The church suspended community service activities Wednesday but expects to resume the camp Thursday. Pastor Mike Ross said Evan’s parents, who were too grief-stricken to speak with the media, asked that the camp go on. It was the end of a long, hot day spent volunteering in one of Charlotte’s low-income neighborhoods, and Evan Wolfe... Continue Reading

Dever told the audience that Patterson indirectly “helped start” the 9Marks movement. While Dever was at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, he wanted to print a pamphlet at the seminary extolling the marks of true Baptist churches. Calling themselves “men of yesterday” in the Southern Baptist Convention, 9Marks founder Mark Dever and Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary... Continue Reading

Unprecedented turmoil in recent months in local and regional Presbyterian circles — including five lay leaders in a Grand Forks congregation quitting the church after being charged with violating church rules as well as a top administrator being dismissed suddenly — was the main business at a meeting in Casselton, N.D., on Monday. About 50... Continue Reading

Systems are struggling with how to schedule the annual calendar. They are struggling to get graduation rates up beyond the embarrassing level. This? This just seems like a big pile of nothing about not much. In the dictionary, this little dust-up would be found under the phrase “much ado about nothing.” A New York court... Continue Reading

Since May 10, when Twin Cities became the decisive 87th presbytery to ratify deletion of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)’s “fidelity and chastity” standard, I have heard among my PCUSA friends many discussions of the urgent question: “Should I stay or should I go” from the denomination? As our May 11 press release made clear, we... Continue Reading

Whatever the outcome of the higher court’s decision, Mills said Olivet’s legal battle will help clear murky legal waters for other churches. “We believe that’s not only going to bless us – whichever way it goes – but it’s going to make it really clear not only to other PCUSA churches that have left but... Continue Reading

The Presbytery of Santa Barbara is promoting an initiative called Presbytery Committees of Correspondence hoping to unite those “who voted no on Amendment 10A to discern together God’s will for our future.” (Editor’s Note: The complete statement from the presbytery is recorded at the end of this article) “We believe that it is essential that... Continue Reading

(The judge) also found Colonial had not established an implied trust with the PCUSA since the denomination did not furnish the original deed and that Colonial had always retained title to property. “The court finds that it would be [the PCUSA] who would be unjustly enriched by taking possession of [Colonial’s] property,” the judge stated.... Continue Reading

The Board of Pensions made no comment when asked how the committee planned to hear from other Presbyterians — many of whom are not on presbytery staffs or members of presbytery committees and who were not able to attend the two events. Although they’ve listened, members of a Presbyterian Church (USA) special committee of the... Continue Reading

The National Association of Evangelicals is siding with Jews and Muslims in opposition of a proposed ban on infant male circumcision in San Francisco. “Jews, Muslims, and Christians all trace our spiritual heritage back to Abraham. Biblical circumcision begins with Abraham,” NAE President Leith Anderson said in a statement. “No American government should restrict this... Continue Reading