The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary’s Chuck Lawless will become vice president for global theological advance at the International Mission Board, June 1. The IMB Board of Trustees unanimously elected Lawless in an effort to emphasize the importance of sound theology as the foundation for mission work. R. Albert Mohler Jr, President of South Seminary said:... Continue Reading

A reorganized ministries’ leadership led by Chief Executive Sheila Schuller Coleman, the founder’s daughter, will pay $212,000 a month to Greenlaw to lease the cathedral and core elements needed to keep the church in operation. A Newport Beach development company will buy Crystal Cathedral Ministries’ landmark campus in Garden Grove, California for $46 million and... Continue Reading

“But unity in the truth must be visible, and therefore external, if it is to mean anything at all in relation to the Lord’s desire that the world may believe and come to know the love of God. Just as the “grace and truth” of God were visibly displayed in the incarnate Son while he... Continue Reading

Now church officials say they’ll collect suggestions and comments from neighbors about the noise issue before going back to DOB with new plans. Redeemer spokesman Cregan Cooke said church officials met this week with neighbors, representatives of Community Board 7 and officials from City Councilwoman Gale Brewer’s office. A church construction project that neighbors said... Continue Reading

(Editor’s Note: Redeemer ‘s founding is the result of a planned division of the former Trinity PCA congregation under the leadership of Teaching Elder Mike Ross. The majority moved to a new property in Jackson and TE Ken Pierce now serves as pastor. TE Mike Campbell was the new pastor at Redeemer and remains in... Continue Reading

Following are releases directly from the web sites from these two churches. Help one (or both would be fine too). From New Creation EPC A tornado, more than a mile in diameter, destroyed more than 70% of Joplin, Missouri last Sunday evening. New Creation EPC (Cliff Mansley, pastor) is located just two blocks from one... Continue Reading

On Monday the Church of Scotland took the momentous decision to end a two-year ban on congregations appointing gay ministers. The Kirk’s leadership agreed to allow gay ministers who were ordained before May 2009 – when a temporary ban was imposed after the appointment of the Reverend Scott Rennie in Aberdeen – to put themselves... Continue Reading

The Chair of the Church of England General Synod’s House of Laity, Dr Philip Giddings, in an interview last week with the Gazette editor, said that the Anglican Communion today was “quite close to being dysfunctional”, adding that the Communion’s instruments “clearly are not working as effectively as they need to”. Dr Giddings, who gave... Continue Reading

As opposition to recent changes in the Presbyterian Church (USA)’s ordination standards continues to become more vocal in several congregations, an Ohio church has decided to disaffiliate from the denomination. On May 15, Westminster Community Church in Canton, Ohio voted 55-11 to leave the PCUSA and to seek departure from the Muskingum Valley Presbytery. “We... Continue Reading

We have been praying for revival in this country and in our denomination for years. Perhaps, if we will now call our people to recognize that unique opportunities are before us to build God’s kingdom, revival will begin in our own churches. And the fire can spread into our communities and far beyond. The denominational... Continue Reading