is owned by the parishes” without any trust claim by the diocese” Leaders from all 55 parishes in the Anglican Diocese of Pittsburgh met with diocesan leaders on April 25 at St. Martin’s Anglican Church, Monroeville, Pennsylvania, to worship and... Continue Reading

Redeemer’s worship service (is) a “contemporary expression of sound-substantive hymns and praise songs.“ Members of Redeemer Presbyterian PCA in Evans, Georgia will have a new place to worship Sunday as the church opens the doors to its first permanent home. “This is our very first building,” said senior pastor Charlie Stakley. “We are a church... Continue Reading

There are several closed sessions planned for Thursday’s GAMC meeting schedule, including a one-hour session for elected members only The anticipation of staff cuts is hanging over this week’s meeting of the General Assembly Mission Council (GAMC) being held in Louisville (KY), but officials are holding off those discussion until a series of closed meetings... Continue Reading

Free Church of Scotland minister the Rev David Robertson at St Peter’s in Dundee said it could provide a home for “hurt and angry” Kirk members. The Free Church of Scotland is considering lifting a 110-year ban on hymn singing. A group of 10 ministers is calling for a change in church law because they... Continue Reading