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The ARP Session’s Authority and Responsibility Concerning Public Corporate Worship

An overview of Session’s authority regarding a congregation’s public corporate worship in the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church.

Written by Seth Yi | Monday, January 17, 2022

How should the Session deal with these providential hinderances? When dealing with such rare and unavoidable circumstances, the Session must clearly be guided by biblical wisdom and principles, objective certainties, and sound reasoning, and not by speculation, worldly wisdom, and unsupported fear. The Session should lean on what is “known” rather than what is “unknown”... Continue Reading

A Report of The 217th ARP General Synod Meeting

The 217th General Synod meeting of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church was held at First Presbyterian Church in Columbia, SC, June 8-10, 2021.

Written by Susan Tanner, Director of Communications | Monday, June 28, 2021

Mr. Bill McKay, an elder at Grace Presbyterian Church in Woodstock, Ontario is the Moderator Elect. Reverend Lee Shelnutt made the motion saying what a dear friend McKay is. McKay is a member of the World Witness Board, Clerk of Session at Grace, and Clerk of the Canadian Presbytery. He is retired from a printing... Continue Reading

ARP Synod Statement On Human Sexuality

The Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church Position Statement on Human Sexuality; approved by the 2019 Synod.

Written by Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church | Thursday, June 13, 2019

Turning now to the more central question asked of the committee in regards to human sexuality and GLBTQ+ orientations it is shown by the Confession and Catechisms, as it already was illustrated by the Scriptures, that there is no sense in which any sin, be they of a sexual kind or not, can be rested... Continue Reading

Christian activists booted from Seattle coffee shop: ‘I’m gay. You have to leave’

“Are you denying us service?” Mr. Davis asked.

Written by Douglas Ernst | Friday, October 13, 2017

This incident comes as the U.S. Supreme Court gears up to take the case of Jack Philliips, the Christian baker who was ordered by the the Colorado Civil Rights Commission to serve wedding cake to LGBT couples — or none at all. The high court agreed in June to hear the case this fall.   A Christian... Continue Reading

An Overview of the 2017 ARP General Synod: “The Lord Showed Up and Showed Out!“

One Commissioner’s assessment on the 2017 of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian General Synod.

Written by Chuck W. Wilson | Monday, June 19, 2017

I am a realist. Our doctrine of sin says sin happens. One glorious meeting of Synod is not a cure-all. It is only a beginning. We expect hard days ahead. We expect failures and sins. But we also expect grace-days when “the Lord shows up and shows out.” Indeed, when leaders of our institutions transparently... Continue Reading

ARP Synod Approves Report On Race Relations

At its June 7-9, 2016 the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church Synod approved a Report On Race Relations

Written by ARP Synod | Tuesday, June 14, 2016

The Theological & Social Concerns Committee of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church presented an extensive report at the Synod, which met June 7-9, 2016, on the issue race relations and the ARP.  In addition, the following motion was also approved overwhelmingly: “We, the General Synod of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church, do confess the sinful... Continue Reading

Erskine Seminary Faculty Asks Board to Separate the College and the Seminary

The faculty of the Erskine Theological Seminary voted unanimously to adopt two petitions requesting the board to act on separating the college and seminary, and adjusting salary and compensation.

Written by Staff | Tuesday, May 10, 2016

The first petition was approved by the faculty on March 10, and was addressed to the members of the Erskine board as well as the Moderator of the General Synod of the ARP. It requests the board “to facilitate the separation of the college and the seminary as soon as possible.” The second petition was... Continue Reading

The RPCNA & ARP Synods: A Family Reunion of Churches

The Synods of the Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America and the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church met concurrently at the Bonclarken Conference Center in North Carolina.

Written by James Faris | Monday, June 15, 2015

This meeting served as something of a family reunion of churches that have been separated as they are since 1782. We have rich theological similarities, a shared history (evidenced by many shared surnames), and similar visions for ministry that tie us more closely than other denominations. Most of all, we have an organic union in... Continue Reading

ARP and RPCNA Synods Meet Concurrently

The Synods met concurrently at the ARP Bonclarken conference grounds in Flat Rock, NC

Written by Bruce Parnell | Sunday, June 14, 2015

I like to think of our goals in two areas. First, we have a goal of celebrating the unity that we already have in Christ. And second, we have a goal of furthering our relationship with the ARP church by promoting dialogue and interaction on a variety of levels. To be clear, this is not... Continue Reading

A Pastor’s Reflections on the Meeting of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Synod

An assessment of the 2014 ARP Synod meeting

Written by Dean Tubeville | Thursday, June 19, 2014

The final two chapters in the ARP version of the Westminster Confession, adopted in the early twentieth century to emphasize the role of the Holy Spirit and to soften the Calvinism of the Confession, were mercifully removed in a near-unanimous voice vote after no discussion (!). The matter now goes to the presbyteries for their consideration.  ... Continue Reading

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