Reports from several sources have indicated that Missouri Presbytery held a trial on Friday, April 13 and Saturday 14 in the case of Pastor Jeffrey Meyers with a result of not-guilty of all charges. Based on info provided by blogger Wes White, the following charges were presented to the Presbytery, along with the actual vote... Continue Reading

For the past seven years, the PCA has placed a new church planter on the field in North America at the rate of about one per week. This is a wonderful level of advancement for a denomination of our size. But we long for more, when we look at the challenge and opportunity that stretches... Continue Reading

“The ‘Entanglement Doctrine’ provides that a court must decline jurisdiction over a lawsuit when the dispute is so intertwined with matters of religion that a proper resolution cannot be made without interpreting or choosing between competing religious principles or doctrines.” Louisiana College trustees and administrators at the end of March won what could be the... Continue Reading

Gary Ogrosky, a retired orthodonist now PCA Teaching Elder, is joining the staff as MNA Second Career Director. Ogrosky will be responsible to do the following: Strengthen and build awareness for this vital ministry. Identify and develop ministry sites, e.g., churches, mission churches, campus ministries, disaster response sites, short term mission sites, etc. that can... Continue Reading

Jeff Jeremiah, Stated Clerk of the Evangelical Presbyterian Church, simplified it, saying, “Stop shouting in order to make your point.” With the election process in full swing, the National Association of Evangelicals (NAE) asked its Board of Directors for suggestions on increasing civility in public discourse. Leaders responded with variety, but one common thread was... Continue Reading

Joe Bayly at his Pastor’s Blog gleaned this piece of wisdom from R. B. Kuiper’s book “The Glorious Body of Christ.” The book was published by Banner the year after Kuiper’s death, yet what he wrote in 1966 still sounds right 45 years later. What few Christians seem to realize is that a church may... Continue Reading

Attorneys for The Rutherford Institute have succeeded in getting a lawsuit dismissed against a chaplaincy endorsing organization that was being sued over allegations that a chaplain affiliated with the group solicited imprecatory prayers which the plaintiffs considered to be “terroristic threats.” The lawsuit, which defined imprecatory prayer as “prayers for the Lord to protect the... Continue Reading

Nine out of 10 Shorter University faculty members who responded anonymously to a survey said they disagree with a “personal lifestyle statement” adopted last fall that prohibits, among other things, homosexuality and drinking alcohol in public. Results of the survey published by the Rome (GA) News-Tribune found fewer than half of those polled plan to... Continue Reading

In fact things got worse as I spiralled down into a deep pit of depression. I lost over two stone in weight, was an emotional wreck who wept at the least thing, and I became reclusive, not wanting to see or talk to anyone other than my family. I had no energy and spent the... Continue Reading

What happened in all that? First, we moved from parachurch to church-based ministry (though the parachurch continues). In doing so, we segregated youth from the rest of the congregation. Students in many churches no longer engaged with “adult” church and had no place to go once they graduated from high school. They did not benefit... Continue Reading