Transformation 2009 is a conference designed to offer a team experience to pastors, ministry staff, and lay leaders in the realm of life-on-life missional discipleship. Three specific tracks will be presented to allow you to explore how to bring spiritual [re]formation to your church. Recent studies have revealed that spiritual growth is a significant challenge... Continue Reading

The General Assembly Permanent Judicial Commission — the highest court in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) — has declined in two new rulings involving controversial cases to take on some of the central questions involving departures of conscience from the denomination’s ordination standards. The new rulings, both issued Nov. 2, come in cases involving Lisa Larges,... Continue Reading

On November 12, 2009, President W. Robert Godfrey speaks: Calvin: Does He Still Matter? Calvin in the Capital is a free speaker series sponsored by Christ Reformed Church. Lectures will be held Thursday nights, 7:00 pm, at our place of worship: 1611 16th Street NW Washington, DC 20009 17th Street and DuPont offer plentiful options... Continue Reading

The Westminster Student Association presents a special convocation lecture series with Dr. George Robertson, Senior Minister of First Presbyterian Church in Augusta, Georgia. Tuesday, November 10th – Part I: Preaching as a Means of Grace: Calvin to Tennent Wednesday, November 11th – Part II: Preaching as a Means of Grace: Union with Christ in the... Continue Reading

On November 12-14, 20 and 21, 2009, the Covenant College Drama Association will perform a staged reading of an adaptation of two plays from Dorothy Sayers’ Man Born to be King. Plays will start at 8:00 p.m. in the Sanderson Hall auditorium. A matinee performance will be held on November 21 at 2:30 p.m. Sayers’... Continue Reading

Almost three thousand years ago, the son of King David penned the following words, “Two are better than one, Because they have a good return for their work: If one falls down, His friend can help him up. But pity the man who falls and has no one to help him up! –Ecclesiastes 4:9 Marriage... Continue Reading

By: Omar Sacirbey Science and faith may often clash, but a new survey suggests that most American doctors believe religion and spirituality can help patients. Published Monday (Oct. 26) in the Archives of Internal Medicine, the survey found that 90 percent of physicians are satisfied with spiritual services provided by hospital chaplains to their patients.... Continue Reading

Brazil’s main commercial center, Sao Paulo, came to a standstill on Thursday, when it became the site of the biggest annual Christian movement in the nation. The May 26th ‘March for Jesus’ brought together over two million people, who marched along a pre-planned, one-mile route beginning at 10 a.m. They started near the University of... Continue Reading

The Prosecutor who authorised a six-hour raid on a Protestant Sunday worship service in a private home in eastern Belarus has refused to explain why it happened. “It was an official action and I can’t discuss it,” Vitaly Kovalev, Prosecutor of the Chausy District, told Forum 18 News Service. He also refused to say what... Continue Reading

As Muslims prepare for a funeral today in Detroit for Islamic leader Luqman Ameen Abdullah, his family and a coalition of Muslim organizations are calling for an independent investigation into his death in a reported shootout with FBI agents in Dearborn. The family of Abdullah, the imam of Masjid Al-Haqq in Detroit, told the Free... Continue Reading