A young Christian couple will appeal the recent decision by a New Mexico judge, who found them guilty of “sexual orientation” discrimination for declining to photograph a same-sex “commitment ceremony.” Attorneys with Ariz.-based Alliance Defense Fund announced last week their plan to appeal the ruling, insisting that Christians in the marketplace should not be subject... Continue Reading

A called meeting of General Synod of the Associate Presbyterian Church (ARP) will convene Monday, March 2, 2010, at 4:30 p.m. at Bonclarken, Flat Rock, NC, to receive and act on the findings and recommendations of the Moderator’s Commission on Erskine College and Theological Seminary. Snyod Moderator has provided details: SCROLL DOWN TO BACKGROUND INFO... Continue Reading

Truett-McConnell College in northeast Georgia plans to become the first Baptist college to require its faculty to affirm the Baptist Faith and Message as revised by the Southern Baptist Convention in 2000. Trustees of the four-year school voted recently to adopt the policy intended to signal solidarity with the Georgia Baptist Convention. “The Georgia Baptist... Continue Reading

Struthers Presbyterian Church, located just south of Youngstown, Ohio voted to secede from the Presbyterian Church USA and Eastminster Presbytery on January 10th. The vote, taken after the 11 a.m. service Sunday, was categorized as “97 percent in favor of disaffiliation” by Forrest A. Norman, the Struthers’ congregation’s Cleveland lawyer. Norman described the church, at... Continue Reading

Meeting in Canton, Ohio on Saturday, January 9, the Muskingum Valley Presbytery of the PCUSA voted by a 2-1 margin to dissolve the relationship of the Rev. Dennis Allison and First Presbyterian Church in Mansfield, Ohio, despite objections from the congregation and its leadership. An Administrative Commission had been appointed by the Presbytery in December... Continue Reading

The 38th PCA General Assembly will be held in Nashville, Tenn., June 29-July 2, 2010. Registration is now open. Commissioner registration is available online here. Registration packets are being mailed to all PCA teaching elders and churches. For additional information about the 38th General Assembly, go here. [Editor’s note: The original URLs (links) referenced in... Continue Reading

In front of the old farmhouse in Yawkey that is now the home of Stop the Revolving Door Ministries, recovered pill addict Jeff Carter explains his plans for a place where men with substance abuse can build the spiritual foundation for a new life. The program, “a work in progress,” is sponsored by the Perrow... Continue Reading

HARVEY, ND – The congregation of the First Lutheran Church of Harvey, ND, has cast the first of two votes to split from the EvangelicalLutheranChurch in America. Two-thirds of the congregation voted in favor of the split last month. The congregation must wait 90 days before the second and final vote. The proposed split follows... Continue Reading

The U.S. Supreme Court justices are rolling back the sleeves of their robes to wrestle with yet another church and state case this term. The justices should be prepared for some heavy lifting. The court already has heard argument in a case involving a cross set up on federal land in the Mojave Desert, and... Continue Reading

One week after the local newspaper in Croton Falls, NY reported on a survey by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ranked New York at the bottom of the misery index, some strong, if not conclusive, evidence to the contrary emerged in this hamlet in northern Westchester County. The Revs. Richard Hasselbach and Barbara... Continue Reading