Because Colombia is predominately Catholic, Stephens was eager to see the women of Colombia spend three days under strong Reformed teaching on topics such as covenant theology, the church’s role in culture, and biblical sexuality.

In this new monthly feature, PCA leaders discuss the topics that are most on their minds.

UKP seeks to help foster and fund indigenous church planters in the United Kingdom who hold to the tenets of the Reformed faith.

Seeing what’s happening now as we see them forced into boats and crossing the ocean, trying to find safety — I feel like their plight should be well-known and well-understood to us by now. And yet it’s not.

Faith does not make the facts of life disappear. Faith puts them in a new light — and in a new proximity to the power of the Lord Jesus Christ to make ways of escape that did not exist before, to give hope in the midst of hopelessness, and to change our hearts, our enemies, and our futures.

Words can heal or hurt, tear down or build up, inspire or provoke, which is why we must choose and use them wisely.

“The church should be leading the charge in this area,” said Collins. “We have a biblical mandate to protect children so that they can understand the Gospel without the trauma of child sexual abuse interrupting their growth.”

Instead of surrendering the new frontiers of technology to an unbelieving world, we should follow the example set in Scripture and use the technologies at our disposal for kingdom work — but wisely.

The purpose of Covenant Theological Seminary is to glorify the Triune God by training his servants to WALK in God’s grace, MINISTER God’s Word, and EQUIP God’s people — ALL for God’s MISSION.

Thomas and co-founder Tami Resch launched Parakaleo in 2005. To date, the ministry has served more than 300 women in 16 networks, and thousands of women have attended Parakaleo training events and workshops.