Lausanne Opening Ceremonies Highlight Challenges for Global Evangelicals; Chinese delegates denied exit visas
An ailing 92-year old Billy Graham…, an original organizer of the first Lausanne Congress on Evangelism in 1974, brought greetings, telling a new generation of young evangelicals…to continue the mandate to go into all the world and proclaim the gospel To the throb of African drums more than 5,000 participants sang and raised holy hands... Continue Reading
Erskine College’s Drummond Center hosts Democratic candidate for Congress
(Speaking at a Christian college event) the candidate said she is a proponent of public education, not only K-12, but also higher education. Third District Democratic congressional candidate Jane Dyer visited Erskine Tuesday and talked to a group of interested students, faculty and staff and local residents about her candidacy. Her appearance was sponsored by... Continue Reading
Dallas PCUSA pastor has high hopes for Lausanne
The first two Lausanne Congresses had a far greater percentage of American mainline Christianity than at next month’s event, Scates said. But he’s still counting on a world-changing experience. Much has changed since the last Lausanne Congress, which took place in Manila, Philippines, in 1989. Aside from the onset of the Internet age and the... Continue Reading
Beijing Blocks Travelers To Leave China to Attend Lausanne Congress in South Africa
That China’s underground Christians could get together to choose delegates and raise more than $1 million to cover their costs would have been unthinkable a decade ago. A massive global evangelical gathering known as the Lausanne Congress will begin Oct. 16 in Cape Town, South Africa. But it looks likely to take place without the... Continue Reading
Pressing Forward – Board of Trustees focuses on Covenant College’s Future
The goal…is to build the programs off “existing competencies and capabilities,” integrating classes and professors already at Covenant while hiring more as needed. With no deeply controversial decisions about budget or contentious votes on the table, Covenant College’s Board of Trustees was able to set their focus on the school’s future during last week’s meetings.... Continue Reading
Exodus International withdraws support for anti-gay ‘Day of Truth’ that it helped start
“We want to help the church to be respectful of all its neighbors, to help those who want help and to be compassionate toward people who may hold a different worldview from us.” A national Christian organization will stop sponsoring an annual event that encourages school students to “counter the promotion of homosexual behavior” because... Continue Reading
God and Evolution at Biola University
“Theistic evolutionists”…have sought to reconcile Darwin’s theory with their religious beliefs, often at the cost of clarity, orthodoxy, or both. As a result, the whole subject of God and evolution is a source of confusion for many believers. Can you believe in God and Darwinian evolution at the same time? Scientists and scholars have an... Continue Reading
Black Christians Largely Absent from U.S. Missionary Force
Richard Coleman has a passion for missions. But he’s concerned that many of his African-American brethren aren’t on the same page with him. Black churches overall have not been reinforcing the missionary force out of the United States. And Coleman is hoping they’ll confront their longstanding lack of involvement and make their way overseas to... Continue Reading
The Aquila Report goes Mobile – Web Site Changes Completed
If you regularly use a mobile device with web access, this is good news for you! Our Webmaster has completed modifications to The Aquila Report web site to ensure that the page width function works for the various mobile devices most popularly used today. Check us out and let us know how things are going.... Continue Reading
PCA’s Missions Committee and Campus Ministry Partnership is Bearing Fruit in Greece
“One of MTW and RUF’s shared values is working through the church. And Giotis has a real vision for planting a church and school/campus ministry with a strong church connection flowing back and forth.” In Greece, postmodernism may be helping to facilitate the spread of the gospel—especially to college students, according to national pastor Giotis... Continue Reading
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