Following the imperative of the Great Commission, the primary goal of a church’s ministry should be to make Kingdom disciples. But what does that mean? Well, at the basic level, a full-grown Kingdom disciple would have two main characteristics. A Kingdom disciple would look, act, and think like Jesus and would be actively helping others... Continue Reading

The following letter was sent by the President of the Search Committee to all members of the Board of Trustees of Erskine College on Tuesday, May 11 to introduce Dr. David Norman Dear Fellow Trustees, The entire Erskine Presidential Search Committee made up of 11 members (two of whom are advisory) met in Charlotte on... 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 R. Albert Mohler Jr., Mark Dever, Ligon Duncan and C.J. Mahaney” (Editor’s Note: This is the second of four response to this question that The Aquila Report will... Continue Reading

A Reformed Christian college in Holland, Mich., on Friday rejected petitions by gay rights advocates and alumni to drop its policy on homosexuality. After months of protest and criticism sparked by a decision not to allow the film “Milk” to be screened on campus, Hope College’s board of trustees reaffirmed its position that homosexual practice... Continue Reading

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