Rev. John A. Little Called Home to Glory
Rev. John A. Little, retired pastor of the First Presbyterian Church (ARP) of Tucker, Georgia, died Tuesday, Sept.15, 2009. The funeral will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, Sept. 18, 2009, at Bill Head Funeral Home, Lilburn/Tucker Chapel. Interment will be in Georgia Memorial Park. The family will receive friends Thursday from 2 – 6... Continue Reading
Christians Sent to Jail for Helping North Korean Refugees
Normally, giving humanitarian aid is applauded. But for Christians Li Mingshun and Zhang Yonghu, it resulted in a ten-year prison sentence. The Missions Agency, China Aid, reports that at the end of July, Li and Zhang were indicted for aiding North Korean refugees fleeing to South Korea through China. Officials found Li guilty of “human... Continue Reading
Q & A with Episcopal Bishop
The Most Rev. Katharine Jefferts Schori, presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church, will be visiting Diocese of Central Pennsylvania in early September 2009. In advance of her visit, she responded to questions from the York (PA) Daily Record, in which she made her first public response to recent criticisms made by the Archbishop of Canterbury,... Continue Reading
Protestant Reformed Church Settles 2 year old Judicial Case
Protestant Reformed Church Settles 2 year old judicial case – requires all Ministers and Elders to send children to denomination-affiliated Christian schools. The 2009 General Synod of the Protestant Reformed Church was held at the Georgetown Protestant Reformed Church in Hudsonville in August. One of the most significant results was that final action was taken... Continue Reading
Presbytery News: PCA Great Lakes
The Great Lakes Presbytery of the PCA announces the following moves: TE Kreg Bryan from Hudson, OH to Kansas City, MO TE Brian Allred from Demotte, IN to Yorktown, IN RE Ron Jakubowski, Hudson, Ohio to be Stated Clerk of the new Ohio Presbytery TE Kreg Bryan has resigned as Pastor of the Grace Church... Continue Reading
Presbytery News: PCA Houston Metro
Recent Ministerial changes in Houston Metro Presbytery, PCA include Bill Combs, Robert Cook, Dennis Hermerding, Kyle Bobos, and Nat Davidson. TE Bill Combs has retired after serving 23 years as the pastor of Westminster Presbyterian Church in Webster, Texas. Combs, a 1970 graduate of Reformed Theological Seminary (back in the day when it was only... Continue Reading
Monthly Prayer Letter from Ed and Debbie Read
Christian Medical and Dental Association, Richmond, VA [Editor’s note: the original URL (link) referenced in this article is no longer valid, so the link has been removed.] September 2009 We wish you could be there on Monday evenings for the Bible study. You would get to experience the gathering of 35-40 students, residents, doctors and... Continue Reading
Great News from Kansas EPC Church
Lighthouse Presbyterian Church, an Evangelical Presbyterian congregation in Paola, Kansas (about 40 minutes south of the KC Beltway) walked away from its property when they departed from the PCUSA to join the EPC in 2007. Now, just two years later, they have grown to the point that they have acquired 20 acres of land at an... Continue Reading
Rock Reaching Out
Rock Presbyterian Church of Greenwood, South Carolina – a congregation of the Evangelical Presbyterian Church – recently enjoyed two successful outreach ministry engagements in their community. The regional chamber of commerce hosted a “Super-Networking” night and Rock was there. Pastor Joe Johnson reported, “It was a great advertizing opportunity for the church and the EPC.... Continue Reading
Southwest Church Planting Network
The Southwest Church Planting Network is a cooperative work of PCA churches in Arizona, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas. In 1998 the Southwest Church Planting Network (PCA) was formed to make expanding the Kingdom of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, a high priority in the Southwest. The Network is a Joint Subcommittee of four... Continue Reading