Church planting in small towns is a long-term process. “These are not areas for someone with a short-term view of growth,” Jeremy Coyer advises. 

Abuse is a pattern of behavior, not a one-time event. The behavior is always intended to preserve the abuser’s power by controlling others. Typically, abuse falls into one of five categories: psychological, physical, economic, spiritual, and sexual.

The committee will consist of four teaching elders, three ruling elders, and four advisory members.

The committee contains four teaching elders and three ruling elders and has the authority to appoints it own advisory members.

We have much to learn from their faith in the unseen. In their trials, our Chinese brothers and sisters are showing us what is most important to them.

A total of 1,616 commissioners registered, representing 827 churches from all 88 presbyteries.

“When we enter the new Eden, our Sabbath rest, the final temple, the New Jerusalem, we’ll begin to experience all that God has intended for us all along.”

It’s not as though motherhood makes us more of a sinner; rather, areas of sin we didn’t realize we had are brought to the surface.

A summary of the major decisions made by the General Assembly on Friday, June 28.

A summary of the major decisions made by the General Assembly on Thursday, June 27.