Lutheran CORE leaders renounce ELCA ‘same sex relationship’ decision and call for meeting to plan separation. Leaders of Lutheran CORE (Coalition for Reform) expressed both great distress and firm resolve over the decision by the Churchwide Assembly of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America to endorse gay marriage and to change its standards to allow... Continue Reading

The Session of Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church in Fort Lauderdale, acting on a petition signed by a sufficient number of communicant members, scheduled a congregation meeting for Sunday, September 20, to consider a motion to recall their senior pastor, the Rev. Tullian Tchividjian. The members of Coral Ridge will vote on whether or not to... Continue Reading

Founders Ministries is prayerfully pursuing the development of a church planting network that is confessional, baptistic, and missional. They are in the process of developing a database comprised of individuals and churches who: (1) Have planted a church in the last 10 years (2) Are currently in the process of planting a church, (3) Are... Continue Reading

A megachurch in eastern China was recently demolished by reportedly 400 people in police suits, a human rights group reported Tuesday. Before dawn last Sunday, the mob raided the “Good News Cloth Shoes Factory,” which also serves as the site for the FushanChurch. Men tore at the building’s foundation with shovels as bulldozers worked to... Continue Reading

Protestant Reformed Church Settles 2 year old judicial case – requires all Ministers and Elders to send children to denomination-affiliated Christian schools. The 2009 General Synod of the Protestant Reformed Church was held at the Georgetown Protestant Reformed Church in Hudsonville in August. One of the most significant results was that final action was taken... Continue Reading

Charitable Catholic/evangelical dialogue snags on imputation, authority. Former Evangelical Theological Society (ETS) president Francis Beckwith’s reversion to Rome in 2007 reignited perennial questions of how evangelicals should relate to Catholics. Namely, can a Roman Catholic credibly claim the evangelical label? Beckwith thinks so, and he has an ally in BeesonDivinitySchool dean Timothy George. Nevertheless, during... Continue Reading

Lighthouse Presbyterian Church, an Evangelical Presbyterian congregation in Paola, Kansas (about 40 minutes south of the KC Beltway) walked away from its property when they departed from the PCUSA to join the EPC in 2007. Now, just two years later, they have grown to the point that they have acquired 20 acres of land at an... Continue Reading

Rock Presbyterian Church of Greenwood, South Carolina – a congregation of the Evangelical Presbyterian Church – recently enjoyed two successful outreach ministry engagements in their community. The regional chamber of commerce hosted a “Super-Networking” night and Rock was there. Pastor Joe Johnson reported, “It was a great advertizing opportunity for the church and the EPC.... Continue Reading

AJC has condemned the World Council of Churches Secretary General, the Rev. Samuel Kobia, for his declaration that Israel’s “occupation” of Palestinian territories is “a sin against God.” “Rev. Kobia parrots the same hypocritical statements regarding Israel that the WCC regularly issues, ignoring the root causes of Israel’s presence in the West Bank,” said Rabbi... Continue Reading

The 73rd General Synod of the Bible Presbyterian Church met August 6-11, 2009, in the mountains of East Tennessee. The following resolution was made: RESOLUTION 73:04 – Islam Knows No Peace Contrary to modern political and religious propaganda, Islam is not a peaceable religion. Especially since the latter half of the 20th century when billions... Continue Reading