A California man is considering whether to appeal a Jefferson Circuit Court judge’s decision to dismiss a lawsuit seeking damages from the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) for alleged sexual abused at an African mission boarding house in 1988. Judge Irv Maze ruled that Sean Coppedge’s lawsuit — filed in December 2010 — came too late under... Continue Reading

The message for this year’s 7 a.m. beach-front service, hosted at the Marco Island Marriott Beach Resort is: “All I Need is a Cheeseburger in Paradise,” and will be given by Marco Presbyterian (PCA) Church’s Senior Pastor the Rev. William “Bill” Lyle. “May there be a shout of glory across the Island as we share... Continue Reading

The moves are broadly seen as realignment within mainline Protestant denominations over issues including ordination of gay clergy, interpretation of scripture and church governance. One congregation of a Memphis-area Presbyterian Church (USA) has voted to affiliate with a more conservative denomination. The vote on Sunday by members of Advent Presbyterian Church was 482-22 to ask... Continue Reading

I wrote previously that Illiana Presbytery voted to concur in the overture to sever byFaith’s funding from the Administrative Committee budget. The origin of this overture was Illiana’s unanimous rejection of the BCO 14-1 and 14-2 amendments proposed by last year’s General Assembly. Illiana Presbytery asked their churches and elders to consider alternative ways of... Continue Reading

Currently, we have a 12 year old cryptozoologist in our church. He became interested in the subject when one of our teenage boys introduced him to it earlier this year. Another preteen brother and sister recently set up a Bibles for Orphans of Haiti project after hearing a report of a vision trip to Haiti... Continue Reading

Generally, Insiders tend to have a positive view of Islam, Muhammad and the Qur’an. Many believe that Muhammad is some sort of prophet from God, that the Qur’an is at least a partially inspired word from God that points to Jesus, and that Islamic culture is not contradictory to the biblical message. Therefore, they do... Continue Reading

Call it a backlash to change. As familiar protests against the government of a longstanding Middle East ruler began to unfold last month — this time in Syria — hundreds of thousands of Syrians actually turned out in Damascus to protest the protests. And the bloc supporting President Bashar al-Assad included Syrian Christians. “The churches... Continue Reading

Illiana Presbytery of the PCA met on Saturday, October 9 Illiana Presbytery had unanimously voted in October to reject the BCO 14-1 and 14-2 amendments’ AC funding plan. However, they wanted to make it clear that they did not oppose the AC but wanted to consider other options that would fund it. They considered the... Continue Reading

“We’re a former ‘Southern Presbyterian’ (PCUS) church that within eight years following reunion voted for the exception in the Book of Order’s Section G-8.0701 that exempts a former PCUS church from the denomination’s church property restrictions (G-8.0500). Did that action protect us from the ‘trust’ that the Presbyterian Church (USA) has imposed on local church... Continue Reading

“Belhar was a good statement for its time and place, but does it pass the higher bar that we set for a confession to enter the PCUSA constitution? That is the judgment that you, sisters and brothers, will have to make this evening.” The late Richard John Neuhaus, editor of First Things and author of... Continue Reading