“There is a need to be one church with one philosophy — doing whatever it takes to develop committed followers of Jesus Christ,” Surber said. “We’re not interested in watering down our message. We want to raise the bar.” One of the Nashville’s largest Baptist churches will have a new name that omits the word... Continue Reading

The vote of Presbyteries on the BCO 14 amendments as of March 5 is On BCO 14-1: 39-33 against adoption On BCO 14-2: 41-31 against adoption. A majority of Presbyteries have now voted against adopting BCO 14-2. For the amendments to be have been approved 2/3 of the 79 Presbyteries (53) had to vote in... Continue Reading

Cross Park Church (a congregation of the Presbyterian Church in America) will open its doors for the first time Sunday, March 6 at Smithfield Elementary School in South Charlotte. Pastor Jeff Hardy, 36, is planting Cross Park as an offshoot of Uptown Church (PCA), which he has attended since 2001. During the past 10 years,... Continue Reading

After bearing witness to the powerful impact Redeemer Presbyterian Church (Presbyterian Church of America) is having in his home turf of New York, Black Johnston acknowledged that “the PCA is kicking our [butt] in” new church development. Other speakers pointed to the reality that the PCA also outpaces the PCUSA in campus ministry. What’s next... Continue Reading

The following complaint was filed with First Presbytery of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church on October 19, 2010 and will be dealt with by the Presbytery at their Spring Meeting on Tuesday, March 8. The meeting will be held at the Covenant of Grace ARP Church in Winston Salem, NC to begin at 10:00AM. COMPLAINT... Continue Reading

An ordained minister of the Presbyterian Church USA…was acquitted Monday on a 3-3 vote by a church panel of charges that he violated the church constitution when he legally married his gay partner in California in 2008. The case of the Rev. Erwin Barron, who was associate pastor at a Minneapolis area church in the... Continue Reading

Following is the official response from the Session of the Pinecrest ARP (Flat Rock, NC) to the judicial reference of First Presbytery in the case of Elder Parker Young. The judicial case stems from charges concerning Dr. Young actions in bring a lawsuit against the denomination in the Erskine Board case in 1020. First Presbytery... Continue Reading

In the Presbyterian Church (USA) and elsewhere, (denominationally approved) mission networks appear to be the wave of the future. These networks are filling the space left by the decline of old-fashioned denominational mission agencies, which built large bureaucracies to fund and direct the church’s mission programs. By contrast, the new mission networks are decentralized and... Continue Reading

The vote of Presbyteries on the BCO 14 amendments as of February 26 is 40-33 against adopting the amendments. A majority of Presbyteries have now voted against adoption. For the amendments to be have been approved 2/3 of the 79 Presbyteries (53) had to vote in favor. A majority of the Presbyteries have now voted... Continue Reading

Rescue teams in Christchurch, New Zealand were digging through rubble on 23 February, searching for survivors of the 6.3-magnitude earthquake that killed at least 75 people and destroyed and damaged many buildings in the city on 21 February, among them a number of historic churches. The death toll on the second day after the quake... Continue Reading