PCA Mission to North America developing plans for Haiti Relief
The 7.0 earthquake struck near Port-au-Prince on January 12. Some have said this is the most significant disaster to strike the western hemisphere in modern times. Arklie Hooten, MNA Short Term Missions & Disaster Response Director, provided this report. MNA Disaster Response is working to assist PCA Pastors Dony St. Germain and Brian Kelso. These... Continue Reading
Haitian earthquake victims await help, but obstacles slow relief efforts
Less than 48 hours after a 7.3-magnitude earthquake destroyed much of Haiti’s capital city of Port-au-Prince, shell-shocked residents are wandering the streets, piling up the dead, and undertaking another excruciating effort: waiting for help. Aid workers began arriving Wednesday night, but even organizations well-prepared to handle most disasters said the massive infrastructure damage could dramatically... Continue Reading
Statement of the Philosophy of Christian Higher Education of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church
(Editor’s Note: This is the official position of the ARP denomination on Christian Higher Education, adopted by General Synod in June of 1977. Those bringing criticism to the General Synod refer to this statement as the standard by which they want the current situation of the college measured.) Christian higher education for the service of... Continue Reading
“Please Examine Erskine Through a Commission”
Letter by Anonymous Student, Class of 2008, June 9th, 2009 Dear Mr. Moderator and Mr. Vice-Moderator, My name is [Name Removed] and I am a 2008 graduate of Erskine College. I thoroughly enjoyed my Erskine experience and genuinely loved and appreciated my professors. It has come to my attention that some concerns have developed regarding... Continue Reading
Erskine College goes under ARP microscope
(Editor’s Note) The Layman is the magazine of The Presbyterian Lay Committee, whose objectives are: 1) To provide reliable information and resources concerning significant issues confronting the PCUSA and the Church Universal; 2) To inform and equip congregations and leaders in the PCUSA and other denominations concerning the urgency for greater emphasis on the teaching... Continue Reading
In Defense of Erskine College
(Editors Note: Following is a letter posted in a blog by students and alumni who support the current status of the college. The student’s name appears in the blog but is withheld from this series of articles for consistency.) Dear Dr. Ruble, Erskine administration, and Board of Trustees, It has come to my attention that... Continue Reading
Petition from Erskine students to ARP General Synod
The issues which will be the subject of the Commission report to be heard at the Called Meeting on March 1-2 stem from complaints from multiple sources that came to the ARP Synod last summer, principle among them both current and former students. 144 of them signed a petition to the General Assembly this past... Continue Reading
Search and rescue groups head to earthquake-devastated Haiti
“It felt like 10 seconds combined with three years,” is how Jay Cherry, who along with his wife volunteers at an orphanage in Haiti, described the initial shaking that began at 4:52 p.m. (EST) on Tuesday when a 7.3-magnitude earthquake began five miles under water off the coast of the impoverished Caribbean nation. Messailler, where... Continue Reading
Insurance Companies Prefer Abortion as Cheaper than Giving Birth, says Planned Parenthood Director
A Baltimore Planned Parenthood official has bluntly admitted why health insurance companies are increasingly comfortable with covering abortions: because the choice to kill an unborn child is cheaper than giving birth. “A first trimester abortion is $300 to $450,” Baltimore Planned Parenthood CEO John Nugent told the national business magazine Forbes last week. “But if... Continue Reading
Missionaries affected by Haiti Earthquake
Exclusive from World Magazine: As a 7.3 magnitude earthquake struck Haiti on Tuesday, missionary wife Heather Hopp “thought a truck had an accident on the highway and was rolling down the hill towards the house.” The earthquake, with an epicenter just 10 miles southwest of the capital, Port-au-Prince, …caused amounts of damage Haiti’s ambassador to... Continue Reading
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