In 1997, the Dallas-based Park Cities Presbyterian Church (PCA) set a lofty goal: to plant 100 churches in the U.S. and overseas by 2020. They called the project “2020 Vision,” never expecting to reach their goal a full decade ahead of schedule. In fact, Park Cities Presbyterian Church (PCPC) and their affiliated partners have planted... Continue Reading

The new church business is booming in downtown New York City. In 1975, there were only about 10 evangelical churches in Manhattan. Now there are more than 200. Four out of 10 were started after 2000. That’s according to a study from the New York City Leadership Center, a nonprofit focused on developing Christian ministries.... Continue Reading

Preview of the 2011 Synod of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church Registration for ministers and elder representatives begins on Tuesday in the Mike and Lib Patrick Conference Room in The Lodge. All members of the court must sign-in to be included on the official roll of Synod. General Synod information can be found online at... Continue Reading

Metro Atlanta Presbytery: According to Robert’s Rules Chapter 37 “votes cannot be rescinded after something has been done as a result of that vote that the assembly cannot undo.” Several churches used that interpretation to determine how best to organize their diaconates, and rescinding is inappropriate way to deal with our current situation. In 2009,... Continue Reading

“In Genesis 1-3, we find the record of God’s creation of the heavens and the earth ex nihilo; of the special creation of Adam and Eve as actual human beings, the parents of all humanity (hence they are not the products of evolution from lower forms of life).” In 2000, the Creation Study Committee submitted... Continue Reading

An Edmond, Okla., church voted overwhelmingly on Sunday to cut ties with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America over the denomination’s liberal direction. Peace Lutheran joins hundreds of other congregations in withdrawing from the ELCA following the body’s vote in 2009 to let non-celibate gays and lesbians serve as clergy. In a 110-5 vote, Peace... Continue Reading

Despite a watermark change in ordination guidelines, a group of concerned Presbyterians are still hopeful that the denomination’s highest court will correctly settle a dispute seeking the nullification of a gay minister’s ordination. With its passage on May 10, an Amendment to the governing document will allow presbyteries within the Presbyterian Church (USA) to ordain... Continue Reading

“I can find no justification for this biblically, and it hurts. It deeply hurts, honestly. I think the result will be that the (national) church will split apart . . . Today the church has become impotent. Our views and values and beliefs are no longer different from the world. Secular life has merged with... Continue Reading

I do not see how we can approve of this report as it stands. I do not see how any man who voted “no” in the presbyteries could concur with a depiction of their decision process that makes reference to “cognitive dissonance,” a concept originally formulated to explain the irrational behavior of a UFO cult... Continue Reading

“New wine in old wineskins will burst the Church. People will leave the denomination because they want to live in Christ. Shifting deck chairs on the Titanic accomplishes nothing. Go and grow; remain and stay the same.” In the months since it first announced its presence in the Presbyterian Church (USA), Fellowship PCUSA has gone... Continue Reading