“We want people to come away with a relational understanding of justice,” Messmore said. “Our framework for thinking about social justice is trying to cultivate habits and virtues of relating rightly to other people and institutions in society.” Between 1982 and 1991, Billy Joe King Jr. spent all but six months in prison. Today he... Continue Reading

Aside from the physical and emotional resources provided by Room at the Inn, leaders of the organization are passionate about imparting faith to their clients. They require the young women to attend weekly Bible studies and a church of their choice. Faced with an unplanned pregnancy, college students often feel like choosing to keep their... Continue Reading

The landscape of conservative Christianity has also shifted. There are more Christian colleges than ever, and schools like Patrick Henry College, the late Jerry Falwell’s Liberty University, and Pat Robertson’s Regent University are more focused on training future political operatives and placing them in positions of power than Bob Jones ever was. When Bob Jones... Continue Reading

The focus of the CMI is to prepare men and women for service in many settings: military, institutional, airport, hospital, corporate, and more. Briefly, our program will be marked by a distinctively Reformed approach to the chaplaincy… Due to the incredible opportunities and need for chaplains in all sectors of American life, both domestically and... Continue Reading

Hostetter again challenged such accusations by stating, “The inclination of evangelicals, and particularly of fundamentalists, is to take for granted that the Bible approves participation in war and [to] classify all opposition to it as identified with the pacifism espoused by liberals. The evangelical fellowship should be better informed.” Yes, claims The Weekly Standard, a... Continue Reading

According to SSA President Harrison Hopkins, the group’s purpose includes providing “community for atheists, agnostics, humanists, skeptics and other freethinkers and the collective nonreligious” as well as fostering “acceptance of nonreligious students.” A Christian college recently recognized a pro-atheist group as an official campus organization, despite the possibility that the club may not agree with... Continue Reading

In June of 2011, I was called by the General Synod of the ARP Church to serve as the first ARP-RUF Campus Minister at Erskine College, forging an affiliation and ministry relationship with Reformed University Fellowship (www.ruf.org). Though employed by Erskine as chaplain for the previous nine years, this change in my call to ministry... Continue Reading

NCCS does not limit enrollment to professing Christian families, but all families are required to sign a “Covenant of Commitment” that addresses issues ranging from behavior to financial obligations. No student gets a full tuition ride. Not just immediate families, but relatives as well, are challenged to share in the school’s welfare. Asheville, N.C., is... Continue Reading

What’s unusual about the Pacific Crossroads congregation—and what underpins efforts such as Boxes of Love—is its theologically conservative raison d’être. A member church of the Presbyterian Church in America, Pacific Crossroads is committed to Reformation doctrines such as total depravity (every person is born sinful) and limited atonement (salvation is available only to the elect).... Continue Reading

Christian music is unique as the only music genre defined by its lyrical content as opposed to its musical style. So, as stylistically diverse as it has become in recent decades, it would be a stretch for any one style to reach most Christians. In recent years, the genre has almost become a victim of... Continue Reading