Thankful for Internal Struggles: Can Tensions in the PCA Make Us Stronger?
The tensions are longstanding, and may be here to stay. But what is behind them? Are they inherent in the Reformed faith? How can members reflect Christ while agreeing to disagree? And can the whole situation be leveraged into an opportunity for the PCA to thrive? According to a number of PCA leaders, conflict within... Continue Reading
The Aftermath of the PCA’s 38th General Assembly (II)
My favorite theologian, Dr. Herman Bavinck, taught me that it’s quite easy to criticize, tear down, and critique, but if you’re going to do that, you really need to have a viable, workable alternative to what you’re being so negative about. Items for Approval at the 38th General Assembly The dust is settling over Nashville... Continue Reading
The PCA’s New Strategic Plan (V)
I pray that the PCA will have the presence of mind to vote this non-Plan Plan down….My concern is not that we don’t know who we are, but that we don’t know what we’re becoming. Creating a Perspective for Planning (V) The more one progresses through the PCA’s Strategic Plan, the more the impression begins... Continue Reading
Overture from Northwest Georgia Presbytery: “An Alternative Plan for PCA Renewal”
NWGP’s “Alternative Plan for PCA Renewal” with brief Preface by Rev. Dr. Jon D. Payne, minister of Grace Presbyterian Church, Douglasville, Georgia. Dear Friends of the PCA, On Saturday, May 22, 2010 the Northwest Georgia Presbytery voted to send an “Alternative Plan For PCA Renewal” overture to this year’s PCA General Assembly in Nashville, Tennessee.... Continue Reading
The PCA’s New Strategic Plan (I)
(Part 1 of 3 parts) I must confess that I am not at all convinced that the question in the PCA surrounding unordained male and female deacons will end there. Creating a Perspective for Planning A couple of days ago on the way to my study, an 18-wheeler had a blowout on the 91 Freeway... Continue Reading
The PCA’s New Strategic Plan (II)
(Part 2 of a 3 part series) Is the PCA little more than an organization? Do we or should we operate on business principles when addressing an issue such as loss of membership? Creating a Perspective for Planning (II) I want to take several issues to outline the PCA’s proposed “Strategic Plan.” My wife served... Continue Reading
The PCA’s New Strategic Plan (III)
(Part 3 of a 3 part sereis) “if we are faithful to the Word of God, should we not derive how we “do mission” from that source and formulate our principles from our “commitment to the inerrancy of Scripture as the driving force”? Creating a Perspective for Planning (III) With this installment, we move forward... Continue Reading