The Standing Judicial Commission issues decision in the appeal of TE Burk Parsons vs. Central Florida Presbytery.
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Pastor Michael Keller reflects on how 9/11 challenges our faith in meritocracy and shows us our need for Christ.
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How Not to Capsize Your Faith
By Tom Gibbs
As a pastor for over 25 years, I have seen many people experience hardship in life. Some pass through the storm, coming out the other side with an even stronger faith in Christ. Others shipwreck and walk away from Christ and His Church entirely. What makes the difference? Spiritual ballast. To understand what I mean,…
Ten Things People Say, Do, and Feel When Their Pastor Leaves
By Joel D. Hathaway
Your pastor is going to leave. Maybe not this year, but he is leaving someday. PCA Yearbook data (2019 edition) shows that 75.3% of reporting PCA pastors have served in more than one church. Among the 1,587 pastors with more than 15 years of ministry experience, 71% (1,127) have served in three positions, while 51.8%…
Your Pastor Needs Pastor Friends
By Walter Henegar
Before I became a pastor, I could not say I was estranged from a single soul. Almost 20 years in, the list is longer than I would have ever thought bearable. It includes some of my most intimate former friends and ministry partners: people whose names are etched on major milestones in my life, and…
Twelve Proposed BCO Changes Sent to Presbyteries
By Larry Hoop
The PCA Constitution consists of the Westminster Standards, which set forth the denomination’s theology, and the Book of Church Order (BCO), which concerns the details of its polity. Though a procedure to amend the Standards exists, the PCA has never approved any changes to them. By contrast, the BCO has been amended frequently. The year,…
Rejecting the Ways of the Sluggard
Let us work when it’s time to work, rest when it’s time to rest, and make the most of every opportunity.
By John Pennylegion
Let us work when it’s time to work, rest when it’s time to rest, and make the most of every opportunity. In June 2022, the national unemployment rate was just 3.6%. But that figure, encouraging as it sounds, doesn’t tell the whole employment story. Nor does it mean the effects of the “Great Resignation” have…
Giving Rural Ministry a Closer Look
Project for Rural Ministry Equips Churches for Their Specific Contexts
By Megan Fowler
Before moving to Grove City, Pennsylvania, in 2016, Seulgi Byun was a bona fide cosmopolitan. The cities he has called home include London, Boston, Tokyo, Seoul, Melbourne, and Singapore. Grove City, on the other hand, sits 50 miles from the closest city and has a population of roughly 7,800. As Byun, an associate professor of…
When Work Is the Way We Love God, Creation, and Neighbor
Our Interview With Tom Lutz, CoAuthor of “Equipping Christians for Kingdom Purpose in Their Work”
By Richard Doster
The goal of the book is to see a critical mass of Christians who are influencing church culture from within while impacting their workplaces and communities through the vocation, gifts, and talents God has given them.
A summary of the Assembly actions of Wednesday, June 22.
Eleven Final Overtures Submitted to 49th GA
By Larry Hoop
A summary of the final overtures headed to the 49th General Assembly.