SBC President Bryant Wright noted after the vote that the denomination was founded for two reasons — “one was bad, one was great” — the defense of slavery and sharing the gospel. Southern Baptists meeting in Phoenix adopted a plan to try to boost minorities in their top leadership posts as they face continuing reports... Continue Reading

Rev. John P. Galbraith, 98, a student of J. Gresham Machen who was ordained in 1937….delivered a stirring reminder to the Assembly that the OPC was a sin-stained communion to whom God has been good. He urged ongoing fidelity to the “two pillars” of its founders: that the Bible was the Word of God and... Continue Reading

The Christian Reformed Church in North America on Wednesday approved a measure to have all future hires for top level positions to conform to the 25% diversity goal, based on a report approved by the Board of Trustees. In 2009 Synod instructed the CRC Executive Director to convene an ethnically inclusive group to develop a... Continue Reading

Evangelical Presbyterian Church (EPC) poised to form 2 presbyteries and ratify amended means for ordaining women ministers The EPC will meet June 21-25 in Cordova, Tennessee, at Hope Presbyterian Church for its 31st General Assembly. General Assemblies are the annual gatherings of the EPC, where church representatives vote on committee recommendations and reports, vote on... Continue Reading

When I was first invited to submit this article, I considered what matters of praise I could lay before the Orthodox Presbyterian Church on her seventy-fifth anniversary. Instead, my mind quickly followed a familiar path to some of the external characteristics that tend to define and discredit this remarkably gifted body of believers with whom... Continue Reading

We have two stories from different sources which we have combined into one article for your convenience. First was written by our ‘reporter’, Aaron Vriesman, but due to his busy schedule as a delegate, we are including the official CRC press release for the other one. New Translation of Three Forms of Unity approved by... Continue Reading

The person elected the first black man in the No. 2 position of the nation’s largest Protestant denomination didn’t choose to become a Southern Baptist. Update: On the first business day of the conventioin, Fred Luter, Jr. was elected as First Vice President, receiving 1,558 votes, or 77 percent. Most observers were surprised when a... Continue Reading

It should be noted from this report that the 16th GA did not declare paedocommunion as an allowable exception. The report declared that “classical Reformed theology has been virtually unanimous in judging that covenant children ought not to be brought to the Lord’s Table before the age of discretion.” Though it has been described as... Continue Reading

For the past year, New Horizons has featured historical remembrances in anticipation of the 75th anniversary of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church. It has included stories about churches, presbyteries, French Creek, the Boardwalk Chapel, and individuals such as Betty Andrews, John DeWaard, and, of course, J. Gresham Machen. Not all Presbyterians, however, believe that sustained focus... Continue Reading

“This report should break the heart of every Southern Baptist. It should have us on our faces, crying out for awakening. It should have us asking God for our old men to dream dreams and our young men to have visions. We need freshness. We need repentance. We need revival.” Southern Baptist churches reported 332,321... Continue Reading