The following is from the “Report of the Committee on Mission to the World to the 37th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in America”: ENTERPRISE FOR CHRISTIAN-MUSLIM RELATIONS Africa – Islam is growing in Africa due to heavy investment by Islamic conservatives in the Gulf States. As poverty and disease continue to ravage much... Continue Reading

The following is from the “Report of the Committee on Mission to the World to the 37th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in America”: ASIA/PACIFIC 2008 Minsitry Highlights India – The historic MTW work in North India includes the Presbyterian Theological Seminary, Grace Academy (700 students), the homes for children of parents with leprosy... Continue Reading

The following is from the “Report of Reformed University Ministries to the 37th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in America”: The intellectual landscape of current campus culture can be a disconcerting place. As journalist David Brooks recently wrote: A few years ago, a faculty committee at Harvard produced a report on the purpose of... Continue Reading

An update from Mission to the World missionaries Karon and Wiley Smith serving in Belize, Central America.  Read their August newsletter available online here. [Editor’s note: The link (URL) to the original article is unavailable and has been removed.]  

  The August 2008 issue of Tabletalk magazine examines some of the basic precepts of the “new” atheism, encouraging readers with succinct answers to certain criticisms and exhorting them to be prepared to face these challenges as they are disseminated at home and abroad.   Contributors include R.C. Sproul along with John Blanchard, Steven J.... Continue Reading

  RTS/Washington D.C. and McLean Presbyterian Church have partnered to launch The Capital Fellows Program. The program is designed to equip men and women who have just completed their undergraduate degree to live as Christians in the marketplace and to grow into the next generation of lay leaders in the church. The program includes a... Continue Reading

Sturgis, SD – Foothills Community Churcn – June 2008 We bring you greetings in the name of the Triune God from the beautiful Black Hills of South Dakota. We are a small church (less than 100 communicant members) but the Lord is doing wonderful and exciting things among and through us. When I came to... Continue Reading

  Grace Community Church, Palm Harbor, Florida What is the recipe for successfully revitalizing a dead church? A steady income? A growing community? Mature believers? An experienced pastor? If these are the necessary ingredients, then Grace Community Church doesn’t have a chance.  When I accepted the call to pastor Grace Community not a single ingredient listed above was present. The church... Continue Reading

Children’s Ministry International’s "Bible Building Blocks of the Faith" provides a curriculum that will help us teach our children a number of biblical themes: God, grace, trust, and general biblical knowledge  This special curriculum for children is grounded in Scripture, the Reformed faith, and the Westminster Catechism.   Based on the Children’s Catechism studies are... Continue Reading

We celebrate special days where we observe and honor occasions and people that have contributed something to our country and lives.  Children Ministry International (CMI) has developed a 3-volume "Holiday Series" that explores special days and seeks to glean biblical meaning in the observance of the days.   Some of these days, like Easter, Mother... Continue Reading