College Hill Presbyterian Church is recognized as the oldest church in Lafayette County and for its rich history of serving the Oxford and Ole Miss family, after all the College Hill Church and the University of Mississippi grew up together. The church building was constructed in 1846 while laborers were constructing the Lyceum Building, which... Continue Reading

“The question is, ‘When you’re finished, will there be any money left or will you be out of money?’ It comes down to which gets finished first — the money or the building,” Ramp said. “We have $2.4 million in insurance and I believe it’s going to take every bit of that and probably even... Continue Reading

Reports were also heard from the Rev. Canon Alan Hawkins, Vicar of Anglican 1000, the initiative that seeks to plant 1,000 new parishes in the first five-years of the Province’s existence; over 300 parishes have been planted since 2009 and the 1-2-3 Challenge seeks to build on that by using a variety of strategies. Reports... Continue Reading

Russell Moore, president of the Southern Baptists’ Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, and Archbishop William Lori, chair of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ ad hoc committee for religious liberty, sent a joint letter to Congress on Friday urging lawmakers to pass the conscience protection legislation. “Both of our denominations value God’s gift of procreation,” Moore... Continue Reading

The irony should not be missed. The very gospel Western missionaries took to Africa, Asia and Latin America is now coming back to the West with an educated fervor for the Good News that even the Wesley’s could not match. It is darkest before the dawn, but the dawn we do know comes. We only... Continue Reading

So where does this leave us all? In a confused mess. I do not think that it is sinful to stay in the Church of Scotland. However it is sinful to stay, talk of reformation and renewal and yet not fight for it. We must not hide behind pietism, truisms, or a distorted view of... Continue Reading

The Rev. Richard W. Gray, then pastor of Calvary Presbyterian Church in Willow Grove, Penn., was an architect of the 1965 union of the Reformed Presbyterian Church, General Synod [1833-1965] and the Evangelical Presbyterian Church [1961-1965] that produced the Reformed Presbyterian Church, Evangelical Synod (RPCES), which in 1982 was received into the Presbyterian Church in... Continue Reading

Those pushing revisionist theology have repeatedly attempted to frame the debate in terms of human sexuality. While that is the issue that has gotten the most coverage in the secular press, it has been stated time and again by those who have come to be known as re-asserters — those wishing to uphold the faith... Continue Reading

Whatever your opinion of multisite may be, there can be no doubt it is the new normal. Multisite has joined a list of models and approaches that were once out of the mainstream and now is commonplace– most of us know of one or more multisite churches. Though I would not have guessed it ten... Continue Reading

The ROC church had initially dismissed the allegations against Pastor G in a May 3 statement as “unsettling rumors and inaccurate news reports” but as more information began to surface, the church noted in another statement on May 23, that their lead pastor had decided to step down from his post temporarily. Five days later,... Continue Reading