Small congregations—those with 100 members or fewer –make up the majority of U.S. Protestant churches, and in those pulpits, there’s still a shortage of ministers After a decade-long clergy shortage in America’s pulpits, Christian denominations are now experiencing a clergy glut—with some denominations reporting two ministers for every vacant pulpit. “We have a serious surplus... Continue Reading

The Association for Church Renewal is a strategic alliance of renewal leaders representing over 30 renewal ministries in the mainline denominations of the U.S. and Canada. ACR will sponsor “Answering the Call: Replanting, Revitalizing and Pastoring the Church” a conference scheduled for Aug. 6-8 at Elmhurst College, Chicago, Ill. Keynote speakers include: Ed Stetzer, director... Continue Reading

FRC President Tony Perkins: “FRC has had no contact with Dr. Rekers or knowledge of his activities in over a decade so FRC can provide no further insight into these allegations.” On Tuesday (May 4), the alt-weekly newspaper the Miami New Times ran a much discussed story about a man named George Alan Rekers. You... Continue Reading

Seminary President Ergun Caner and his brother, Emir, president of Truett-McConnell College in Georgia, are often featured in Southern Baptist circles as experts about Islam. The president of Liberty Theological Seminary, who apologized in February for calling the head of the Southern Baptist Convention International Mission Board a liar, is now being questioned about his... Continue Reading

“If an experienced pastor had 10 minutes to exhort 200 of the next generation of ministers what would you say to them? That was the charge for Albert Mohler Jr., Mark Dever, Ligon Duncan and C.J. Mahaney” (Editor’s Note: The Aquila Report will publish all four of the responses separately over the next week or... Continue Reading

On April 30, 2010, the board of Knox Theological Seminary in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., voted unanimously to call Dr. Bruce Waltke Distinguished Professor of Old Testament. As reported here, Dr. Waltke resigned from Reformed Theological Seminary on April 5, 2010 because of differences regarding the nature of the biblical account of creation. Knox Seminary released... Continue Reading

“And all who believed were together and had all things in common.” Acts 2:44 Dear PCA Family, And now Nashville…On May 2 and 3, 2010 torrential rains fell in the Nashville, TN area and resulted in record flooding. Rain totals in some areas were greater than 17 inches and the Cumberland River crested at nearly... Continue Reading

Liberty’s Ergun Caner accused of false statements in his testimony about converting from Islam. Liberty University’s board of directors has declined to take public action against Ergun Caner, president of the university seminary, as bloggers raise doubts about Caner’s account of his childhood as a Muslim. ………… “It’s not an ethical issue, it’s not a... Continue Reading

Dole will address approximately 615 graduates at 10 a.m. May 15 in an outdoor ceremony on the Quad between Harbison Chapel and Crawford Hall. Grove City College will send off its largest graduating class in school history with a Commencement ceremony headlined by former U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Dole. Dr. Jay Passavant, senior pastor of North... Continue Reading

A special invitation from R. C. Sproul Dear Friend, From time immemorial, human beings have asked questions about the fundamental nature of reality. What is truth? Are we really free to make choices? Why is there so much evil in the world? If there is a God, how can I know about Him? Philosophers of... Continue Reading