“Here in Augusta, there’s a lot going on. On a monthly basis there are at least two groups going somewhere around the world, and that’s the conservative estimate,” said Ngoh, a member of Westminster Presbyterian Church in Martinez. This week, 169 youths from churches across the Southeast will arrive in south Augusta and devote their... Continue Reading

He uses 1 Timothy 5 to show that the New Testament churches kept lists of people, such as the lists of widows. In 1 Corinthians 5, the church is told to exclude someone, which implies that there is also inclusion Capitol Hill Baptist Church in Washington, D.C. — where Mark Dever serves as senior pastor... Continue Reading

After 60 years, the church owned and operated school – founded by legendary PCUS/PCA pastor-evangelist Bill Hill – will hand over school operations to a private organization. The West End Christian School is about to undergo a major transformation after dealing with a decrease of enrollment numbers and fiscal challenges. After 60 years, the West... Continue Reading

Home education may be “the fastest-growing form of education in the United States,” with the number of homeschoolers in Virginia having grown to more than 30,000–a 37.6 percent increase since 2002. The annual Virginia Homeschool Convention, now in its 27th year, has grown along with the movement, from a few hundred back in 1984 to... Continue Reading

Erskine College and Seminary President Dr. Randall T. Ruble has announced the appointment of Dr. Brad Christie as interim vice president and dean of the college. Christie, an English professor who has worked at Erskine since 1991, will take over his new position on July 1, coinciding with the beginning of the tenure of Dr.... Continue Reading

(Editor’s Note: The Aquila Report encourages you (make that “pleads with” you) to read this article. The sphere of Christian journalism needs WORLD to grow!) For WORLD magazine’s first 20 years, it was easy for us as a fledgling operation to envy the resources and financial stability of the mainstream media. That was then. Now... Continue Reading

The Rev. Dr. J. Herbert Nelson II is the new director of the controversial Washington lobbying office of the Presbyterian Church (USA). Nelson, a third-generation Presbyterian minister, previously pastored a small new church development in a troubled neighborhood of inner-city Memphis. He has extensive connections with organizations seeking to carry on the legacy of the... Continue Reading

Denominations represented included the PCUSA, OPC, PCA, ARP, EPC, Reformed Episcopal, ELCA, RCUS and Assembly of God. Two of the country’s finest contemporary “defenders of the faith” against theological liberalism inspired a national audience in late April as they spoke at the Christianity and Liberalism Teaching and Worship Conference, hosted by Covenant Presbyterian Church in... Continue Reading

(Editor’s Note: Following are portions of a longer interview that Dr. David Norman granted to the Inside Higher Education Web Magazine.) …… (President Elect David) Norman said he has been interested in a career in higher education administration since he was an undergraduate, and long thought about Erskine …… He expressed confidence that the controversies... Continue Reading

We are hopeful that momentum from this meeting can begin a process to increase understanding and seek resolution. The Executive Committee has formed a subgroup to initiate such a process The Aquila Report has learned that there is currently a proposal under discussion by a ‘Subgroup’ of the Board of Trustees of Erskine College and... Continue Reading