The Archdiocese of Washington has reached a settlement with a man who said he was sexually abused as a teenager by a former priest, George A. Stallings Jr., and another man, a seminarian, at St. Teresa of Avila Catholic Church in the District. Stallings, one of two men accused in the lawsuit, broke from the... Continue Reading

By David Brooks in the New York Times When you go to an academic conference you expect to see some geeks, gravitas and graying professors giving lectures. But the people who showed up at the Social and Affective Neuroscience Society’s conference in Lower Manhattan last weekend were so young, hip and attractive. The leading figures... Continue Reading

By Edward Terry, The Layman Presbyterian Church (USA)’s Heartland Presbytery has set its sights on the property of an Evangelical Presbyterian Church (EPC) congregation in Kansas City that has long since left its former denomination behind. At its Sept. 19 stated meeting, the presbytery approved plans to dissolve the Gashland Presbyterian Church, sell its property... Continue Reading

November 2, 2009 at Pepperdine University

A town in central Pennsylvania that tried to shut down a church-run homeless shelter citing zoning code violations has agreed to pay the church and its lawyers $100,000 to settle a civil suit. “I’m just thankful,” the Rev. Jack Wisor, pastor of First Apostles’ Doctrine Church in Brookville, Pa., said Tuesday after the settlement was... Continue Reading

Father John Sewell wants people in Memphis to stop screaming. From St. John’s Episcopal Church, where he is rector, he is spreading a message that Central Avenue motorists can see. The “ScreamFree Zone” signs in front of St. John’s Episcopal Church on Central help promote a calmer way of living in Memphis. Screaming is not... Continue Reading

By Edward Terry, The Layman At its Sept. 24 meeting, Baltimore Presbytery had the first reading of an overture that would strike any references to marriage being a civil contract between a man and woman from the Directory of Worship in the Book of Order. Instead, the Presbyterian Church (USA)’s constitution would say that marriage... Continue Reading

By Bruce A. McIntosh, Special to The Layman What I observed as counsel for the complainants in a remedial case currently pending before the General Assembly Permanent Judicial Commission was a real eye-opener. I saw there is a deep divide within the Presbyterian Church (USA), but one side barely acknowledges that it exists. On one... Continue Reading

Join us in January 2010 for the 2010 Deep South Regional Founders Conference. We seek to know and worship our God more fully and celebrate his works that are displayed in his decrees, creation and providence. For dates and location, see calendar below.

The Institute for Creation Research has led the way in research and education in the field of scientific and biblical creation. Hear more at their Demand the Evidence Conference in October and November. [Editor’s note: the original URL (link) referenced in this article is no longer valid, so the link has been removed.]