The following is an extract from a column written by the 36 year veteran Faith and Values Reporter of the Fresno Bee concerning the recent death of the pastor of First Presbyterian (EPC), Fresno, California The congregation of First Presbyterian Church in downtown Fresno is saddened by the loss of its senior pastor, the Rev.... Continue Reading

The church belongs to the Acts 29 Network, a peer-to-peer association of churches dedicated to planting local, missional, Christ-centered communities. A funeral for Barry Keldie has been scheduled for Tuesday at The Village Church in Highland Village, Texas, from where he was dispatched to plant Providence Church five years ago. On Friday, Providence Church opened... Continue Reading

Baylor University’s Institute for Studies of Religion is launching a series of studies examining the role of Scouting in developing and sustaining what social scientists call “prosocial behavior.” Ingredients for a moving, heartwarming documentary film: Energetic, determined Scouts from Troop 759 in New York City’s Harlem A wise and caring Scoutmaster Two skilled filmmakers (one... Continue Reading

Ellis was known throughout the world as an “evangelical scholar” who trusted God’s Word without yielding “his faith commitment to anyone, even to the most eminent of scholars or to the most vocal of power-groups.” Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary’s E. Earle Ellis, a New Testament professor who 25 years ago held conservative views on the... Continue Reading

Robertson originally hails from Ohio. His father, Brian, is the executive pastor of New Life Church, an evangelical Christian church established in the Columbus area by a group of LU graduates in 1985. Two new candidates filed Monday for the at-large Lynchburg City Council race, according to the registrar’s office. Brent Robertson, a Liberty University... Continue Reading

Cyr, an Assemblies of God minister, continued on to explain why the responsibility of protecting freedom — even when at risk in another country — falls on the shoulders of Americans “We need to pray more than ever before,” Chaplain (Brig. Gen.) David Cyr, the Air Force Deputy Chief of Chaplains, said during this year’s... Continue Reading

The resignation comes following several months of hospitalization. A bite from a mosquito carrying the St. Louis encephalitis virus caused Wildmon’s illness. Donald E. Wildmon, chairman of American Family Association (AFA) for more than 30 years, has resigned as chairman of the board for the national ministry. From August to November of last year Wildmon... Continue Reading

March 23-25 at the Seminary chapel, Ferguson will preach on the theme “Not ourselves, but Jesus Christ . . . with ourselves: The Heartbeat of Gospel Ministry.” This year, the annual Robert G. and Nellie B. den Dulk Lectures on Pastoral Ministry will be brought by the Rev. Dr. Sinclair Ferguson on March 23, 24... Continue Reading

Jenny Sanford said publicly she was committed to and very much wanted to save her marriage. But she later concluded that would not be possible because her husband refused to end his adulterous relationship South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford’s divorce from his wife of 20 years will become final in mid-March, a judge ruled last... Continue Reading

“…the school’s board has sent a clear message. In picking Ryken, the trustees have said boldly—and unanimously—that Wheaton’s historic evangelical commitments matter.” When Wheaton College’s trustees gathered on Friday evening, Jan. 19, it was to wrap up the most important task any such board ever takes on. They voted to approve the appointment of Philip... Continue Reading