Extract and link to a story in the local Greenwood, SC paper which has been running a series of articles with interviews of people upset by the recent ARP Synod decision Members of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church commission that investigated Erskine College and Seminary and reported back to the General Synod said their recommendations... Continue Reading

Currently, there are some 3,000 multi-sites in the country. Some churches that have adopted the one church in multiple locations approach have turned their other campuses into video venues. In other words, the pastor preaches at one location and is beamed to screens in other locations. While the dust over beaming preachers on a video... Continue Reading

Reading this plan brings back memories of Journal Day, 1972 and the plan for formation of the National Presbyterian Church (DKC) Christ-Centered, Mission-Driven, Traditionally-Grounded and Congregationally-Focused We are living in an exciting time for confessing Lutherans in North America! Pastors and laypeople increasingly are engaged in the life of the Church beyond their congregations. Many... Continue Reading

“…when there is a major change in governance, colleges are required to report to SACS about the change, and President Ruble did so the day after the church replaced the board members.” Last week’s dismissal – by a religious body — of 14 trustees of Erskine College (to be followed by reconsidering the status of... Continue Reading

The six-story Jindengtai “Golden Lampstand” Church is the home church of the 50,000 member Linfen Church Network in Shanxi. A symbol of strength and unity for the 50,000-member Linfen Church Network, the central church building Jindengtai (Golden Lampstand) towers over the neighboring buildings in Linfen City. The building was confiscated by the Chinese government in... Continue Reading

For those who may not be familiar with this name, Providence is a relatively new Presbytery that was formed of churches in Northern Alabama, formerly part of Evangel Presbytery The Fifth Stated Meeting took place at First Church, Tuscumbia on February 9th. At this meeting the Presbytery took the following actions: The presbytery adopted the... Continue Reading

Joe Ehrmann, subject of the New York Times bestseller Season of Life, and one of the country’s most noted coaches in sports education, will talk about his philosophy concerning raising boys and girls for others. Ponte Vedra Presbyterian Church youth ministries will present Super Surge Monday at 7 p.m. at the University of North Florida’s... Continue Reading

Tickets are available for order online and the price of the ticket includes breakfast Messengers to the Convention (and others in the area) are invited to attend the annual Founders Fellowship Breakfast The event will be held on Tuesday morning, June 15, 2010 at 6:30AM and will take place in the Orange County Convention Center,... Continue Reading

The following Letter to the Editor, concerning overtures passed by a PCUSA Presbytery, was addressed to and first printed in the online version of The Layman. On Feb. 20, Heartland Presbytery, which to my profound shame is the presbytery to which my Bible-believing, Bible-preaching church belongs, passed three overtures. Two of them seek to remove... Continue Reading

“The ARP really did take care of their business as a family.” (Editor’s note: The following article fills nearly 12 pages in a Word format, which is much longer than most web postings. Some may want to consider printing off the article for full reading.) The meeting started on Tuesday, March 2nd in the middle... Continue Reading