Veto Presbyterian Church in Ohio withdraws from PCUSA; joins PCA
Reported by the Aquila Report. On January 13, 2016, the session of Veto Presbyterian asked to join the Ohio Presbytery of the PCA as a mission church. On February 2, […] The post Veto Presbyterian...
View ArticlePCUSA on track to lose more than 400K members by 2020
By Michael Gryboski, The Christian Post. Presbyterian Church (USA) is expecting to see a loss of over 400,000 members between 2015 and 2020, according to a reported internal document. “The […] The post...
View ArticlePew: Wealthier countries less religious
By Joseph Rossell, Juicy Ecumenism. Jesus warned his disciples that it was “easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to […] The post Pew: Wealthier countries less...
View ArticlePCUSA international Engagement Map launches today
By Scott O’Neill, Presbyterian News Service. Contributors to the One Great Hour of Sharing (OGHS) offering often wonder where their donations go. The Presbyterian Hunger Program, Presbyterian Disaster...
View ArticleSix candidates for PCUSA Stated Clerk move forward
The Presbyterian News Service. Six of the 13 people who submitted complete applications to become Stated Clerk of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) have been asked to move […]...
View ArticlePalestinian Christians and Messianic Jews affirm unity in Christ
By Mark Woods, Christian Today. Palestinian Christians and Messianic Jews have released a statement affirming their unity as believers after a meeting in Cyprus. Held under the auspices of the Lausanne...
View ArticleUMC: Married lesbian recommended as Provisional Deacon
By Erik Alsgaard, the Baltimore-Washington Conference of the United Methodist Church. The Board of Ordained Ministry of the Baltimore-Washington Conference, meeting last month, recommended Tara “T.C.”...
View Article3 things you can do right now to fight ISIS genocide of Christians, Yazidis,...
By Faith McDonnell, Juicy Ecumenism. On February 4, the European Parliament unanimously passed a resolution recognizing the Islamic State’s (ISIS or Da’ish) “systematic mass-murder” of Christians,...
View ArticleMy heart aches… yet I rejoice
Guest commentary by Don Meeks, The Presbyterian Outlook. Editor’s note: This piece is written in response to a recent guest commentary column by Steve Wilkins. You can read that piece here. […] The...
View ArticleA giant has fallen — The death of Justice Antonin Scalia and the future of...
Justice Scalia firmly believed in the right of the people to establish a constitutional government that would recognize the ultimate authority of the people, not an elite of unelected judges, […] The...
View ArticlePresbyterian’s new mobile gaming app combats human trafficking
By Tammy Warren, Presbyterian News Service. An interactive, anime-style gaming app for mobile devices like smartphones and tablets has an extraordinary mission: to keep children and young adults, ages...
View ArticleDo not sing louder: Do something to fight ISIS genocide
By Faith J. H. McDonnell, Patheos.com. When is singing hymns damning? When the increased volume of the hymn singing is not out of passion for the Lord, but to drown out the […] The post Do not sing...
View ArticleCentral Presbyterian Church legal battle with PCUSA heats up
By Marlee Middlebrooks, The Red & Black. Due to the evolving theological direction of the Presbyterian Church (USA), the majority of the congregation at the Central Presbyterian Church on Alps […]...
View ArticlePresbyterian governing body orders pastors to vacate downtown Seattle church...
Editor’s note: Pastors Jeff and Ellen Schulz have released the following response to the presbytery’s allegations: We were saddened by Seattle Presbytery’s report, and by the lawsuit filed against us...
View ArticleISIS, genocide and us
By George Weigel, First Things. The Monuments Men was a disappointing movie, but one of its most chilling scenes sticks in my mind as an analogue to the appalling wickedness […] The post ISIS, genocide...
View ArticleAs Presbyterian Church (USA) declines, two try to save it
By Linda Leicht, the Springfield News-Leader. As many mainline Christian denominations are experiencing dissension and decline due to theological and social issues, First Presbyterian Church of...
View ArticleU.S. religious groups and their political leanings
By Michael Lipka, Pew Research Center. Mormons are the most heavily Republican-leaning religious group in the U.S., while a pair of major historically black Protestant denominations – the African...
View ArticleAthens church’s request to leave Presbyterian denomination heads for vote
By Lee Shearer, Athens Banner Herald (Ga.) A regional governing body has restored the governing body of an Athens Presbyterian church which was dissolved by a lower regional administrative church […]...
View ArticleCan we agree to disagree on sexuality and marriage?
By Trevin Wax, The Gospel Coalition. The biggest issue confronting evangelicalism today is not over homosexuality and marriage, but whether or not these are “agree-to-disagree” issues. The question...
View ArticleStudy team releases report on “two-state” solution to Israeli-Palestinian...
By Leslie Scanlon, The Presbyterian Outlook. While the door to a viable Palestinian state is “closing rapidly, if it is still open at all,” the Presbyterian Church (USA) should support […] The post...
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