The PCA has never held a national gathering of its pastors. Perhaps it’s time for that to change.

Reformation 21, the online magazine of the Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals, has graciously give Reasoning Together permission to republish a series of exchanges between Rev. Nelson Jennings and Rev. David B. Garner on the report of the Ad-Interim Committee on Insider Movements so that we may invite your interaction with them.

Reformation 21, the online magazine of the Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals, has graciously give Reasoning Together permission to republish a series of exchanges between Rev. Nelson Jennings and Rev. David B. Garner on the report of the Ad-Interim Committee on Insider Movements so that we may invite your interaction with them.

Reformation 21, the online magazine of the Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals, has graciously give Reasoning Together permission to republish a series of exchanges between Rev. Nelson Jennings and Rev. David B. Garner on the report of the Ad-Interim Committee on Insider Movements so that we may invite your interaction with them.

Eight overtures await the 42nd General Assembly regarding judicial process and the authority of the Standing Judicial Committee (SJC). TE Sean Lucas writes in favor of one such overture. TE David Coffin writes in opposition. Please join the conversation with your comments.

Dr. Rainer asked several pastors if they had any specific instances in their pastoral ministry where they wish they had an opportunity to reverse something they said or did. In this post, he cites the seven most common answers he received. We invite you to comments on these and to contribute any “do-overs” you would add to the list.

An article by Peter Smith in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette titled “Presbyterian  stances causing tension with Jews” highlights the controversy generated by a 72-page guide, “Zionism Unsettled.” The guide was produced by the Israel/Palestine Mission Network of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) and “includes depictions of Zionism as a heresy at the root of the Middle East crisis.”…

At the 41st General Assembly, Rev. Mike Sloan proposed a personal resolution on the issue of child sexual abuse in the church. At our invitation, Rev. Sloan prepared an article last fall that answers four important questions on this issue. As Overture 6 to the 42nd GA addresses the issue, we are featuring his article again.

We invite you to take part in a conversation initiated by a post by Dr. Stephen Baldwin, Executive & Personal Coach at Trailhead Coaching, and Spiritual Director of The Genesis Project, Inc., in which he discusses and advocates mentoring relationships for emerging pastors.

General Assembly Moderator Mike Ross contends that only the love of God can heal the wounds we in the PCA inflict on each other and on our common life, and offers ten concrete steps toward a more loving PCA. We invite your comments.