“Homosexuals have no history of slavery, Jim Crow, lynching or being legally defined as 2/3 of a person. I have known people who have been delivered from homosexuality. I have never known anyone to be delivered from being black.” Bishop E.W. Jackson Sr., retired attorney and Harvard Law graduate, is declaring political war on the... Continue Reading

From Wikipedia: “Francis said he felt convicted to sacrifice more for God. “Chan gives away 90 percent of his income … Chan doesn’t take a salary, and has donated all of his book royalties, which total about $500,000 to charities.” Francis Chan, author of Crazy Love and the pastor at Cornerstone Church in Simi Valley,... Continue Reading

“American democracy is a plutocracy. …The middle class doesn’t care who rules as long as they don’t lose their stuff.” Last Thursday night Stanley Hauerwas, the Gilbert T. Rowe Professor of Theological Ethics at Duke Divinity School, addressed the student body of The King’s College on the subject of avarice. He was the keynote speaker... Continue Reading

The study reports that the number of Christians in sub-Saharan Africa grew faster than the number of Muslims, from 7 million in 1900 to 470 million in 2010. One in five of the world’s Christians lives in sub-Saharan Africa Researchers say they’ve found the most religious place on Earth — between the southern border of... Continue Reading

The Church of England gave formal recognition to the new province earlier this year but it stopped short of declaring full communion with the ACNA. The Anglican Church in North America has now grown to comprise 809 congregations, some of which were newly planted and many of which severed ties with The Episcopal Church and... Continue Reading

The district where the bodies were found has a history of Christian-Muslim violence as it is on the border with Plateau State, which has been rocked by sectarian violence in the last six years that has left hundreds dead Funerals were underway Friday, April 16, in a Muslim-dominated northern Nigerian state for a pastor and... Continue Reading

Williamson, a long time pastor in Selma who was one of the founding pastors of Warrior Presbytery and the PCA, was asked to preside at his predecessor’s memorial service. Dr. Geraldine Allen, president of the Selma (Ala.) City Council, was memorialized during a city organized service on Friday afternoon, held at the Carl Morgan Convention... Continue Reading

He described McLaren’s view of inspiration as “light years to the left” of Harry Emerson Fosdick, a famous liberal Protestant who preached at the historic Riverside Church in New York City and was a central figure in the modernist-fundamentalist controversy in the 1920s and 1930s Albert Mohler, president of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville,... Continue Reading

Denlinger’s views had become more Calvinistic, and he began to attend Westminster Presbyterian Church (PCA), where he served as an elder. Five years ago, Denlinger helped start another Presbyterian church, Covenant Reformed (PCA) Two topics avoided at all costs at family gatherings — religion and politics — were the ones that Rep. Gordon Denlinger (R-99th)... Continue Reading

Sheriff Hammond said a panel will help narrow down the candidates. The chaplain panel includes the pastor of Lookout Mountain Presbyterian Church (Joe Novenson) among others. The Hamilton County Sheriff’s office is taking applications for the position of Chaplain. Sheriff Jim Hammond said the former chaplain had retired. He said the new chaplain will mainly... Continue Reading