(1) The Government should implement a refugee policy that allows flexibility for the current refugee crisis with a focus upon its primary responsibility to protect its citizens…(2) The Christian church should initiate a biblically framed refugee ministry while encouraging and supporting a thoughtful and compassionate national refugee policy. (3) The Christian family should prayerfully encourage... Continue Reading

PTI was conceived by Pastor Don Graham in the mid-1950s as a week-long mini-seminary course for the people of McIlwain. Then in an increasingly liberal denomination, PTI equipped, first the church, then a much larger circle to understand the importance of the inerrancy and authority of Scripture as well as to grasp the biblical doctrines... Continue Reading

If Wheaton sees itself pushed a little more out of the mainstream, and Bob Jones University pushes itself a little more toward that mainstream, they might just meet somewhere in the middle. There will always be some jealousy between these two giants of evangelical higher education, but it seems possible that the worst of the... Continue Reading

Charities don’t have monopolies on good. There are fantastic businesses out there, for example, that bring more good into the world than a lot of charities do. There are also a lot of good people who choose not to work for charities for a variety of reasons–many of whom will volunteer for charities, providing the... Continue Reading

Following an inspection by the UKVI office earlier this year, Operation Mobilization (OM) can no longer bring in missionaries from outside the European Union to staff its UK office. Non-European employees and volunteers currently sponsored by OM must leave the UK within the next two months.   One of the world’s largest missions agencies will... Continue Reading

“Presumably church bodies should address moral issues through the lens of historic Christian thought, reflecting with the whole church, past and present, and not striving to align with transitory secular trends. But there’s little theology in the NAE’s new resolution.”   The National Association of Evangelicals has excited anti-death penalty activists by abandoning its previous... Continue Reading

The position of Chancellor’s Professor is designed to provide for a professor to teach at multiple RTS campuses benefitting a greater number of students. DeYoung will teach at RTS while he continues as senior pastor of University Reformed Church in East Lansing Michigan where he has been since 2004. University Reformed Church recently moved from... Continue Reading

The independence of an investigation is not defined by the words or assurances of the institution being investigated. It is defined by a structure that requires the institution to get out of the driver’s seat and give up control. This can be a profound step forward for an organization who is genuinely focused on demonstrating... Continue Reading

The ECFA found that Gospel for Asia had violated five of the financial accountability group’s seven standards, touching virtually every aspect of the ministry. The ECFA noted that Gospel for Asia failed to engage in “truthfulness in communications,” did not honor “giver expectations and intent,” and did not have appropriate management and controls for an... Continue Reading

The lawsuit, which was filed in the Circuit Court for Dupage County (Illinois), alleges that IBLP was negligent over the past several decades by failing to properly address alleged sexual abuse and harassment by IBLP employees and that IBLP failed to properly report known or suspected abuse to the proper authorities. The lawsuit further alleges... Continue Reading