Church leader explains why: “In these last hours of the last days, you guys are standing out in the crowd. You’re getting God-smacked on a regular basis, and you’re too stupid to learn to obey.” The tragedy-rocked Virginia Tech community is preparing for the Blacksburg arrival of anti-gay protesters from the Topeka-Kan.-based Westboro Baptist Church... Continue Reading

Churches with leaner staffing costs had a larger percentage of their budget directed toward “ministry beyond one’s own congregation” such as missions and community outreach. With churches looking for ways to cut back on expenses, Leadership Network partnered with Your Church magazine and Leadership Journal to find out whether it’s possible to do ministry with... Continue Reading

The Belhar Confession will join the RCA’s historic confessions as a standard of unity. A two-thirds majority of the RCA’s 46 classes have voted to ratify adoption of the confession, which General Synod 2009 voted to add as a fourth standard of unity. Each classis has engaged in conversation and discernment around this decision, which... Continue Reading

Synod 2010 begins its sessions on Saturday, June 12, at 9 a.m. in the Martin and Janet Ozinga Chapel at Trinity Christian College, Palos Heights, Illinois. Grace Community CRC, Oak Lawn, Illinois, will serve as the convening church. The Agenda for Synod 2010 is now available on the Synodical Resources page of the Christian Reformed... Continue Reading

The backdrop for this proposal is a growing sense that middle governing bodies — the denomination’s presbyteries and synods — are struggling, trying to find their way in a financially precarious time In May, when the General Assembly Mission Council meets again, the budget difficulties of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) are likely to be top... Continue Reading

“The disparate treatment given to Ridgebury Church, denying its rights which other persons would be entitled to under the neutral laws of the state is a clear reason for granting leave to appeal in this case,” Claiming a previous court violated the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution when it ruled in favor of the... Continue Reading

Several ARP Synod related blogs, as well as the Anderson, SC Independent Mail web site are reporting that the judge who held the last hearing on the Temporary Restraining Order against the Synod, extended the TRO awaiting final drafting of an injunction. Several sources have reported that the Judge, with the consent of the ARP... Continue Reading

Downtown Presbyterian Church spent $130,050 in 2008 to have its organ restored. Covenant Presbyterian Church (PCA) in Green Hills spent $1.8 million on a new, four-story, Fisk organ for its recently finished sanctuary. There are no fog machines, no video screens, no drums. Unlike many new church buildings modeled after movie theaters, St. Andrew’s Anglican... Continue Reading

Mormons believe an off-shoot of the Nephites, the Lamanites, are ancestors of Native Americans. The histories of the Nephites and other civilizations form the basis of The Book of Mormon, which was revealed to the prophet Joseph Smith in 1823. It has been more than half a century since the last big shift in thinking... Continue Reading

Burns is a PCA Minister serving as pastor of the Nicosia Community Church, an independent, multi-denominational congregation in Cyprus. He regularly shares interesting stories of the culture on this beautiful Mediterranean Island. Easter is a special holiday on Cyprus – not only for its religious significance, but also for the fact that it coincides with... Continue Reading