The Presiding Bishop called Bishop Mark Lawrence and, speaking directly with him, informed him of the action of the Disciplinary Board. She also informed him that, effective noon of that day, the exercise of his ministry was restricted. Therefore, under the canon, he is not permitted to perform any acts as an ordained person.   ... Continue Reading

This is what disturbs me most, that my busyness, or the perception of busyness, makes me less effective in the areas in which I want to do well. That cost is too high to tolerate. So let me say it again, primarily to reassure myself: I’m not busy. I have all the time I need... Continue Reading

The problem was that the representatives from the presbytery framed the meetings “by the presbytery’s premise that the PWNC owned our building and we simply held it in trust for them. … We stated clearly to the group that we believed we owned our building and in that light we were very willing to discuss... Continue Reading

The church voted to make the jump last week, charting a new course for a congregation that has long been divided by personal and theological conflicts. “I think it’s the right move in light of what’s going on in the larger denomination,” said Pastor Tony Winterowd.     The possibility has been simmering for years,... Continue Reading

We wanted something that could help visualize the fact that God is doing this through all of us together,” Senior Pastor Jim Alexander told congregants before guiding the plow in dress shoes and a suit. “This is about God’s glory … walking together in one direction, pulling together in one direction.”     Dust flew... Continue Reading

In Zambia, and in Africa at large, evangelical leaders who have worked their way up the ecclesiastical ladder are holding hands with religious fraudsters and thus they cannot speak about this engulfing evil. They would rather throw stones at political leaders out there than address the Trojan horse within evangelicalism. They would rather tell the... Continue Reading

This year a good number of serious Christians, some of them evangelicals like myself, will vote to reelect the incumbent President.  On the other hand, many evangelical Christians are supporting the Republican nominee Mitt Romney, who happens to be a Mormon, and the recent endorsement of Romney by Billy Graham suggests that this support runs... Continue Reading

“We affirm that the use of contraceptives is a responsible and morally acceptable means to greater control over the number and timing of births, and to improve the overall developing and flourishing of women and children,” said the Rev. Jennifer Crumpton, one of the advisers to the evangelical group.     A coalition of evangelicals... Continue Reading

Any Catholic politicians who advocate for abortion, for illicit stem cell research or for any form of euthanasia ipso facto place themselves outside full communion with the Church and so jeopardize their salvation. Any Catholics who vote for candidates who stand for abortion, illicit stem cell research or euthanasia suffer the same fateful consequences.  ... Continue Reading

Flaniken most recently served as the senior vice president for Wycliffe Bible Translators USA. He also served as chief financial officer for Wycliffe USA and chairman of the board of the Wycliffe Foundation, which works to provide bibles and literacy lessons to those wishing to learn about Christianity around the world.     Forrest W.... Continue Reading