Erskine College and Theological Seminary will complete the 2010-11 academic year with several ceremonial events. Details of the events and biographical info on participants and recipients of awards are provided. A baccalaureate service is planned for Friday, May 13, at 7:30 p.m. in the Due West ARP Church. The Rev. Andy Lewis, a 1997 graduate... Continue Reading

Editor’s Note: The following op-ed was published in the Greenville News, May 5, 2011. However, one must be a paid subscriber to read the article in the online version of the paper, so Pastor/Moderator Elect Putnam graciously provided (with our appreciation) a copy of the text as posted on the Erskine Facebook Page. Academic Freedom... Continue Reading

The Evangelical Christian Publishers Association (ECPA) has announced the winners for the 2011 Christian Book Awards. Presented annually to the finest in Christian publishing since 1978, the Christian Book Awards honor titles in six categories – Bibles, Bible Reference, Non-Fiction, Fiction, Children, and Inspiration. One title, Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy by Eric Metaxas (Thomas... Continue Reading

Organizers began reaching out to students last week by passing out informational fliers outside a chapel service. Soon after, Wheaton College President Philip Ryken sent an internal email to all students, faculty and staff that cited passages in the Bible that condemned homosexual behavior. Alumni from Wheaton College have formed an organization to provide support... Continue Reading

As soon as I turned west, I was in the middle of rubble. I walked by a used car lot with half the vehicles gone. A Mustang was impaled on the shaft of a tree nearby. A Ford Crown Vic was upside down on top of what used to be a pawn shop. I stopped... Continue Reading

The resolution to change MVP’s campus ministry affiliation came to the floor with the unanimous recommendation of MVP’s Mission to North America Committee, and an 8-2 vote of the current Mississippi Joint Committee on Campus Work (MJCCW). At its stated meeting on May 3, held at Grace Chapel, Reformed Theological Seminary in Jackson, Miss., the... Continue Reading

(The) study…was sponsored by 11 denominations and church planting networks, including Southern Baptists’ North American Mission Board, Assemblies of God, Presbyterian Church in America and the Evangelical Free Church of America. An online Church Planter Candidate Assessment made its debut at a church planting conference in Orlando, Fla., April 26-29. Nearly 100 church planting leaders... Continue Reading

Union University will develop plans for a new library, apply to NCAA Division II and launch a new publishing project after trustees approved all three measures in their spring meeting April 29. Trustees also approved a record $89.4 million budget for the university for 2011-2012, a 10.2 percent increase from this year’s budget. The library... Continue Reading

Defense Department statistics show that about 9,400 of the nation’s 1.4 million active-duty military personnel identify themselves as atheists or agnostics, making them a larger subpopulation than Jews, Muslims, Hindus or Buddhists in the military. In the military, there are more than 3,000 chaplains who minister to the spiritual and emotional needs of active duty... Continue Reading

Two British authorities on the Dead Sea Scrolls, Philip Davies and Margaret Barker, have argued, after seeing images, that the codices—and their possible Christian link—should be taken seriously The fate of the Jews who followed Jesus is one of the puzzles of the history of monotheism. The New Testament has much to say about a... Continue Reading