The secret to the PCA’s multi-year decline may be primarily external to a denomination that is losing its ability to connect and lead an American culture that is increasingly multi-ethnic and non-white, as many are now arguing. The internal issues of new generations, missional emphasis vs. traditionalists, and so on may, in fact, be more... Continue Reading

“I contacted Cokesbury and was advised that a Common English Bible (CEB) translation to which you (PCUSA Stated Clerk) referred does not exist.” Lloyd Meyer’s e-mailed request was simple: “What translation of Scripture did you use?” That question, originally sent to the Rev. Gradye Parsons, stated clerk of the Presbyterian Church (USA) General Assembly, ricocheted... Continue Reading

Emergents are stereotypically associated with soul patches, body piercings, black clothing, and coffee houses. Though too young to remember Beatniks, or Jack Kerouac, they stylistically often aspire to be their more spiritual descendants The “emergent church” is a loosely defined and even less organized force of postmodern evangelicals who emphasize community over Christian doctrine. Having... Continue Reading

The first overture called for a ‘means of grace’ alternative to the proposed Strategic Plan; the second called for a recognition of the sufficiency of our constitution to govern offices and ordination in the church. On Saturday May 22, the Northwest Georgia Presbytery (NWGP) convened in a called meeting to consider two overtures from the... Continue Reading

In a second installment, PCA Business Administrator John Robertson responds to questions about gifts versus assessments, and the funding of tasks that aren’t mandated in Scripture. In an interview in byFaithonline, TE Robertson answers three additional questions about the AC Funding Plan portion of the Strategic Plan. 1) Don’t your previous references to 2 Cor... Continue Reading

Everything is tolerated except “intolerable” Christian moral standards. While being reassured by the “progressives” that we are moving forward to a new day of utopian human transformation, in fact, all roads are leading backwards— to pre-Constantine pagan Rome. During that period, the Christian faith was outlawed and officially persecuted [see the first four chapters of... Continue Reading

“…if chaplains are muzzled by political correctness, they will be unable to support the free exercise of religion for many Service members whose beliefs don’t coincide with a new military religious doctrine on sexual ethics.” (Editor’s Note: This topic will be under discussion during the upcoming PCA General Assembly – watch for feature stories in... Continue Reading

NWGP’s “Alternative Plan for PCA Renewal” with brief Preface by Rev. Dr. Jon D. Payne, minister of Grace Presbyterian Church, Douglasville, Georgia. Dear Friends of the PCA, On Saturday, May 22, 2010 the Northwest Georgia Presbytery voted to send an “Alternative Plan For PCA Renewal” overture to this year’s PCA General Assembly in Nashville, Tennessee.... Continue Reading

The modern Religious Left has perverted “social justice.” It has so misappropriated the term that many Americans—including Glenn Beck—now reflexively think “socialism” when they hear “social justice. Recently, The Center for Vision & Values at Grove City College has tackled the issue of “social justice,” with articles by Gary Smith, J. D. Wyneken, Mark Hendrickson,... Continue Reading

(Part 1 of 3 parts) I must confess that I am not at all convinced that the question in the PCA surrounding unordained male and female deacons will end there. Creating a Perspective for Planning A couple of days ago on the way to my study, an 18-wheeler had a blowout on the 91 Freeway... Continue Reading