In a decision with implications far beyond Georgetown County, S.C., and the Episcopal Church (ECUSA), the Supreme Court of South Carolina overturned the hierarchal ownership of local church property. The All Saints Parish of Pawley’s Island, S.C. withdrew from the ECUSA in 2005 but later in the year the ‘majority vestry’ was barred from use... Continue Reading

At a meeting on September 20, 2009, the congregation of Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church voted to keep its pastor, the Rev. Tullian Tchividjian by a vote of 940 – 422. The meeting was held as a result of a petition submitted to the Session (the church elder board) by around 400 members requesting that the... Continue Reading

In March I was honored to be elected pastor of one of the great churches in South Florida–and indeed in America. Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church had been led by Dr. D. James Kennedy for nearly 48 years until he died in September 2007 at the age of 76. Even though I grew up in South... Continue Reading

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