The Doctrine of Social Covenanting and the Covenant of Grace
We embrace that heritage and live in light of the covenant of grace in all areas of life: social, church, and state as well as personally, we can only rest in the promise of God’s blessings, not for earthly power or glory, but in His flourishing assurance.
As we think about the covenant of grace and its totality of meaning and the kind of glory we participate in due to the promise of Christ it only encourages us to the duty that we affirmed in our yes vote to be a member and/or minister in His church, and the kind of life... Continue Reading
Clergy and Laity: A Distinction that the Presbyterian Church in America Does Not Recognize
The clergy-laity distinction is a hierarchical error forced upon the world by the ancient and medieval church. Indeed, such a notion is contrary to the PCA’s doctrine and polity.
…the church has “members,” and that some of those members are selected by the others as “officers” who are entrusted with conducting the church’s affairs. Such officers are not part of a distinct class that propagates itself apart from the will of the other members (BCO Pref. II.6), and they cannot force any of their... Continue Reading
The PCA’s Reformed University Fellowship Announces Next Coordinator
Reformed University Fellowship has announced that Mr. Andrew Rein has been called to become the next Coordinator for RUF.
Mr. Rein’s connection to RUF began at Vanderbilt University, where he received a B.S.E. in Mechanical Engineering and graduated summa cum laude with Honors. RUF is where his understanding of the Gospel fell into place and he developed a biblical worldview, realizing faith impacts everything. It is also where he “found his people” — his... Continue Reading
A Statement from MNA’s Permanent Committee
Mission to North America has recently received media attention on several issues, including our National Coordinator’s participation at an affinity ministry event hosted at a PCA church in Oakland, California.
We, the Permanent Committee of MNA, representing the breadth of PCA churches and presbyteries, have been actively working with our agency’s leadership to evaluate our witness for Christ. We met for our stated meeting on March 5-6 to conduct the regular business of the committee and to discuss the issues that have impacted the peace... Continue Reading
Thoughts on Church Records & Administrative Committee Report, P.C.A. G.A. 2025
Though the records of the PCA are not the Bible, hopefully, if all important digital records of the PCA were lost in years to come there would still be originals in the archives.
I doubt anyone would say that because the scrolls from Qumran are published in books and/or digital form the scrolls themselves are no longer needed. At this point some will say apples are being compared with oranges, after all, the minutes and clerical documents produced by judicatories of the denomination are not equivalent to the... Continue Reading
Statement from Mission to North America
The following is a statement from Irwyn Ince, coordinator of Mission to North America (MNA) on February 12, 2025.
Recently, we posted links on our webpage to external organizations offering a wide range of recommendations and frequently asked questions on immigration. MNA’s leadership erroneously allowed the posting of content that advised undocumented persons on ways to avoid being detained by authorities…We confess that we fell short of our Biblical and Confessional standard. We repent... Continue Reading
You Get What You Pay For
The Committees & Agencies of the PCA General Assembly must be able to compensate their coordinators well enough to attract qualified, competent leaders.
We should expect Permanent Committee coordinators to be competent to ensure neither they nor their staff create unnecessary controversy. The General Assembly should get what it pays for. My friend was sharing his frustration with me about the stated clerk of his presbytery. “He promised me I would have the minutes from our stated meeting... Continue Reading
How to Normalize an Erroneous Innovation in Doctrine or Ecclesiastical Practice: A Guide for Heretics and Less Egregious Reformers-Errant in Presbyterian Churches
Lessons that might be drawn for how best to achieve the desired result based on the PCA’s recent experience and that of other denominations on similar questions like women’s ordination.
An apparent victory in the short run may conceal a defeat in the long run, especially if it failed to uproot the poisonous roots that the ‘losing side’ planted. Already I am told that presbyteries are arguing that the recent BCO additions which many of us thought were meant to prohibit men who are tempted... Continue Reading
Presbyterians, Celibate Gay Ordination, and the Westminster Standards
Presbyterians should beware of playing the fool again by being duped by worldly philosophies and the gay Christian movement that attempts to normalize homosexuality and change the mind of the church.
Until the last 50 years, the Reformed tradition has been absolutely clear and consistent on the topic of homosexuality because the Bible is clear and consistent on homosexuality. Any Presbyterian denomination that ignores this biblical truth is sowing the seeds of its own destruction. What has tragically transpired in the mainline Presbyterian church shouts in... Continue Reading
Pastoral Sexual Orientation and the EPC
Many Evangelical Presbyterian Church members are stunned about why it would take so long for the shepherds of Christ’s flock to deliberate on the subject of sexual identity for church officers.
Church officers have a responsibility to protect church members by shepherding them in all areas, including the area of biblical sexual ethics. Church members know the emphasis of God’s Word places on purity; they need church leaders to be clear on this expectation. This means that receiving a minister who self-identifies with a homosexual-orientation should... Continue Reading
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