A London church has reacted with anger after being issued with a noise abatement order. Following the judgement by magistrates the Immanuel House of Worship church in Walthamstow, north London, will now be restricted to using music for just 20 minutes on a Sunday morning. This week’s ruling followed an inspection by the local council... Continue Reading

Serving in Northern New Mexico with Mission to the World (PCA) Halloween is approaching fast, Thanksgiving is just around the corner and before you know it we will be singing Christmas Carols, but if I could I would like to hit the rewind button for a minute. Let’s return to the spring when we were... Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, DC – City Council members introduced legislation Tuesday to allow same-sex marriage here. If it passes, as expected, Washington would be the first city below the Mason-Dixon line to allow such unions. The city’s bill is expected to become law by December. But the measure is likely to draw harsh criticism from Congressional Republicans... Continue Reading

A Report on the Size and Distribution of the World’s Muslim Population from the Pew Foundation Released October 8, 2009 A comprehensive demographic study of more than 200 countries finds that there are 1.57 billion Muslims of all ages living in the world today, representing 23% of an estimated 2009 world population of 6.8 billion.... Continue Reading

New Wineskins Transitional Presbytery, during the sixth convocation of the New Wineskins Association of Churches Oct. 4-6, 2009, in Signal Mountain, Tennessee, continued efforts toward fulfilling its missional calling and further clarifying its relationship with the Evangelical Presbyterian Church. Following up on a similar June action by the EPC at its General Assembly in Michigan,... Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 /Standard Newswire/ — U.S. Congressman Mike Pence released the following statement after the unveiling of our national motto “In God We Trust” engraved in stone in the Capitol Visitor Center: “Our nation’s rich spiritual heritage was further declared with the unveiling of our national motto ‘In God We Trust,’ carved in stone... Continue Reading

By Lillian Kwon, Christian Post Reporter The Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod recently adopted the “Theses on Worship” to address the diversity of worship practices as well as resulting conflicts in Lutheran congregations. In an effort to assist the nearly 6,200 congregations in the second largest Lutheran denomination in the country, the LCMS Council of Presidents –... Continue Reading

September, 2009 We may not be there in South Africa, but we continue to pray for our students and keep informed about them as best we can. There has been another graduation at the seminary. We rejoice for the graduates and ask that you pray for them as well. One of our recent graduates is... Continue Reading

North Point EPC is the latest church plant launch in the EPC. Their first meeting on Sunday, September 13, at the Covenant Christian Academy in Peabody, Massachusetts drew 90 adults and children. There are 2 unique features of this plant. First, a team of David Cook and Tom and Donna Penner is providing pastoral leadership... Continue Reading

By: Adelle M. Banks Leaders of two Lutheran denominations have pledged to continue working together on ministry projects despite deep disagreements over the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America’s recent decision to permit non-celibate gay clergy. The more conservative Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod (LCMS) and the larger Chicago-based ELCA have worked together on a number of social... Continue Reading