Halloween Brings Out Ghosts, Ghouls and (Some) Christians (Including a PCA Pastor)
The Rev. Ken Pierce, commented to the Clarion Ledger. “It’s not going around to strange houses. It’s an opportunity the culture presents us to share the Gospel with those who may not otherwise come to the church.” Halloween is upon us once again and, like the year before, remains to be a date that Christians... Continue Reading
Introducing BibleStudyCourses.org – Online Bible Studies Written from a Reformed Perspective
The primary purpose of BibleStudyCourses.org is to proclaim the Person and work of the Lord Jesus Christ to the unbeliever with the intention that he might meet the Savior as He offers Himself to us in the Scriptures and that he might put his faith in Him and become His disciple. BibleStudyCourses.org is a new... Continue Reading
PCA’s Mission To North America Thanksgiving Offering – Mentoring leaders for our diverse communities
The MNA Thanksgiving Offering provides grants to help support those who have been called by God to minister to ethnically diverse communities across the nation – people groups who are currently not well served by the PCA. The face of North America is rapidly changing. Although Caucasians continue to make up the largest percentage of... Continue Reading
Aiming Higher – Covenant College Admission office takes on the tough economy
“I don’t mean to sound insensitive, but here we are at a mostly white college, living on top of a mountain in a largely white, upper-class community, going to largely white churches.” In a year of recession, as many colleges are scaling back and forced to compromise admissions standards, Covenant College, an institution in the... Continue Reading
A gift to the H. Henry Meeter Center for Calvin Studies – 2,500 volumes
“He is one of North America’s foremost social historians of the Genevan Reformation,” said Fields. “He knew Geneva forwards and backwards.” Back in May, Paul Fields, the theological librarian and curator of the H. Henry Meeter Center for Calvin Studies, rented a truck and drove to Madison, Wisconsin. Waiting for him there was a whole... Continue Reading
New Barna Report Examines Diversity of Faith in Various U.S. Cities
“Practicing Christians” are defined as those who identify as Christian; who have attended a religious worship service at least once in the past month; and who say their religious faith is very important in their life. There is little debate that most Americans are faith-oriented people. Yet how does spirituality and religion differ from one... Continue Reading
Review of the First Annual Reformation Worship Conference
Held in the Midway Presbyterian Church sanctuary…these services demonstrated the usefulness of the historic reformed liturgies in our modern context. While we live in a day when traditional reformed worship is charged with being irrelevant and outdated, October 21-24 pastors, musicians and congregants from 17 states and a variety of denominations rediscovered how very far... Continue Reading
Dispute Over Succession Clouds Future of the Crystal Cathedral
The 10,664 windows did not get washed this year at the Crystal Cathedral, the iconic glass church founded by the Rev. Robert H. Schuller, one of the original religious broadcasters. Volunteers are tending the church’s 40 landscaped acres, now that the gardeners have been laid off. And its renowned Christmas pageant — with live camels... Continue Reading
Bible.com investor sues company for lack of profit
A shareholder of Bible.com Inc sued the company’s board members, accusing the ordained ministers of failing to profit from the “goldmine” potential of the namesake Internet property, according to a lawsuit. James Solakian filed the lawsuit in Delaware’s Chancery Court against the board of Bible.com for breaching their duty by refusing to sell the site... Continue Reading
Editor resigns at North Carolina Baptist Magazine under pressure from conservatives
The Biblical Recorder has served North Carolina Baptists as the Baptist State Convention’s official news journal. It was founded in 1833. Norman Jameson, editor of the Biblical Recorder since Aug. 1, 2007, has resigned, effective Dec. 31, 2010. Saying his resignation was “not required, but necessary,” Jameson offered to resign prior to a regularly scheduled... Continue Reading
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