Ergun Caner gave vivid accounts of his Muslim upbringing to church audiences in Florida and Texas shortly after the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. When Liberty University begins the investigation it announced last week into the background of Ergun Caner, president of its seminary, the panel doing the work could explore several questions. Where did... Continue Reading

“Our core mission is church planting among unreached people groups–those with no access to the Gospel–and there are few areas that represent such a high proportion of unreached people as the Arab world.” Pioneers-USA and Arab World Ministries U.S. announced today (Monday, May 17) their joint intention to merge organizations. Together their combined ministry will... Continue Reading

“If the United States had an earthquake, that would not give you the right to take children,” prosecutor Jean-Francois contended. A U.S. Christian who was arrested for trying to take dozens of children out of Haiti stood trial Thursday. Laura Silsby testified that she only wanted to help the Haitian children. “One week after the... Continue Reading

Geneva is expanding the size of its leadership team…to expand and encourage greater communication and participation between various areas of the college Geneva College names two Associate Vice Presidents (AVPs) and a Director of Development for the Annual Fund following recent restructuring of the organization. All three positions are being filled by current employees who... Continue Reading

Senior Casey O’Dell of Ware Shoals received the school’s top student honor, and Professor of English Dr. William Crenshaw the highest faculty prize Erskine College senior Casey O’Dell of Ware Shoals received the school’s top student honor, and Professor of English Dr. William Crenshaw the highest faculty prize at the yearly Honors Day Convocation Thursday,... Continue Reading

“Social justice” has come to mean redistribution of wealth. It didn’t happen in a day. The organized practice of good deed-doing in this nation began with no indebtedness to higher education. By the end of the 19th century, social work agencies started training programs. Then they hitched their wagons to universities, and undergrad programs in... Continue Reading

Several non-denominational African churches have discovered an interesting means to fund church planting. They send a pastor here and have him claim refugee status. Futbol is not only spelled differently on this island, it’s played differently as well…they actually use their feet. We Americans mistakenly call it soccer, which is incorrect. Along with that we... Continue Reading

“Four out of five faculty members supported the motion for a vote of no confidence in the commission,” committee chair Sandy Chaney said. The Erskine College faculty issued a vote of no confidence Tuesday in the moderator’s commission on Erskine College and Seminary. The vote of no confidence covered the commission’s work, its report and... Continue Reading

Gatherings of any significant number of faculty members on the tenure track feature many discussions of the stresses associated with coming up for tenure. Will I publish enough? Have I offended a senior colleague? Do I know what the review committee really cares about? The American Educational Research Association’s annual meeting in Denver is no... Continue Reading

The song also has spoken-word sections by ministers including Craig Strickland, pastor of Hope Presbyterian Church (EPC). Dozens of local Memphis musicians including “American Idol” performer Alexis Grace and members of the Memphis Symphony Orchestra came together recently to record “A Message from Memphis,” a song to raise funds for Haiti earthquake relief. It’s a... Continue Reading