The 73rd General Synod of the Bible Presbyterian Church met August 6-11, 2009, in the mountains of East Tennessee. The following resolution was made: RESOLUTION 73:04 – Islam Knows No Peace Contrary to modern political and religious propaganda, Islam is not a peaceable religion. Especially since the latter half of the 20th century when billions... Continue Reading

Our mission is to reach the world for Christ by preparing Christian leaders for ministry. MINTS is a missions organization that uses higher education as its primary tool toward fulfilling the vision of the Great Commission: to train and equip national believers to develop one another in a duplicable format with little or no cost,... Continue Reading

The Associated Reformed Presbyterian Church (ARP) will be holding its 2009 Super Senior High Retreat in September. “The Pursuit of Happiness” (Psalm 1) is the theme of this year’s fall retreat Sept. 25-27 at Bonclarken Conference Center, Flat Rock, NC. Guest speaker is Aaron Morgan, assistant pastor at Scherer Memorial Presbyterian Church (PCA) in Lake... Continue Reading

We thank you again for standing with us in praying for the ministry in the Czech Republic. The Lord is using your prayers in our lives, as well as in the lives of our many Czech friends. Please continue to pray. The Lord tells us in Paul’s words from I Corinthians that we should always... Continue Reading

Dear prayerful friends, It’s been two months now since our family left Belize and resettled in Dalton, Georgia. For our family, it’s been a time of big changes. It has been difficult for us to say goodbye to our many friends in Belize and the work that occupied us for nine years. Even though my... Continue Reading

“Incoming casualties! Incoming casualties!” blares out as you roll off your bed, pull on your uniform, and stumble into a tent of bright lights. You’re surrounded by scurrying doctors, nurses, and medics. Three soldiers are wheeled into this makeshift emergency room, casualties of yet another IED (Improvised Explosive Device)—a homemade bomb. You’ve been the chaplain... Continue Reading

By now word has probably reached most readers of this magazine that the worldwide economic downturn has impacted the Orthodox Presbyterian Church (OPC). Reserves have dwindled for the Committee on Home Missions and Church Extension. Giving to Worldwide Outreach has picked up in recent months, but so much of that money is needed by the... Continue Reading

The Foolishness of Preaching September 24 – 26, 2009 Meeting at Heritage Baptist Church 201 East Broad Street Mansfield, Texas 76063 [email protected] Phone: 817-453-5580 Fax: 817-453-5570 “Churches today must be recovered. They must once again put the Word of God at the center; and that happens most fundamentally through preaching… The great Puritan pastor Richard... Continue Reading

Ministry to Prostitutes August 2009 From Art and Ursula Spooner, Missionaries serving with MTW in Austria The last time I went with another German woman and we went up and down one of the main streets in the city. Most of these women were not from Nigeria, rather from Eastern block countries. They are not... Continue Reading

The following story is a compilation from a report in the July 10, Wall Street Journal On Line version, supplement with details provided in the August 13, 2009 issue of EP News (Editor) Battered by massive layoffs, home foreclosures and nearly a decade of economic decline, more residents of Detroit’s middle-class suburbs are having a... Continue Reading