The challenges and opportunities smaller Southern Baptist churches might embrace to reach their communities with the Gospel was the focus of a Small Church and Bivocational Pastors Missional Initiative Dialogue at the North American Mission Board. Congregations of less than 200 members account for 33,522 churches within the Southern Baptist Convention, a majority of the... Continue Reading

According to a document released by Knox, it was stated during the (EPC Presbytery) meeting and generally accepted that clear Biblical imperatives regarding church leadership no longer apply to today’s church. On November 21, 2010, Great Lakes Presbytery of the PCA (Michigan and Northwestern Indiana) welcomed its newest congregation into the Presbytery. Knox Presbyterian Church... Continue Reading

…A couple of years ago I saw a video by Joseph Small and Charles Wiley of the PC(USA)’s Theology and Worship Office in Louisville. The video talked about how when we read difficult Bible passages, it is helpful to look at the interpretative witnesses both of the worldwide church and of the Christian Church throughout... Continue Reading

The sluggish economy was one of the factors that led the church to go ahead with the building project now. “Our need for growth coincided with the general trend in the economy and that made it cheaper to build than at other times. It accelerated the process.” After eight years of slow but steady growth... Continue Reading

Dr Williams describes the Covenant as a tool with which disagreement within the Communion could be managed, even if such disagreement would not be resolved. Katie Sherrod…of Ft. Worth: “It seeks to wrap rings of bureaucratic barbed wire around the Holy Spirit, imprisoning the Spirit in processes of discipline designed to enforce unanimity of theology,... Continue Reading

Editor’s Note: David Robertson, pastor of St. Peter’s Free Church in Dundee, Scotland, had recorded a full account of what happened at the extraordinary Free Church Assembly which changed the Free Church’s position on worship. Robertson was one of the members of the Assembly who advocated the change that was ultimately approved. The Plenary Assembly... Continue Reading

Old Cutler Presbyterian Church (OCPC), Miami, will host its 34th annual Christmas Concert on Saturday, Dec. 4, at 7:30 p.m. (Doors open at 7 p.m.). Old Cutler Presbyterian Church invites the community to enjoy the sights and sounds of Christmas during its annual concert performed by an array of musicians and vocalists from their church... Continue Reading

The Anglican Covenant is being proposed as a way of holding the Anglican Communion together in the face of divisions over human sexuality and biblical authority. Just as the Church of England General Synod was giving its backing to a mechanism to preserve unity in the Anglican Communion, conservative Primates were issuing a statement declaring... Continue Reading

nFOG places church members under the authority not only of the session but “higher councils” (nFOG G-1.0103)…Members become “less” members of a local congregation and “more” members of the PCUSA. One of the reasons articulated for voting against Amendment 10-1, the proposed new Form of Government (nFOG), is the effect it will have on the... Continue Reading

The tensions are longstanding, and may be here to stay. But what is behind them? Are they inherent in the Reformed faith? How can members reflect Christ while agreeing to disagree? And can the whole situation be leveraged into an opportunity for the PCA to thrive? According to a number of PCA leaders, conflict within... Continue Reading